Photography Contest
Form Photo Award 2025
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Form.This annual photography competition is dedicated to discovering emerging voices, fresh aesthetics, and thought-provoking themes
With the support of Scope Miami Beach 2025, Picter, Photo Basel and Form Magazine, we are proud to launch the Form Photo Award 2025 dedicated to contemporary photography. This annual photography competition is dedicated to discovering emerging voices, fresh aesthetics, and thought-provoking themes. It aims to foster global dialogue, intellectual exchange, and cross-cultural solidarity within the art community.
Last year, alongside receiving a cash prize, the winners of the Form Photo Award had their projects exhibited in Paris at Form Gallery. For 2025, the the winners will receive free participation in Scope Miami Beach 2025 during Miami Art Week.
Exhibiting at this leading-edge art fair—attended annually by over 500,000 gallerists, curators, collectors, critics, and photography professionals—offers an unparalleled opportunity to reach new audiences, gain Meaningful recognition, and connect with key figures in the international photography scene. The winning projects will also be featured in Form Magazine, providing further exposure to an international readership and enhancing the artists’ professional visibility.
Main prize The top five winners will have their projects exhibited at the SCOPE Art Fair in December 2025, during Miami Art Week, where they will be seen by over 80,000 visitors. The winning projects will also be featured in Form. Magazine, offering international exposure, professional visibility, and the opportunity to connect with collectors and art professionals.
Shortlist Ten shortlisted artists will be part of a digital exhibition at SCOPE during Miami Art Week. Their works will be included in the official exhibition catalogue and published in Form Magazine.
Longlist Photographers selected for the longlist will receive personalized Submission Reviews. We believe that every artist deserves thoughtful insight into their work, and these reviews are designed to support your artistic development and increase your success in future photography competitions. Longlisted artists will receive detailed, constructive feedback from experienced professionals in the field.
Form is a multidisciplinary institution encompassing a gallery, magazine, publishing house, and educational platform, committed to the advancement of contemporary photography. It serves as a catalyst for critical engagement and artistic development by curating exhibitions, disseminating photographic works, and offering educational initiatives that support emerging and established practitioners in the field.
With the support of Scope Miami Beach 2025, Picter, Photo Basel and Form Magazine, we are proud to launch the Form Photo Award 2025 dedicated to contemporary photography. This annual photography competition is dedicated to discovering emerging voices, fresh aesthetics, and thought-provoking themes. It aims to foster global dialogue, intellectual exchange, and cross-cultural solidarity within the art community.
Last year, alongside receiving a cash prize, the winners of the Form Photo Award had their projects exhibited in Paris at Form Gallery. For 2025, the the winners will receive free participation in Scope Miami Beach 2025 during Miami Art Week.
Exhibiting at this leading-edge art fair—attended annually by over 500,000 gallerists, curators, collectors, critics, and photography professionals—offers an unparalleled opportunity to reach new audiences, gain Meaningful recognition, and connect with key figures in the international photography scene. The winning projects will also be featured in Form Magazine, providing further exposure to an international readership and enhancing the artists’ professional visibility.
Main prize The top five winners will have their projects exhibited at the SCOPE Art Fair in December 2025, during Miami Art Week, where they will be seen by over 80,000 visitors. The winning projects will also be featured in Form. Magazine, offering international exposure, professional visibility, and the opportunity to connect with collectors and art professionals.
Shortlist Ten shortlisted artists will be part of a digital exhibition at SCOPE during Miami Art Week. Their works will be included in the official exhibition catalogue and published in Form Magazine.
Longlist Photographers selected for the longlist will receive personalized Submission Reviews. We believe that every artist deserves thoughtful insight into their work, and these reviews are designed to support your artistic development and increase your success in future photography competitions. Longlisted artists will receive detailed, constructive feedback from experienced professionals in the field.
Form is a multidisciplinary institution encompassing a gallery, magazine, publishing house, and educational platform, committed to the advancement of contemporary photography. It serves as a catalyst for critical engagement and artistic development by curating exhibitions, disseminating photographic works, and offering educational initiatives that support emerging and established practitioners in the field.
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Best Photography Contests in 2025
Each year, there are hundreds of photography competitions all over the world, so we've decided to select for you the best of the best! Our selection of the best photo contests in 2025 is thoroughly curated to help you, whether you are a professional photographer or an amateur, to help find your next creative breakthrough. These all-star competitions offer the greatest opportunities for international exposure and/or incredible financial benefits. Some of them are closing soon, so get your photo submissions in!
ENDS 08/31/25
If you're a passionate amateur or professional photographer, we invite you to share your photographic project with us.
ENDS 09/01/25
TIFA connects photographers from around the world with the creative community in Tokyo, Japan, providing them with an excellent platform to present their work to a new market.
ENDS 09/01/25
The Ian Parry Scholarship is divided into two categories: The Sunday Times Award for Achievement and The Canon Award for Potential.
ENDS 09/01/25
The winner receives a €25,000 cash award to develop the project within ten months
ENDS 09/05/25
The Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook's contribution to the evolving narrative of photography
ENDS 09/05/25
This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to prototypes, hand-made books to zines
ENDS 09/15/25
Winners and finalists will be part of a group exhibition at Las Fotos Project in Los Angeles this October.
ENDS 09/16/25
We are excited to offer one (1) $20,000 grant and six (6) $5,000 grants to help bring these vital stories to life.
ENDS 09/23/25
Be Featured in our September 2025 Online Juried Solo Exhibition! Juror: Aline Smithson, Photographer, Founder of Lenscratch & Curator
ENDS 09/30/25
Send us a cohesive body of work or portfolio - capturing the weird and wonderful moments unfolding around you! The subject is completely up to you.
ENDS 10/01/25
The Center for Photographic Art (CPA) is excited to announce the 2025 International Juried Exhibition with $5,000 in awards!
ENDS 10/06/25
For 2025, the amount of the W. Eugene Smith Grant is $30,000 and two additional $10,000 Finalist Grants will be awarded.
ENDS 10/06/25
For 2025, the amount of the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant is $5,000. The grant provides two students with the opportunity to complete a photographic essay.
ENDS 10/07/25
Now in its 12th year, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards is allowing all landscape photographers to share a total of 12,500 USD in cash prizes.
ENDS 10/31/25
Selected by a jury composed of five professionals from the fields of photography and publishing, the winner of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Self-Published PhotoBook Award will receive a prize of €8,000.
ENDS 01/06/26
First place receives Sony Digital Imaging equipment and inclusion in the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition and book
ENDS 01/06/26
Dedicated to young photographers under 19 years-old - first prize is top Sony digital imaging equipment plus benefit from global exposure
ENDS 01/06/26
Rewarding the best single images! Enter for free and you could win $5,000, top Sony digital imaging equipment plus more!
ENDS 01/13/26
Rewarding the best photo series worldwide! Enter for free and you could win $25,000, a range of Sony digital imaging equipment plus more!
ENDS 02/15/26
Art is born out of passion. Fine Art photography is a perfect instrument, which allows a person to communicate with the world and share their vision. It results from the author's deep sensitivity, a need to express feelings through image.
ENDS 05/17/26
MonoVisions Photography Awards are an international open call for photographers using black and white medium to express their visual language.