Test Your Photography Skills with These 5 Great Photography Competitions
Christina N Dickson is a portrait photographer and instructor for The Institute in Photographic Studies. Her work can be found at www.ChristinaNicholePhotography.com
You are a budding photographer in search of expanding your influence and getting your name out into the photographic world. Photo contests are a great way to gain experience with submitting, evaluating, and constructively comparing your quality of images with others who are at your level or more mature in their shooting. Unfortunately, many photo contests are hardly worth the time it takes to upload your photo, or placing the stamp on the envelope.
Here are some photography contests with varying levels of notoriety to get you off your feet, and your photo’s into the limelight!
1. The International Aperture Photo Competition
- Pros: Copyright of the images remains property of photographer. Open to all photographers of any age. International exposure. Review of work by 100 notorious professional photographers.
- Cons: Monthly entry is free to members only. Entry fee $290 per series of 4 images.
2. World Traveler Photo Contest
- Pros: Entry fee is free. International exposure. Open to amateurs or professionals. Publishing of work in American Photo. Grand prize winner awarded air and hotel package.
- Cons: Submission conveys all rights of the photo to Northwest Airlines. Only photographers from the US.
3. American PHOTO Images of the Year
- Pros: Open to professional and amateur photographers. Entry discounts to students work. International Exposure. Large prizes packages.
- Cons: 18 years and older. Open to US residents only. Entry fees per single or series entries.
4. Travel Photographer of the Year
- Pros: Copyright remains property of photographer.
- Cons: Limited to amateur and professional photographers based on submission categories. Ages 17 and older. Entry fees 15 pounds per image.
5. National Geographic My Shot
- Pros: International Exposure. No submission fees. Open to all persons.
- Cons: No prizes. Only two shot submissions.
Happy submissions!
PS: Don’t forget our recent post – How to Win a Photography Competition
8 Responses to “Test Your Photography Skills with These 5 Great Photography Competitions” - Add Yours
September 12th, 2008 at 1:53 am
If you are looking for more photo contests then check out http://www.photocompetitions.com/
The site has a deadline calendar so you can see which competitions are ending soon and also groups contests by theme and prize fund.
You can also subscribe if you want to be kept informed about new photo contests.
September 12th, 2008 at 6:36 am
nice list of contests, thanks for posting… now all I have to do is get out and shoot
September 12th, 2008 at 7:36 am
great list and info
September 12th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Heads up, the National Geographic contest is called Your Shot. My Shot is a photo gallery service that you can use after entering a photo in Your Shot. Also the submission limit on Your Shot is one per month, not two.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/submit
September 12th, 2008 at 7:57 am
And another…
http://www.canon.com.au/photo5/default.aspx
This may be restricted to Oz residents only…
cheers
col
September 12th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
What about Milkphotos.com?
September 13th, 2008 at 1:13 am
http://www.photographycorner.com/blog/2008/09/smugmug-scavenger-hunt-1
250.00 worth of SmugMug accounts every month for 10 months. It just started, entries are due by the 17th for the first 3 entries.
Pete
http://www.petelanglois.net
September 14th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Also abuot National Geographic – you grant an unconditional license to NG and anyone that NG wants to give, sell or license your image – JUST BY ENTERING IT. No credit as the photographer, no royalties, no nothin’. If it is your brest shot, I would submuit it elsewhere so you can at least get credit and retain copyright…….
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