ISTANBUL PHOTO AWARDS 2021

Deadline: 18 March 2021
Open to: photographers (both freelancer and under the name of a company / agency)
Benefits: monetary awards

DESCRIPTION

Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Agency. 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 photojournalists from around the world on merit. Istanbul Photo Awards has become one of the most widely known news photography contests in the world.

The contest has 6 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 news related, single image applications. Only 1 image can be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 4 different images.
Story Sports. All news related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
Story Daily Life. All news related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.
Story Portrait. All news related image series applications. 10 images must be submitted per application. Photographers may apply 2 different stories.

ELIGIBILITY

Photographs should contain relevant and correct information. Submitted photos should be taken in 2020.
All submissions must have necessary information embedded into photographs IPTC like: title, description, creation date, city and country. Photographer has the liability for providing accurate information.
Photography captions must be written in English. Kindly check the caption limits before upload your photos.
No signatures, stamp or any other identifying mark is allowed anywhere on the entry. Photographer’s name or company should not be mentioned at the captions.
Digital manipulation and any kind of photoshop effects is not allowed, only basic color corrections are allowed.
Photographers must be the copyright owner of the submitted photographs.
Photographs must not violate any third party rights.
Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both published and unpublished photos.
Photographers can apply 4 different photo in Single categories and 2 different stories in Story categories.
Same photo cannot be submitted into two different categories. Story category applications should include 10 photos.
Kindly note that this contest is for professionals only and Istanbul Photo Awards’ jury may ask for proofs of the source of the photo or publications on newspapers, magazines or web sites.

BENEFITS

Single News 1st prize winner will be nominated as “Photo of the Year”, the laureate receives 6.000 USD in total. Additional prizes are available check it here.