Competitions

Australian industry newsletter, Inside Imaging, has drawn attention to probable irregularities associated with for-profit contests linked to dubious overseas publications.

Two local photographers, Pamela Pauline and Callie Chee, are listed among thefinalists in the 18th Annual Photo Contest run by the Smithsonian Magazine.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is seeking entries for the annual Environmental Photography Award, which is free to enter and comes with a €10,000 prize fund.

Entries are sought for the inaugural 360° Photo Awards, an international competition for amateur and professional photographers with nine individual categories.

Entries have opened for the inaugural Sony Film Festival, an annual competition for short-form filmmaking shot on Sony cameras in Australia and New Zealand.

Entries opened today for the annual Nikon Surf Photo and Video of the Year Awards, which cater for all levels of Australian surf photographers and videographers.

At a special event held at Monash Gallery of Art and streamed online, the $30,000 acquisitive Bowness Photography Prize was presented to artist Christian Thompson.

Entries have opened for the annual Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition and will close on Friday 5 February 2021.

DJI and Skypixel are calling for entries to the 6th annual aerial photography/videography competition, which covers any aerial content shot with a drone.

Submissions for next year’s Felix Schoeller Photo Award will open on 1 January 2021 with a focus upon two categories: the German Peace Prize for Photography and emerging photographers.