Istanbul Photo Awards 2020

Opening: November 1, 2019
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Entry fee: Free
Prizes: $1,500, $3,000, $5,000, $8,000, valuable prizes, participation in the exhibition, publication in the book

Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Agency.

The contest aims to contribute to the sphere of news photography and offers a perspective shaped by the region’s unique position at the center of diverse cultures. The awards reward endeavors of courageous and talented photojournalists from around the world on merit. Although it is only the fifth edition of the contest, Istanbul Photo Awards has become one of the most widely known news photography contests in the world.

Along with the generous awards of the contest aiming to support the hard work and dedication of news photographers worldwide, the application is totally free.

Istanbul Photo Awards receives a lot of attention from photojournalists from all around the world. 10,000 photographers from 150 nationalities sent almost 100,000 photographs to the contest in five years.

Award winning photographs will be published in photobook which will be send almost everywhere all around the world to the photography professionals and displayed at significant galleries around the world such as Istanbul, Shanghai, New York, Vienna and Moscow.