Chromatic Color Photography Awards 2025

Deadline:

25 October 2025

Entry Fee:

From $17

Age Limit:

Over 18 Only

Experience:

Any Experience

Open to Entries:

Worldwide

Type:

Photo Contests & Awards

Detail Prize License

Competition Details

Showcase Your Color Vision: The 8th Chromatic Awards. Photographers worldwide, both professional and amateur, are invited to participate in the Chromatic Awards, an international celebration of color photography. This is your opportunity to gain recognition and win cash prizes. Your work will be evaluated by a distinguished international jury of magazine editors, curators, and industry professionals across 20 categories.

Additional Information

Prizes:

The winner among the professionals will receive $2,000 and the winner of the amateur category will get $1,000. Cash prizes will be paid in USD by PayPal. Any fees incurred for foreign currency transfers will be deducted from the winning amount. There are no alternatives available for prize winners.

ENTRY FEES

Chromatic Awards 2025 entry fees and deadlines detailed information.

EARLY DEADLINE
20 July 2025

EARLY DEADLINE – ENTRY FEES
Professional: 22$ / Single Entry
Amateur: 17$ / Single Entry

FINAL DEADLINE
26 October 2025

FINAL DEADLINE – ENTRY FEES
Professional: 27$ / Single Entry
Amateur: 22$ / Single Entry

PREPARING THE FILES
– images prepared for uploading must be 1200 pixels wide (longest side),
– JPEG format (*.jpg or *.jpeg),
– sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit,
– saved at maximum quality,
– do not include watermarks, borders* or signatures on your images (or your entry will be disqualified).* except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image.Winning Entrants must be able to provide a high resolution digital file (minimum 2500px wide, 300dpi) to be included in Chromatic Photography Awards Annual Book. Only files sent on time that meet the requirements for printing will be published. Please note: if you have not been asked for high resolution file, your photo will not be included in the book.

Winners Are:

Judged

Winners Announced:

20 December 2025

Prize & Judging Details

The winner among the professionals will receive $2,000 and the winner of the amateur category will get $1,000. The winning entries awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals for each category will be presented both in the Gallery of Winners and the Official Book of Chromatic Awards. The photographers will also receive the right to use the winner badge and certificate.

Retain Copyright:

Yes

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Usage Rights, Copyright & Moral Rights

Usage License

Copyright holders of all awarded images grant the Chromatic Awards non-exclusive use of low-resolution pictures on our website, without any remuneration being due.

Images will be used strictly in connection to the awards and will not be used for any other marketing purposes other than to promote the contest and Winners. Images will not be resold or used by any other third party. If there is a request for such, we will forward that request to the photographer via e-mail.

To promote winners of the Chromatic Awards is granted the right to display images on social network websites (on our official profiles) including: Facebook and Instagram.

You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of your name and images for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity in connection with the competition without additional compensation.

Chromatic Awards and its media partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse by external third parties.

Any photograph used by the Chromatic Awards shall carry a credit line.

Category:

Architectural,Documentary,Fashion,Fine Art,Landscape,Miscellaneous,Nature,People,Photojournalism,Still Life,Street Photography,Travel,Wildlife

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.