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CONTESTS/GRANTS/FESTIVALS
Contests are a little random, it depends on what that year's judges likes. Thus surprises happen all the time. Don't be intimidated, enter and only tell people when you get in! Raise your profile.
If you make finalist of any, please send us an email, as we will start a new section giving further publicity to people who use our service to achieve. We are all about making Victoria one of the Photo Capitals of the world.
If you make finalist of any, please send us an email, as we will start a new section giving further publicity to people who use our service to achieve. We are all about making Victoria one of the Photo Capitals of the world.
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Contests
Books
Festivals
Residencies
Portfolios/bodies of work.
Grants
OpenCall Exhibitions
Workshop
Life changing
Contests
Books
Festivals
Residencies
Portfolios/bodies of work.
Grants
OpenCall Exhibitions
Workshop
Life changing
SEPTEMBER DEADLINE
Sol Gallery - Midsumma Call Out
Who: Queer community
Deadline: ASAP
Entry Fee: see link for wall space options
Theme: Queer
Why Enter: Great space, big openings
Link
Who: Queer community
Deadline: ASAP
Entry Fee: see link for wall space options
Theme: Queer
Why Enter: Great space, big openings
Link
Satellite Projects - Call Out
Who: Queer community
Deadline: ASAP (work needs to be delivered before 10 Dec
Entry Fee: $30 for one %50 for two works.
Theme: Fundraiser for arts and Satellite
Why Enter: get your work seen.
Link
Who: Queer community
Deadline: ASAP (work needs to be delivered before 10 Dec
Entry Fee: $30 for one %50 for two works.
Theme: Fundraiser for arts and Satellite
Why Enter: get your work seen.
Link
The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture
Who: Open
Deadline: 23 September 2026
Entry Fee: USD65
Theme: limit-20 submissions, new vision in photographic portraiture.
Why Enter: USD20,000 cash prize, publications
Link
Who: Open
Deadline: 23 September 2026
Entry Fee: USD65
Theme: limit-20 submissions, new vision in photographic portraiture.
Why Enter: USD20,000 cash prize, publications
Link
Hillvale Photo Trophy
Deadline: 27 September 2026 (or when capacity has been reached)
Entry Fee: From AUD35
Theme: open
Why Enter: Prizes, Keeping Hillvale Gallery healthy and bragging rights as this is very local
Link
Deadline: 27 September 2026 (or when capacity has been reached)
Entry Fee: From AUD35
Theme: open
Why Enter: Prizes, Keeping Hillvale Gallery healthy and bragging rights as this is very local
Link
Hillvale Gallery Open Call
Deadline: 27 September 2026
Entry Fee: none
Theme: open
Why Enter: an exhibition at Hillvale gallery
Link
Deadline: 27 September 2026
Entry Fee: none
Theme: open
Why Enter: an exhibition at Hillvale gallery
Link
View Camera Australia online exhibition submission
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Entry Fee: none
Theme: made on large format film
Why Enter: be alongside other amazing photographers
Link.
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Entry Fee: none
Theme: made on large format film
Why Enter: be alongside other amazing photographers
Link.
OCTOBER DEADLINE
CitiesToBe Photo Award 26
Who: Open
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: The role of "Third Places" in the contemporary city — spaces of informal, open, and egalitarian social interaction that are neither home nor workplace.
Why Enter: winner - €1,500 and 5 finalists - €500 each — acquisitive. photo essays on citiestobe.com
Link
Who: Open
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: The role of "Third Places" in the contemporary city — spaces of informal, open, and egalitarian social interaction that are neither home nor workplace.
Why Enter: winner - €1,500 and 5 finalists - €500 each — acquisitive. photo essays on citiestobe.com
Link
Photo Vogue: Brave New Visions: Creativity as Rebellion
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: creativity as rebellion, using image-making to challenge indifference, disrupt conventions, and expand visual storytelling.
Why Enter: $12,000 in total grants awarded to three artists, be in the next PhotoVogue Festival, Potential publication across Vogue's global editions. Participation in PhotoVogue Virtual Portfolio Reviews
Link.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: creativity as rebellion, using image-making to challenge indifference, disrupt conventions, and expand visual storytelling.
Why Enter: $12,000 in total grants awarded to three artists, be in the next PhotoVogue Festival, Potential publication across Vogue's global editions. Participation in PhotoVogue Virtual Portfolio Reviews
Link.
The Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence in collaboration with GOST Books
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Entry Fee: GBP50
Theme: Documentary Photography, Photojournalism
Why Enter: A photo book published by GOST Books. Expenses paid trip to oversee printing in Verona. Work published by The Guardian. £5,000 towards project
Link
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Entry Fee: GBP50
Theme: Documentary Photography, Photojournalism
Why Enter: A photo book published by GOST Books. Expenses paid trip to oversee printing in Verona. Work published by The Guardian. £5,000 towards project
Link
VI Barcelona Human Rights International Photo Festival
Deadline: 10 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro 5
Theme: human rights photo projects of 15 photos.
Why Enter: Euro3k plus images exhibited on the streets of Barcelona.
Link
Deadline: 10 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro 5
Theme: human rights photo projects of 15 photos.
Why Enter: Euro3k plus images exhibited on the streets of Barcelona.
Link
Earth Partner Prize 2026 - an open call for climate-focused art
Who: 14-30 year old artists
Deadline: 8 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: climate justice, corporate greenwashing, material innovation, wildlife and ecosystem conservation, grassroots activism, intersectional environmentalism, regeneration, the physical and mental impacts of the climate crisis, and nature-based wisdom.
Why Enter: upto 10k (USD I think)
Link
Who: 14-30 year old artists
Deadline: 8 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: climate justice, corporate greenwashing, material innovation, wildlife and ecosystem conservation, grassroots activism, intersectional environmentalism, regeneration, the physical and mental impacts of the climate crisis, and nature-based wisdom.
