22nd international Picture Award
Welcome to the global photo contest
Category: YOUR MASTERPIECE!
Category: YOUR MASTERPIECE!
The 22nd International Picture Award is now open, and this time we have a very special category for you: Your Masterpiece!
Show us your most incredible photos — the ones you’re proud of, the ones that deserve to win awards! Whether it’s a close-up or a panorama, nature or city, animal or human, color or black and white, underwater, on land, in the air, or beyond… we want to see images that belong in every magazine!
The prize pool is €350 again.
Deadline: October 11, 2026
About Picture Award
Picture Award is the international photography award for all kind of photographers, no matter if you are a professional, semi-professional or an amateur photographer and no matter if you use Sony, Canon, Nikon, your mobile phone or any other camera device.
Join our different categories that we publish during the calendar year. Each category is only played once a year, so there is only one winner per category per year. In order not to miss a category, simply sign up for our newsletter.
Participation in the award costs 4€ to 5€ per image submission. You can apply as often as you want in all categories. The winners of gold, silver and bronze can look forward to up to prize money and, of course, a winning certificate.
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