Competitions

The World Photography Organisation has named the shortlisted photographers in the Student and Youth competitions of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022.

Final submissions to the Professional categories in the Sony World Photography Awards will close in just under one week’s time at 13:00 (GMT) on 14 January.

Melbourne artist Kristina Kraskov’s image of Michelle the ‘suburban fashionista’ has won the coveted People’s Choice Award in the 2021 National Photographic Portrait Prize.

The Centre for Contemporary Photography has announced the opening of entries for the 29th annual Ilford CCP Salon, Australia’s largest open-entry photomedia exhibition and competition.

Mia Mala McDonald has been named as the winner of the acquisitive first prize of $15,000 in this year’s Martin Kantor Portrait Prize for their portrait of AFLW footballer, Darcy Vescio.

Ali Tahayori has been awarded the 2021 Smith & Singer People’s Choice Award in the Bowness Photography Prize for his work ‘Sisterhood’ (2021).

Entries have opened for the 2022 World Press Photo Contest for professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.

‘Two Halves’ by Chen Wei Choon from Malaysia has taken out the Judges’ Prize in this year’s My RØDE Reel short film competition.

Avid photographer and Camera House Launceston employee, Jong Kim, has won the Joshua Shearer Photographer of the Year award.

The winners of this year’s Head On Photo Awards were announced at a Launch and Award ceremony in Paddington yesterday evening.