ND Awards - Neutral Density Photography Awards 2018

Organised by ND Magazine, ND Awards - Neutral Density Photography Awards 2018, the most prestigious annual photo contests that aims to promote photography and photographers, has been recently opened for entries with idea to create new opportunities to present most valuable work to the audiences all over the world and to build a place where photographers can show different points of view and thrive through this photography competition.

One of the primordial goals of ND Awards is to create a global center of photography that ushers the gathering of outstanding artists together, promote their art, and yield unique opportunities for professionals and amateurs to showcase their skills.

The 2018 competition categories include (categories are in two sections: Professional and Non-Professional):

Professional categorie

• Architecture,
• Editorial,
• Fine Art,
• Nature,
• People,
• Special

Non-Professional categorie

• Architecture,
• Fine Art,
• Nature,
• People,
• Special

There is no limit to the number of individual images or image series each photographer may submit. You may enter all your images into 1 category, or any of the 30 sub-categories. You may also enter the same image into as many categories as you wish.

Photographs must be resized to 1100 pixels on the longest side. They must be saved as JPEG file (JPG). You can submit only bleed photographs without borders, except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image.

Your photos will be rated individually by an esteemed panel of international judges, including: gallery owners, publishers, editors and renowned photographers. Entrants with the highest final score within each category will be announced the category’s winner. The entrants with the highest final score in Professional and Non-Professional level of expertise will be announced the major prize winners with the titles ND Photographer of the Year and ND Discovery of the Year.

Entry Fees are:

Early Deadline - 29 April 2018

• Non-Professional - Single image entry fee: $15
• Non-Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $20

• Professional - Single image entry fee: $20
• Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $25

Final Deadline - 23 September 2018

• Non-Professional - Single image entry fee: $20
• Non-Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $25

• Professional - Single image entry fee: $25
• Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $30

Multiple category additional fee is $10 per category.

ND Awards is open to everyone. Amateurs and professionals alike from any country are eligible to participate.

Professional and Non-professional subcategory winners will receive: Gold Star, Silver Star and Bronze Star awards and professional and non-professional honorable mentions winners winners will receive: Honorable Mention medal, showcase at the online Winners' Gallery, winners certificate.

Professional grand prize winner will receive - $2,500 cash prize,($2000 + $500 for category winner), title: ND Photographer of the Year, monthly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase for a year at the front page of Winners' Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.

Non-professional grand prize winner will receive - $1,300 cash prize, ($1000 + $300 for category winner), title: ND Discovery of the Year, monthly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase for a year at the front page of Winners' Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.

6 professional category winners will receive - $500 cash prize each, titles: ND Architectural Photographer of the Year, ND Editorial Photographer of the Year, ND Fine Art Photographer of the Year, ND Nature Photographer of the Year, ND People Photographer of the Year, ND Special Category Photographer of the Year, weekly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase at the Winners' Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.

5 professional category winners will receive - $300 cash prize each, titles: ND Architectural Discovery of the Year, ND Discovery Photographer of the Year, ND Discovery Photographer of the Year, ND People Discovery of the Year, ND Special Category Discovery of the Year, weekly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase at the Winners' Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.