Online Open Calls for Artists
Online open calls, competitions, and submissions for photographers and visual artists. No travel required — apply from anywhere.
Solstitium: Incandescent — Summer Solstice Exhibition · Griffin Museum of Photography
Free global online exhibition for the summer solstice — light as the subject. Juror: Crista Dix, Griffin Museum.
FLOAT Magazine — Let's Get the F@!#k Outta Here
FLOAT Magazine's print issue on looking beyond Earth — Mars, UFOs, space, escape. Lens-based work, 1–10 images, $9 entry.
Self — Carlotta Gallery
Self-portraiture virtual exhibition — how one appears and is held by the camera. Free to apply, pay if selected.
F-Stop Magazine Issue #138 — Documentary 2026
Documentary photography issue. Longer-term focus than photojournalism. Up to 12 images with project statement.
Through The Lens 2026
Online juried photo show from Marin Society of Artists, all styles welcome. Juror Susan Spiritus. Cash awards.
Close-up Photographer of the Year 2026 (CUPOTY 8)
International macro & close-up competition — 11 categories from insects to intimate landscapes. £2,500 top prize.
Home · Photography 4 Humanity
Exploring home — safety, belonging, dignity. Selected works exhibited at the United Nations HQ in New York.
101 Art Book: Pattern Edition · Arts to Hearts Project
101 artists chosen for a globally distributed hardcover book on the theme Pattern. $500 top prize; photography included.
Suboart Magazine — August & September 2026 Issues
Independent Lisbon print magazine seeking emerging visual artists for in-depth interviews and features.
APA Awards 2026
American Photographic Artists' annual awards across 14 categories. Winners printed in the APA Awards book; Sony and Adobe prizes.
Guest Room: Sunyoung Kim & Shinwook Kim · Der Greif
Theme: "Hyperobjects: Archipelagic Memories" — how photographs circulate across digital and material networks.
Epson International Pano Awards 2026
World's largest panoramic photography competition. $50K+ prizes incl. $15K cash. New Aerial category. Open, Amateur, VR/360.
Apparently in America — Artist Award 2026
Photography award on American identity. $500 prize. Fee waivers available. Founded by curator Francesca Hummler.
Dog Days of Summer · Griffin Museum of Photography
Free global online exhibition on the human–dog bond. Juror: Crista Dix, Griffin Museum of Photography.
Monochromatic Awards 2026 · Dodho Magazine
5th edition. All interpretations of monochromatic photography. Finalists in a 30×30 cm annual printed book.
Dek Unu Magazine — Tuŝis: Altered States (Annual Contest 2026)
Dek Unu's annual contest for experimental, alt-process, light-and-lens photography. $250 top prize plus August magazine publication.
The Colour Library: Yellow — Shutter Hub Editions Publication
Shutter Hub Editions photobook celebrating the colour yellow. 100 images selected; pay-what-you-can, worldwide.
The Colour Library: Yellow — Shutter Hub Editions Publication
Photobook dedicated to the colour yellow, from bold monochromes to subtle glows. Held in British Library and V&A collections.
IVI 4th International Photo Contest
Free global contest on vaccination and health equity from the Seoul-based International Vaccine Institute — $2,000 grand prize.
The Fridge Show · Blue Sky Gallery
Free online show of refrigerator-interior photographs — Blue Sky Gallery's 50th-anniversary series honoring its 1990 Refrigerator Show.
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize — MPB Photography Award 2026
Representational photography. $3,000 first prize + exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco. No AI.
HER.SELF · Art Fluent
Celebrating women in all complexities — presence, resilience, beauty, becoming. 100% commission-free sales.
Manipulation & Illusion · Co-Ex Collaborative
Explore perception, belief, identity, and power through illusion and manipulation. All disciplines. Free, open worldwide.
Fashion Regenerated 2026 · Textile Exchange
Textile Exchange and Atmos commission photographers documenting regeneration in fashion — $10,000 winning commission, free entry.
Lenscratch Still Life Exhibition
Lenscratch's free juried online exhibition on the art of still life, selected by photographer Kimberly Witham. One image, no fee.
Traces — Volume 01 · The Slow Archive
Debut digital publication on slow landscape photography. Theme 'Traces' — signs of presence in the landscape. Free, open to all.
i can't get at the poem of this · midwest nice art
All-mediums juried online exhibition — share the poetry or story behind your work. Photography welcome. Juried by Angela Zonunpari.
