Deadline: January 17, 2024
Entries are now open for the 10th İstanbul Photo Awards 2024, an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Ajansı, global news agency for more than 100th years. The contest aims to contribute to the sphere of news photography and offers a perspective shaped by the region’s unique position at the center of diverse cultures.
The awards reward endeavors of courageous and talented professional photographers from around the world on merit. İstanbul Photo Awards has become one of the most widely known news photography contests in the world.
Categories
- Single News: All news related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
- Story News: All news related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
- Single Sports: All sports related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
- Story Sports: All sports related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
- Single Nature & Environment: All nature and environment related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
- Story Nature & Environment: All nature and environment related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
- Single Portrait: All portrait related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
- Story Portrait: All portrait related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
- Single Daily Life: All daily life related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
- Story Daily Life: All daily life related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
Prizes
- First: $3,000 USD
- Second: $1,500 USD
- Third: $1,000 USD
- Single News 1st prize winner will be nominated as “Photo of the Year”, the laureate receives $6,000 USD in total.
- The jury will select two photographers’ works from all series categories submissions to be awarded with a special tenth anniversary prize of $1,000 USD.
Eligibility
- Open for professional photographers.
- Photographers may be both freelancer and under the name of a company/agency. Freelancers can add company name for each submission at the INSERT IMAGE tab.
- There are no rules for the devices but, all inserted photographs must be high-resolution.
- The contest is only open for individual applications.
- Professional photographers under the age of 28 are considered as Young Photographer to be included in the list for the tenth year special award.
- The jury will award a discrimination themed series among all story categories submissions. Photos must cover injustice against all aspects of parties like racial, disadvantaged, religion, ethnicity, wealth etc.
- Photos needs to be in high-resolution JPG, JPEG or PNG format. There are no rules on their size but they do not recommend more than 5MB size for one photo regarding to avoid internet connection failures.
- Photographers may submit both published and unpublished photos.
Application
For more information, visit 10th Istanbul Photo Awards.
