Submissions open:
Submissions close:
• Professional competition – 13 January 2023
• Open competition – 6 January 2023
• Youth competition – 6 January 2023
• Student competition – 30 November 2022
Details
The Sony World Photography Awards are held annually by the World Photography Organisation.
There are four competitions:
• Professional competition
All entrants must be over 18. Photographers must submit a series of 5 to 10 images per category.
• Open competition
The competition is open to anyone. The Open competition rewards outstanding single images across ten categories.
• Youth competition
The competition is open to photographers under 19 year-olds. Each entrant can submit up to three images per monthly competition.
Entries will be judged on a monthly basis and the monthly winner will be announced at the beginning of each following month. The overall winner will be selected at the beginning of 2023.
• Student competition
The competition is open to all students of photography from World Photography Organisation’s selected Universities. Universities can register here. Students are required to submit five (5) – ten (10) images responding to a brief.
Entry fees
Entry is free.
Prizes
• Professional competition
Photographer of the Year – $25,000 (USD) and Sony digital imaging equipment.
Category winners – Sony digital imaging equipment.
• Open competition
Overall winner – $5,000 (USD) and Sony digital imaging equipment.
Category winners – Sony digital imaging equipment.
• Youth competition
Youth Photographer of the Year – Sony digital imaging equipment.
• Student competition
Overall winner – Sony digital imaging equipment.
Competition website
For further information visit the official competition website.