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AAP Magazine Colors Photography Contest 2025

AAP COLOR PHOTO CONTEST 2025
Deadline:
Entry Fee:
From $30 for 3 Images
Age Limit:
Age of majority
Experience:
Any Experience
Open to Entries:
Worldwide
Theme:
Colors
Competition Details

All About Photo Magazine is hosting a competition centered on the theme of color photography, inviting photographers to submit images where color is not just an influence but potentially the sole subject. The contest welcomes all interpretations of color, spanning genres from photojournalism and street photography to fine art, portraits, landscapes, and documentary work. They are especially interested in cohesive bodies of work or portfolios.

Winners of this competition will be awarded a total of $1,000 in cash prizes. Their winning images or full portfolio will be published in AAP Magazine #51, and they will also receive a free copy of the magazine. Additionally, their work will be featured in the Winners Gallery on the All About Photo website, receive extensive press coverage, and gain global recognition. The competition is designed to help photographers elevate their careers by providing exposure to a wide audience of industry professionals, including editors, gallery owners, and curators. Submissions will be judged on three main criteria: creativity, originality, and visual/emotional impact.

Fees: $35 for up to 3 Images ( $30 until August 15, 2025) $5 for each additional image –  Each entrant can submit a maximum of 40 images.

Images requirements:

  • No Watermarks.
  • Saved as JPEG or JPG.
  • Resolution of 72 dpi.
  • Grayscale or RGB profile.
  • Layers must be flattened.
  • Digital file should not exceed 2 MB.
  • Longest dimension should not exceed 1200 pixels, with a minimum size of 200 pixels.
Winners Are:
Judged
Judging Process Published:
Yes
Judging Anonymous:
Yes
Winners Announced:

Prize & Judging Details

First Place winner:

  • Cash Prize: $500 (US Dollars) First Place winner.
  • Exclusive interview and winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 51: Colors
  • One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
  • Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

Second Place Winner:

  • Cash Prize: $300 (US Dollars)
  • Winning image(s) or portfolio in AAP Magazine, Volume 51: Colors
  • One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
  • Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

Third Place Winner:

  • Cash Prize: $200 (US Dollars)
  • Winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 51: Colors
  • One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
  • Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

Finalists:

  • The next twenty winners (ranked from 4 to 25) will have their best image(s) or portfolio featured in AAP Magazine Volume 51: Colors.
  • They will receive one free copy of the magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com and their portfolio showcased in the Winners Gallery of http://www.all-about-photo.com
Judging Process

Judging:

The Competition consists of a juried assessment based on the following criteria (‘Judging Criteria’):
1. Creativity.
2. Artistic skill/Photographic quality.

Judging Process:

The juror, who will score all the entries, will score each image between 1 and 5 for the first round. The judging process will be blind. No names or any kind of information will be given to the juror.

The 1 scores will be added to produce a final score out of 5.

The highest scoring images will then go through a second round to be re-scored between 1 and 7 by the juror on the panel, and the highest scoring image after this round will be deemed the first place winner, the second highest scoring image will be deemed the second place winner etc.

In the case of a tie the scores from the first round will be added to the scores of the second round. The Image with the highest overall score will be deemed the winner.

In the event that images are still tied at the end of the judging process, those images will be re-judged by a further independent judging panel to produce the winner.

Retain Moral Rights:
Credit Only
License Duration:
Not Stated
Photo Use Term:
Promotional Only

Usage Rights, Copyright & Moral Rights
Usage License

By entering, entrants agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Jurors are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to the Competition; and (c) if the entrant wins that AAP may use the winning photographs and each winner’s name, photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Competition or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where prohibited by law).

All entrants understand that any image submitted to the Competition may be used by AAP, and its Event Partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the event only. AAP will always notify the owner of the photograph before any publication or inclusion is made. Each photographer retains copyright of his or her images, and proper credit lines will be attributed to each photographer when exhibited or screened anywhere by AAP. Any failure to provide such credit line shall not be deemed to be a breach, as long as AAP uses its reasonable endeavors to rectify such failure within a reasonable period from the date of notice of such failure.

You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of Your name and likeness for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation.

You hereby grant AAP a non-exclusive license in each Entry throughout the world in all media for any use connected to the promotion of the Competition, including, but not limited too:
(a) judging the Competition.
(b) displaying the winning entries and runners up at public exhibitions promoting AAP and organized by AAP.
(c) inclusion within the http://www.all-about-photo.com website, an Competition’s book, magazine or similar.
(d) inclusion within any materials in the promotion of the Competition.
(e) sub-licensing the Entries to the press for reproduction in connection with the Competition.
(f) allowing viewers of the Website to view images on a computer screen, PDA or mobile telephone and store such pages in electronic form on disk or on a PDA or mobile telephone (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network) for their personal, non-commercial use only.


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Report Rating Guide

Our goal is to help photographers make informed choices and to support organizers in building trust. This report details our assessment of this competition’s adherence to our Photo Competition Standards, highlighting its strengths and areas for potential enhancement.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Stars ->: Significant Issues

★★☆☆☆ 2.5 Stars ->: Basic Compliance

★★★☆☆ 3.5 Stars ->: Meets Expectations Well

★★★★★ 5.0 Stars: Exemplary Standard

Key Principles of Fair Usage.

  • Respect for copyright: Organizers should acknowledge and respect the photographer’s ownership of their work.
  • Limited use: Usage rights should be limited to purposes directly related to the marketing/promotion of the competition, photos and photographers.
  • Specific Usage: Detailed information regarding where the images will be used for the promotion of the competition, this should include websites, social media, partners website, media outlets, books & calendars etc.
  • Moral Rights: Photographers should be credited whenever their images are used. This includes publication and Media not owned by the organiser. Editing and manipulation of the images should be kept to a minimum.
  • License Duration: The usage license should be limited in time with a maximum of 5 years, but ideally less.
  • Compensation: Photographers should be compensated for commercial use of their images beyond promotional purposes. This can be detailed in the terms or by a separate agreement.

In essence, fair usage in a photo competition balances the organiser’s need to promote the competition, its winning entries and photographers, with the photographer’s right to control their work and receive any appropriate compensation.

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