The Space Between Us · Decagon Gallery
Free online photography exhibition on the emotional residue of human connection. Catalog plus individual curatorial reflections.
Colours III — Carlotta Gallery
Third edition celebrating colour — from saturated compositions to subtle tonal variation. Free to apply.
The Surreal · TCG Gallery
International themed open call exploring surrealism — dreams, the unconscious mind, and bizarre symbolic imagery.
Dek Unu Magazine — September 2026 Issue
Not-for-profit journal publishing one artist per issue in print and online. September issue window July 1–20. Free, email entry.
Solo Exhibition August 2026 · All About Photo
Monthly featured photographer showcase. Full month online solo exhibition, interview, and press coverage.
Black & White Spider Awards 2026
Leading international B&W photography award. 21st edition. 235+ title awards. Jury announced annually.
ProfiFoto New Talent Award 26/2
German photo magazine's open call for emerging talent. Winners published in ProfiFoto, WhiteWall print exhibition, €3,000 cash pool.
The Shape of a Father · L.A. Photo Curator
Juried by Laurie Freitag. Submit 3 or 6 images on fatherhood. Solo online exhibition for the winner, group show for all selected.
Inspired by Cape Cod · Cape Cod Art Center
Summer online all-media exhibit from Cape Cod Art Center — work inspired by the Cape, cash awards, $15 per piece.
Series: One Thing After Another · Site:Brooklyn Gallery
Site:Brooklyn online juried show on seriality and sequence, juried by Hyperallergic contributor Matt Stromberg. 3–12 images.
Wild · Photo Artfolio
Photo Artfolio's nature cycle — wildlife to experimental. $1,000 in cash prizes across three awards; online exhibit; no AI.
Create! Magazine Issue #59
Issue #59 of the contemporary art print + digital magazine. Open theme, juried by Indira Cesarine. Photography welcome worldwide.
The Illume Awards 2026
Adventure and action sports photography awards (formerly Red Bull Illume). Free entry, 16 categories, camera gear, photobook, exhibition tour.
Life Framer — Planet Earth
Monthly competition judged by Myrtille Delamarche (GEO Magazine). Winners exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Milan, and Arles.
Portfolio Platform 2026/2027 · Midwest Center for Photography
Six-month online portfolio feature at MWCP, Oct 2026–Mar 2027. Thematic series of 10–20 images, open internationally.
Outdoor Photography Magazine — Minimalist Landscapes
Submit minimalist landscape images for Outdoor Photography Magazine (UK). Winner receives Nikon Action Zoom binoculars.
Kometa Fellows Program 2026
€10,000 fellowships for photographers, journalists and writers documenting war, censorship, and political tension. Free to apply.
Standing Where Others Stood — Summer 2026 Online Exhibition · Analog Forever Magazine
Online exhibition on time spent outdoors — film/analog photographers. Guest-curated by Float Photo Magazine. Launches August 28.
Men Asleep — 2026 Book & Exhibition Open Call · Memory Version
Book and exhibition expansion of Jordanna Kalman's 2025 'Men Asleep' zine. One photograph of a man sleeping. Free, open to all.
New Visionary Magazine Issue 18 · Visionary Art Collective
Two-page print spread with Q&A in New Visionary Magazine, curated by Michelle Brandt. Open worldwide, all mediums incl. photography.
Arts to Hearts Magazine Issue 14 — The Summer We Remember
Summer-memory themed issue of Arts to Hearts Magazine — $500 cash prize and feature spreads; all disciplines incl. photography.
Overcoming · Decagon Gallery
Online photography show on resilience and endurance after hardship. Juror Douglas Beasley. $1,000 total cash awards.
Living Space — Artdoc Magazine Open Call · Artdoc Photography Magazine
Artdoc's themed call on the spaces of everyday life — interiors, cityscapes, the built environment. Publication and online exhibition.
On Film — Carlotta Gallery
Celebrating film and analogue photography — every exposure a point of no return. Free to apply; virtual exhibition.
Call of the Wild — Virtual Exhibition 2026 · San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center
Flora-and-fauna virtual show from SFVACC — Best of Show wins $800 plus a solo exhibition; open worldwide to artists and photographers.
Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2026
£1,000 top prize for photography by working scientists — free entry, five science categories, open at graduate level and above.
Louvre Unbound Magazine — Volumes 8 & 9 Open Call
International art magazine's call for Volumes 8 & 9 across all visual media. Print-on-demand plus digital to 83+ countries, with features and promotion.
FUJIFILM GFX Challenge Grant Program 2026
$100K grant program: 5×$10,000 and 10×$5,000 for personal photo/video projects, plus GFX gear loan and mentoring.
Dek Unu Magazine — October 2026 Issue
Not-for-profit journal publishing one artist per issue in print and online. October issue window August 1–20. Free, email entry.
Central & South America — Carlotta Gallery
Respond to the region through brief, specific observations — a layered archive of diverse cultures and conditions. Virtual exhibition.
Memory: What Remains · TCG Gallery
International online open call on memory — traces, family histories, loss, nostalgia, archives. ~35 selected. Fee waivers available.
PURE ABSTRACTION · Art Fluent
Online juried exhibit for pure abstraction across all mediums including photography. 100% commission-free sales. $1,250 in prizes.
FeelsZine Issue 27 — Belonging
Canadian creative zine's 10th anniversary issue. Theme: belonging. Accepts photography, illustration, collage, and more.
The Hand Magazine - Issue #54 Autumn 2026
International publication for photographic printmaking and hand-printed work. No theme. Must be a subscriber.
Life Framer — Humans
Monthly competition judged by documentary photographer GMB Akash. Winners exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Milan, and Arles.
Willet Art Prize 2026
Free national art prize from the 1898 stained glass studio — $7,000 top prize ($10,000 pool) for work on the theme Quest for Gold, any medium.
Black & White Images — Photobook Open Call · Soft Publishing
Soft Publishing seeks black-and-white images of any subject for a limited-edition photobook — up to 10 photos, free entry.
Der Greif × Fondament — I Spy With My Little Eye
Der Greif × Fondament call: photographs of social life in Germany that tell more than one story. Theme: I Spy With My Little Eye.
Exposure One Awards - Photographer of the Year 2026
Exposure One's annual contest across 20 categories. Single images or 2–5 series; $4,000+ in prizes. International, AI not accepted.
Photo Trouvée Virtual Artist Residency — Fall 2026
10-week virtual residency for artists working with found/family photographs. Weekly Zoom calls, small cohort, partial scholarships.
People — Carlotta Gallery
People in everyday life, captured without staging — human presence as traces rather than conclusions. Free to apply; virtual exhibition.
PhotoVogue Global Open Call 2026 — Brave New Visions
PhotoVogue's 2026 global open call. $12,000 in three grants, festival exhibition, Vogue publication. Free; deadline 11 September 2026.
F-Stop Magazine Issue #139 — Food 2026
Food-themed issue of the long-running online photo magazine. Free, up to 12 images; publishes October 1, 2026.
2026 Lucie Photo Book Prize · Lucie Foundation
Lucie Foundation's annual photobook prize. $3,000 Book of the Year plus $2,000 First Book and $2,000 Self-Published awards.
Something Like Joy · Decagon Gallery
Online photography exhibition on unguarded, everyday joy. Worldwide; printed catalog and $1,000 total cash awards.
Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize 2026
Celebrating innovative photographic books. Three categories. $3,000 Book of the Year. Open worldwide.
1839 Awards Photographer of the Year Contest
Open-genre flagship contest across 22 categories. $4,000 in cash prizes, digital gallery, artist directory. Final deadline Sep 16.
Innovate Grants - Summer $1,800 Grants
Two $1,800 grants — one for a photographer, one for a visual artist, plus eighteen honorable mentions. Open worldwide, minimal application.
photoED Magazine — Real VS Imagined
Fine art projects engaging with what is real versus imagined. Published in print and digital editions.
Elemental: Earth, Air, Fire, Water · TCG Gallery
Juried online show on the four elements — earth, air, fire, water — at TCG Gallery. All photographic media; AI not accepted.
Red — Carlotta Gallery
Red as a force within the image, not just a colour — its weight and intensity across bodies, objects and memory. Virtual exhibition.
strands of silver · midwest nice art
All-media juried online exhibition on time, aging, and memory. Photography welcome. From midwest nice art, Sioux Falls.
