COMPETITIONS CLOSED
The Sony World Photography Awards 2025 are now closed. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements and exhibition news.
The Sony World Photography Awards 2025 are now closed. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements and exhibition news.
Every year, thousands of photographers submit their very best work to the Sony World Photography Awards. Each of our four competitions – Professional, Open, Student and Youth – are free to enter, so photographers of all ages and abilities can be a part of the global voice for photography. Successful photographers go on to enjoy gallery representation, book publishing deals and worldwide exposure. Always wanting to shake things up and bring you more opportunities and creative challenges, we've made a few changes to this year's Awards. Take a read of what's new for the 2021 competitions...
PROFESSIONAL
New category!
Architecture now includes Design!
ENTER THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION
OPEN
Drum roll please! There are two new categories for the 2021 Open competition: Object and Lifestyle. Rewarding striking standalone images, Open is the perfect competition for those focused on creating graphic, colourful, strong single photographs. Oh! And, just like the Professional competition, entrants can submit images to the Open competition via their Instagram accounts.
Lifestyle category
Object category
STUDENT
There are no changes to the Student competition - as usual, they'll be two new briefs for entrants to be challenged by. Read the first brief here!
For this year's youth competition we've got six brand new themes to inspire you! From Composition and Design to Natural World & Wildlife to Street Life, we're announcing all the themes now, so you can take time to prepare your photographs. Take a read of the first theme by clicking the Youth link below.
The Sony World Photography Awards 2025 are now closed. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcements and exhibition news.