Why Enter: upto 10k (USD I think)
Link
Barcelona Human Rights International Photo Festival
Who: open
Deadline: 10 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE
Why Enter: euro3k plus being part of festival in Barcelona and catalogue.
Link
Who: open
Deadline: 10 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE
Why Enter: euro3k plus being part of festival in Barcelona and catalogue.
Link
XIV Premio Galicia de Fotografía Contemporánea
Who: Open
Deadline: 12 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro22
Theme: Free theme
Why enter: Production of Exhibition or a Book.
Link
Who: Open
Deadline: 12 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro22
Theme: Free theme
Why enter: Production of Exhibition or a Book.
Link
Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2026
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 12 October 2025
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: Health, humanitarian action, international cooperation, emergencies, social exclusion, migration, refuge, conflict, inequality, or human rights violations.
Why Enter: Euro6000.
Link
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 12 October 2025
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: Health, humanitarian action, international cooperation, emergencies, social exclusion, migration, refuge, conflict, inequality, or human rights violations.
Why Enter: Euro6000.
Link
W. Eugene Smith Grant
Deadline: 13 October 2026
Entry Fee: USD50
Theme: Concerned photography
Why Enter: USD30K+ and super prestige
Link
Deadline: 13 October 2026
Entry Fee: USD50
Theme: Concerned photography
Why Enter: USD30K+ and super prestige
Link
W. Eugene Smith Student Grant
Deadline: 13 October 2026
Entry Fee: USD10
Theme: Concerned photography
Why Enter: USD5K+ and super prestige
Link
Deadline: 13 October 2026
Entry Fee: USD10
Theme: Concerned photography
Why Enter: USD5K+ and super prestige
Link
Street Photography Barcelona 2a 2026
Deadline: 15 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro10-40
Theme: Street photography
Why Enter: your work in Barcelona
Link
Deadline: 15 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro10-40
Theme: Street photography
Why Enter: your work in Barcelona
Link
Raccont’arti - Contemporary Photography Award 2026
Who: Open
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: Beyond the visible: the image of absence. Open for one project 10-30 images
Why Enter: Euro3k and group exhibition in Castelfiorentino
Link
Who: Open
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: Beyond the visible: the image of absence. Open for one project 10-30 images
Why Enter: Euro3k and group exhibition in Castelfiorentino
Link
Street Photography Barcelona Contest 2nd Edition
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro 10/40
Theme: Street photography
Why Enter: Euro500, a gallery exhibition in Barcelona and a hotel in Ibiza for the projection of your work there… come on Ibiza…
Link
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Entry Fee: Euro 10/40
Theme: Street photography
Why Enter: Euro500, a gallery exhibition in Barcelona and a hotel in Ibiza for the projection of your work there… come on Ibiza…
Link
KLPA AUTOPORTRAIT 2026 Portrait Prize - PLAY
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 16 October 2025
Entry Fee: Euros: 1/€12, 2/€24, 3 6/€45.00, 7-10/€65.00
Theme: Completed projects 10-20 images
Why Enter: Money, festival exhibition and financial help with travel and place to stay for the opening!
Link
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 16 October 2025
Entry Fee: Euros: 1/€12, 2/€24, 3 6/€45.00, 7-10/€65.00
Theme: Completed projects 10-20 images
Why Enter: Money, festival exhibition and financial help with travel and place to stay for the opening!
Link
NOVEMBER DEADLINE
Form Photo Award x UNSEEN
Who: Emerging photographers
Deadline: 1 November 2025
Entry Fee: If selected EURO35
Theme: Open
Why Enter: projects presented at UNSEEN 2027 during Art Rotterdam
Link
Who: Emerging photographers
Deadline: 1 November 2025
Entry Fee: If selected EURO35
Theme: Open
Why Enter: projects presented at UNSEEN 2027 during Art Rotterdam
Link
Monochrome Awards
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 15 November 2026 (final)
Entry Fee: USD 18 - 27 (single)
Theme: Monochrome
Why Enter: Money, exposure and published in a book.
Link
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 15 November 2026 (final)
Entry Fee: USD 18 - 27 (single)
Theme: Monochrome
Why Enter: Money, exposure and published in a book.
Link
NOVEMBER DEADLINE
Pride Photo Award 2027
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: represent the plurality and diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community
Why Enter: euro 500 per selected work and the work exhibited.
Link
Who: Worldwide
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Entry Fee: no cost
Theme: represent the plurality and diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community
Why Enter: euro 500 per selected work and the work exhibited.
Link
Vital Impacts Environmental PHOTOGRAPHY Grant 2026
Deadline: 1 December 2026
Entry Fee: USD 25
Theme: Eong-term bodies of work that explore environmental issues who are also committed to meaningful collaboration with the communities, orgs, and people working toward solutions..
Why Enter: USD20k
Link
Deadline: 1 December 2026
Entry Fee: USD 25
Theme: Eong-term bodies of work that explore environmental issues who are also committed to meaningful collaboration with the communities, orgs, and people working toward solutions..
Why Enter: USD20k
Link
OPEN CALLS
XYZ Photo Gallery
What: We would like to know about all considered photography in Victoria
Deadline: open
Cost: no initial costs (options if selected)
Theme: open
Why Enter: This is a gallery set up to provide to local photographers/artists working in photo-media, a gallery experience that the director would have liked when he started out.
Link
What: We would like to know about all considered photography in Victoria
Deadline: open
Cost: no initial costs (options if selected)
Theme: open
Why Enter: This is a gallery set up to provide to local photographers/artists working in photo-media, a gallery experience that the director would have liked when he started out.
Link
