FEP Awards 2026 – Photography Competition
FEP Awards 2026 – Photography Competition is now open for entries!
The FEP Awards 2026 Competition, organised by Federation of European Photographers, has been recently opened for entries aimed to help promote the photographic profession and to raise the level of professional standards.
Short description
The FEP Awards 2026, photography competition, organised by Federation of European Photographers , is now open for entries!
These Awards honor the most innovative, inspiring, and breathtaking works from talented photographers across Europe.
The aim of this competition is to help promote the photographic profession and to raise the level of professional standards. It is intended to give just recognition to those who work in this sector according to the highest levels of quality and professionalism.
The 2026 competition category list includes:
➜ Advertising/Commercial
➜ Digitally Created Images
➜ Domesticated Animals
➜ Fashion and Beauty
➜ Illustration and Fine Art
➜ Landscape
➜ Nature
➜ People & Portrait
➜ Reportage/Photojournalism
➜ Sports
➜ Wedding
➜ Wildlife
Awards will be presented at a special ceremony to be held on 25 April 2026 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Who may enter?
The FEP Awards are open to all professional photographers who are registered and resident in a European country (as defined by the Council of Europe), with no discrimination of sex, race, religion, nationality or ethnicity. The competition is open to both members and non-members of FEP associations.
Prize:
The following awards will be issued:
➜ The overall winner: FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2026
➜ FEP European Advertising/Commercial Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Digitally Created Images Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Domesticated Animals Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Fashion & Beauty Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Illustration & Fine Art Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Landscape Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Nature Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European People & Portrait Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Reportage/Photojournalism Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Sports Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Wedding Golden Camera Award
➜ FEP European Wildlife Golden Camera Award
A Silver Camera Award and a Bronze Camera Award will also be issued in all categories.
Entry fees:
The standard fee per category is 40 Euro, which will allow the upload of the minimum three images required for that category. Each additional image will cost 10 Euro and there are no limits on the number of images that may be entered. Various discounts are available to FEP members, members of partnering organizations, as well as to Ukrainian photographers.
