Entries in any Sony World Photography Awards 2026 competition must have been taken between:
1 January to 28 Nov 2025 for the Student competition.
1 January 2025 to 6 January 2026 for the Open and Youth competitions.
For the Professional competiton, published work may have been taken at any point in history, but must have been published between the dates of January 1, 2025 and January 13, 2026. Up to 20% of work can be published on your personal website and social media i.e. two images can be published on personal platforms if submitting a series of 8-10 images. One image can be published if submitting a series of 5-7 images.
Un-published work entered into the competition may have been taken at any point in history but never been shown publicly. Once unpublished work has been entered, it cannot be entered again as published work in the future year of the Awards’ competition.