ND Awards 2026
International competition across Architecture, Editorial, Fine Art, Nature, People, and Special categories.
The City Series: London — Shutter Hub Editions Publication
Shutter Hub Editions photobook responding to London as an idea — experienced, observed, imagined. Pay-what-you-can, worldwide.
PhotoVogue Regional Open Call — MENA Panorama
Free Condé Nast call for MENA artists and diaspora. $8,000 in grants, 2027 PhotoVogue Festival feature, regional Vogue publication.
Real And Wild — RAW Photography Awards 2026
Inaugural nature award with one rule: every image shot within 100 km of home. $1,000 Photographer of the Year; AI banned.
The Keller Prize 2026
International all-media prize juried by Aspen gallerist Mia Valley — $9,000 in cash awards, photography welcome. $55 for 5 images.
CitiesToBe Photo Award 2026
Free urban-photography award by Anteverti on the theme 'Third Places'. Series of 10–20 images; €1,500 winner plus five €500 finalists.
Atlas of Ruins Vol.3 — Call for Photos · Reuse Italy
Photographs of architectural ruins from anywhere in the world for a printed book. Two registration tiers, prizes up to €1,200.
World Cyanotype Day · AlternativePhotography.com
Annual international celebration of the cyanotype process. Submit your cyanotype work to be featured.
Earth Partner Prize 2026
Free climate-art prize for creatives 14–30 with GEF and Re:wild. Eight finalists win $10K, $5K or $2K; jury incl. Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Fine Art Photography Awards 2026/2027
13th edition — 20 categories from landscape to street. $3K professional / $2K amateur grand prizes. 15 international jurors.
Exibart Street Photography Contest — 5th Edition
International street contest by Italy's leading art magazine. Leica Q3 grand prize. Two sections: Best Single Image and Best Series.
MONOCHROME · New York Center for Photographic Arts
NYC4PA international juried call on the monochrome print — B&W, sepia or single-color. $1,100 Grand Prize; juror Ann Jastrab.
reFocus Awards - World Photo Annual 2026
reFocus flagship annual across 22 categories — $5,000+ in cash, NYT/FT/Condé Nast jury, Photographer of the Year title.
Numéro+ Flux et Forma
Numéro Switzerland's themed call on flow and transformation. Winner gets a print article and cover feature in Numéro.
Chromatic Photography Awards 2026
International color competition across 20 categories. Separate Professional and Amateur divisions.
World Anthotype Day · AlternativePhotography.com
Annual celebration of plant-based photographic printing processes. Entries open August through October.
Monochrome Awards 2026
International B&W competition with 13 categories. Professional and amateur divisions. Annual book.
The Nature Photography Contest 2026 · The Nature Photography Contest
Ten-category nature competition — €1,000 top prize, a tree planted per entrant, originals verified. Open worldwide, 18+.
Annual Photography Awards 2026
8th edition. Five main categories, 25 subcategories. Looking for bold and innovative approaches.
Mobile Photography Awards 2026
15th annual awards for photos shot & edited on mobile devices — $3,000 grand prize, $10,000+ pool, 12 categories + Photo Essay. From $15. Deadline Dec 18.
The EcoTheo Review — 2026 Visual Art Call
Visual art for The EcoTheo Review's quarterly print issues — work at the intersection of ecology, spirituality, and art. $10.
Fotografiska Emerging Artist Platform
Multiple open calls for emerging photographers. Exhibitions at Fotografiska museums and the UN Headquarters.
Analog Forever Magazine — Calls for Entry
High-quality print magazine for film and analog photography. Also runs themed online group exhibitions.
Open Doors Takeovers
Discovery account featuring artist takeovers. Connected to UNSEEN art fair and Approche.
Tomorrow's Talent - Open Submissions · Booooooom
Global platform featuring emerging artists. Potential feature and inclusion in book series.
Zone Magazine — Open Submissions
International photography zine. No genre restrictions. Open to all ages worldwide. Year-round submissions.
Burn Magazine — Open Submissions
Photography magazine founded by David Alan Harvey (Magnum). Photo essays and multimedia on any subject.
Phases Magazine — Open Submissions
International contemporary photography magazine publishing 3 portfolios per issue.
Noice Magazine — Open Submissions
Independent publication of 'minimal comic-play' — quiet, humorous everyday observation. Every submission gets a response.