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Annual Photography Awards 2025

annual photography awards 2025
Deadline:
Entry Fee:
$30 = 1 photo, $40 for series
Age Limit:
Over 18 Only
Experience:
Any Experience
Open to Entries:
Worldwide
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Competition Details

The Annual Photography Awards 2025 celebrates photographers of all levels—professionals, amateurs, and students—in its seventh international competition. We seek bold, innovative work that challenges traditional artistic standards. Submit entries in up to five categories, with no restrictions on creativity or format. Winners gain global exposure, cash prizes, and opportunities to elevate their careers. Join us in showcasing photography as a fine art and advancing the craft!

The Annual Photography Awards champion photography as a vital and evolving fine art form. We’re committed to empowering artists, providing them with international exposure and significant cash prizes to fuel their careers. Submit your most compelling work and join us!

File format: JPEG Longest dimension: 1200 pixels Colour space: grayscale or sRGB No borders, signatures, or watermarks Post-production allowed (subject integrity must be maintained) Photos must not breach any laws

Winners Are:
Judged
Winners Announced:

Prize & Judging Details

Photographer of the Year title

Grand Prize: $2.500 in cash for the overall Winner

Category Winners (5 categories): $500 cash each

Medals & Certificates: Downloadable for all Winners and Honourable Mentions. Online Gallery Showcase:

Featured on the  Annual Photography Awards website


Usage Rights, Copyright & Moral Rights
Usage License

By entering the competition, you grant Annual Photography Awards and its partners a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable licence to publish images for any purpose directly connected with the competition. This include: display on the Annual Photography Awards website and on the websites of partners; on social media used by Annual Photography Awards and its supporters; for use in marketing and communication purposes.

Annual Photography Awards will always mention the entrant’s full name in connection with the publication of the submitted images. We will use your first and last name as supplied during the entry process.


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Disclaimer: Although we make every effort to provide accurate information, we advise a thorough review of the competitions rules and details to ensure your understanding and acceptance before proceeding with your entry.

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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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