Deadlines have been announced for the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards Professional, Open, Student and Youth categories.

The Sony World Photography Awards opened on 1 June 2021 with separate international competitions for Professional, Open, Youth and Student categories plus regional and National awards and the Alpha Female Award, which focuses on supporting and championing woman photographers around the globe.
Closing dates for entries to the four main competitions are as follows:
Professional: 14 January 2022, 13:00 GMT
Open: 7 January 2022, 13:00 GMT
Student: 30 November 2021, 13:00 GMT
Youth: Monthly competitions with a changing theme running from 1 June to 31 December, 2021.

All category winners of the Professional, Open, Youth and Student competitions will receive digital imaging equipment from Sony. In addition, cash prizes of $25,000 (USD) will be presented to the Photographer of the Year and $5,000 (USD) to the Open Photographer of the Year. All winning and shortlisted photographers’ works will be exhibited at the annual Sony World Photography Awards exhibition in London and will then be toured internationally. The winning images will also be published in the annual Awards book.

Click here for full details of the competitions.