World Press Photo Foundation
Free to Apply
Closing: 17th January ’26
Annual international contest recognizing the best photojournalism and documentary photography. Free to enter, open to all professional photographers working in photojournalism and/or documentary photography worldwide.
Three format categories: Singles (single frame photos shot in 2025), Stories (4-10 photos shot in 2024-2025), and Long-Term Projects (minimum 6 photos from 2025, spanning at least 3 different years). Work judged across six worldwide regions: Africa; Asia Pacific and Oceania; Europe; North and Central America; South America; and West, Central, and South Asia.
Winners receive prizes up to €11,000, inclusion in annual traveling exhibition visiting 60+ cities worldwide, publication in yearbook, inclusion in public archive, and international recognition. Winners selected by independent regional and global juries. All singles shot in 2025 eligible for World Press Photo of the Year.