Photo contests worth entering

Every open photo contest, award, grant and open call in one place, read by a person before it goes live. The fee, the prize and the deadline at a glance, and a nudge before it closes.

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  • 294open calls
  • 136free to enter
  • €1.1min listed prizes
Read before it is listed

Who runs it, what it costs, what you win and which rights you hand over. We check before a call goes live.

Same layout, every call

Deadline in your time zone, fee, prize and days left, always in the same place. Comparing takes seconds.

A nudge before it closes

Save a call and we email you before the deadline. No spreadsheet, no forty open tabs.

Closing this week

Still time to enter. These go first.

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What Pro opens

The calls behind the blur are real and open right now.

What Pro includes

226 more open calls

103 of them are free to enter, with €788,357 in listed prizes.

Pro shows every listing in full: the date, the fee, the brief and the link to apply. Join free first, then try Pro for 30 days on us.

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Free to enter

No entry fee. Real prizes, real juries.

All 136 free calls
Keep a shortlist. A free account saves the calls you like and sends one email on Fridays. Just your email, no password.
Free and Pro

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FeatureFreePro
Listings open to everyone68294, every open call
Exact deadline, fee, brief and apply linkOn open listingsOn every listing
Save calls to your listYesYes
The Friday emailYesYes
Alerts for your themes and a calendar feedNoYes
Fees and prizes side by side, with an entry budgetNoYes
Entry tracker and the archive of past callsNoYes
Price€0, no time limit30 days free, then €4.99 a month or €39 a year

Monthly

€4.99 a month

30 days free, then billed monthly. Cancel any time.

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Yearly

€3.25 a month

Billed €39 a year. You save €20.88 against monthly, plus a free year for a friend.

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No charge for 30 days on either plan. We email you 3 days before the trial ends.

Featured

Paid placements from organizers. Always open to everyone.

Browse by theme

Start with what you shoot.

Every theme
Cuernos del Paine at first light, Patagonia, Chile
Picture of the week

Cuernos del Paine at first light

by Pedro Szekely

See this week and past picks

Pictures we would hang. A new one leads the front page every Monday. Enter Photographer of the Month.

Questions

The trial, billing and cancelling

More on the FAQ and pricing pages.

Is the free account really free?

Yes. A free account costs nothing and has no time limit. You can browse every listing open to everyone, save calls to your list and get the Friday email.

What happens during the 30 free days of Pro?

You get everything in Pro straight away. Nothing is charged for 30 days, on the monthly or the yearly plan.

Will you remind me before I am charged?

Yes. We email you 3 days before your trial ends, with a link to your account so you can keep Pro or cancel.

How do I cancel?

From your account page, in one click. Cancel during the trial and you pay nothing. Cancel later and you keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for.

Can I pause instead of cancelling?

Yes. You can pause billing for 1 to 3 months from your account and pick up where you left off.

What about EU withdrawal rights?

In the EU you can withdraw within 14 days of subscribing, and we refund the unused part. Write to [email protected].

Made for photographers, not for clicks

Photographers First lists open photo contests, awards, grants, residencies and open calls from around the world. A person checks every listing, and each one shows the deadline in your time zone, the entry fee, the prize and a direct link to the organizer's rules.

Start with what you shoot, in contests by theme, with what you can afford, in free photo contests, or with time, in closing this week and the deadline calendar. Every call leaves the directory the day it closes. We decline calls that take rights over your work, and promotion never buys approval.

Your next call is already listed.

294 open calls today, 136 of them free. Join free, or open every listing for 30 days.

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