World Press Photo Contest 2025

World Press Photo Contest 2025 is now open for entries!

World Press Photo Contest 2025 : The annual World Press Photo Contest, recently organized by the World Press Photo Foundation, recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year.

➜ Short description

The annual World Press Photo Contest, recently organized by the World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year.

There are three categories: Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects.

Singles

➜ Single frame photographs.
➜ All singles must have been shot in 2024.

Stories

➜ Stories can contain between 4 and 10 single frame photographs.
➜ All photographs entered into the stories category must have been shot in 2023 or 2024. At least four photographs in a story must have been shot in 2024.

Long-Term Projects

➜ Projects on a single theme containing between 24-30 single frame photographs.
➜ An entry must contain photographs from at least three different years, and a minimum of six photographs must have been shot in 2024.

Pictures can be submitted whether or not they have been published.

Entries will be judged in six worldwide regions: Africa; West, Central, and South Asia; Europe; North and Central America; South America; and Asia Pacific and Oceania.

Note! Submissions are open from 1 December 2024 until 10 January 2025.

➜ Submission requirements:

Photographs entered to the Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects must meet the following requirements:

➜ Only single-frame photographs may be entered to the above-mentioned categories
➜ Upload photographs with the original pixel size (unless cropped). Do not scale and do not change the resolution.
➜ ICC profile must be embedded. AdobeRGB, sRGB or grayscale Gamma 2.2 are recommended. No CMYK.
➜ Must be uploaded in JPEG format with high-quality compression.

➜ Who may enter?

The World Press Photo contest is open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.

➜ Prize:

The World Press Photo of the Year winner will also receive €10,000. Every contest winner receives €1,000.