Contests

» World Press Photo
   International award with 22 categories, including sport, the arts, science, people and spot news. Winning entries are published each year in a book, and an exhibition tours worldwide throughout the year.
   http://www.worldpressphoto.org/

» Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Digital Contest
   Offers a photography contest judged by working photographers, with categories from spot news to features.

   
   http://www.photojournalism.org/

» Eisie Awards
   The Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography: administered by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, under a grant from LIFE magazine, in recognition of excellence in American magazine photography and to honor the memory and

   
   http://www.life.com/Life/eisies/index.html

» International Sport Photos Competition
   Sport photos of the year is an international photo competition jointly organized by L'Équipe newspaper and the Olympic Museum Lausanne, open to professional photographers covering national or international sport events.

   
   http://www.sportyear.lequipe.fr/

» John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award
   Showcase for new talent in portrait photography organised by the National Portrait Gallery.

   
   http://www.johnkobal.org/

» Lange-Taylor Prize
   A $10,000 award from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, promoting the collaboration between a writer and a photographer in a documentary project. All subjects welcome.

   
   http://cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/

» Lucie Awards
   The photography community from countries around the world, gathering with luminaries from the international photography community to laud the year's most outstanding achievements.

   
   http://www.lucieawards.com

» NPPA Best of...
   National Press Photographer's Association (USA) annual awards, featuring categories from sports to features, started in 2002.

   
   http://www.nppa.org/bestofpj/

» Observer Hodge Award
   British award for photographers under 30.

   
   http://observer.guardian.co.uk/hodgeaward/

» POY: The Pictures of the Year
   POY is one of the oldest, largest and most highly respected photojournalism contests in the world.

   
   http://www.poy.org/

» Picture Editors Awards
   The Picture Editors' Awards recognise and reward the best of photographic journalism throughout Britain and Ireland. Showcases winners, special awards and (from 2006) all entries received.

   
   http://www.pictureawards.net/

» Visions of Science Photographic Competition
   Includes the aims of the competition, categories (which change each year), rules and on-line entry form, together with the previous year's winners.

   
   http://www.visions-of-science.co.uk