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İstanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Ajansı. 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. İstanbul Photo Awards has become one of the most widely known news photography contests in the world.
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İstanbul Photo Awards is 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. 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. İstanbul Photo Awards receives a lot of attention from photojournalists from all around the world. Around 20,000 photographers registered to the contest since its first year.
Along with the generous awards of the contest aiming to support the hard work and dedication of news photographers worldwide, the application is totally free.
2026 contest applications are open between 13 Nov. 2025 - 9 Jan. 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+3) İstanbul time. Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2025 (between 1 Jan. 2025- 31 Dec. 2025). Photographer has the liability for providing accurate personal information like name, age, company etc. besides the image info like date, location etc.. Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both with published and unpublished photos.
All the winning photographs have the power to engage people against wars and conflicts, and to familiarize them with different cultures. The jury, consisting of prestigious names from different fields of photography, had a very tough time selecting the most powerful photos of the year from such a strong field. Every year international jury meets to select the winners.
Every year online applications are accepted via website. The results of the contest announced by the end of jury gathering each year. Award winning photographs will be published in photobook which will be send almost everywhere all around the world to the photography professionals and displayed at exhibitions in significant galleries around the world such as Istanbul, Shanghai, New York, Vienna, Tokyo, London, Brussels, Moscow and Madrid.
Jury
All the winning photographs have the power to engage people against wars and conflicts, and to familiarize them with different cultures. The jury, consisting of prestigious names from different fields of photography, had a very tough time selecting the most powerful photos of the year from such a strong field. Every year international jury meets to select the winners.
Rewards
(30) Award Winner
$58 000Single News
1st Place (Photo of the Year): $6,000
2nd Place: $1,500
3rd Place: $1,000
Story News, Single Sports, Story Sports, Single Nature & Environment, Story Nature & Environment, Single Portrait, Story Portrait, Single Daily Life, Story Daily Life
1st Place: $3,000
2nd Place: $1,500
3rd Place: $1,000
Besides cash prizes award winning photographs will be published in photobook which will be send almost everywhere all around the world to the photography professionals and displayed at exhibitions in significant galleries around the world such as Istanbul, Shanghai, New York, Vienna, Tokyo, London, Brussels, Moscow and Madrid.
Timeline
Europe/Istanbul
Submission starts
Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2025 (between 1 Jan. 2025- 31 Dec. 2025).
Submission ends
Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2025 (between 1 Jan. 2025- 31 Dec. 2025).
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