Deadline: January 19, 2021
Entry Fee: from €12 to €600
Prizes: €2,000, Trophies
The foundation of the WPE Awards was laid in 2014 in Paris.
As most of you know, the founders of WPE are in the photography profession just like you.
After countless contests they have been participating in for years, they have presented WPE to you by noting the deficiencies in the contests and developing them with their own visions.
Archiving is one of the most important issues on the WPE website developed in full response to the expectations of a photographer.
Thanks to the exchange of ideas with the experts in the field, it was possible to create archives both in the general profile of the website and in the member profiles.
The awards you will earn will be stored for years on the WPE website which was created by providing a solid infrastructure.
Your awards that will be open to access will represent the family tree of your photography life.
Thanks to our archives, the next generations will have the opportunity to see the awards you have won, and you will set an example for them.
Our aim is not only to give you badges but also to ensure that your investments are permanent.
If you check out our site carefully, you will already see this.
Let WPE immortalize the moment you have captured…
What is beautiful is shared.
What is shared is remembered.
Let future generations know you with WPE!
Who Can Participate in the Competition?
- The WPE Competition is open to professional photographers from all over the world ages 18 and over.
- Working judges cannot participate in the contest in order to preserve neutral voting.
- Judges can only enter the competition when they have no judging duty.
Why You Should Enter The Competition
- Win a Cash Prize €2000 (USD 2200$)
- Win a trophy!
- Collect the Badges of Excellence!
- Receive comments from respected photographers!
- Earn Honors of Excellence points!
- Raise the scores of your own country in the world ranking!
- Compete with the best photographers in the world and with the photographers in your own country!
- Inspire, and get inspired by your peers!
- A challenging and exciting platform to share your photos!
Categories
You may enter any number of Entries in any of the following categories:
Wedding Category
- Bride Alone Wedding Day (Composites images are not allowed)
- Groom Alone Wedding Day (Composites images are not allowed)
- Wedding Couple Together Wedding day (Composites images are not allowed)
- Wedding Details (Composites are allowed. Real wedding accessories)
- Bridal Party (Family and Friends)
- Wedding Photojournalism (Composites images are not allowed)
- Creative Wedding (Composites are allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
- Pre Wedding Bride Alone (Composites are allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
- Pre Wedding Groom Alone (Composites are allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
- Pre Wedding Couple Together (Composites are allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
Portrait Category
- Fashion/Beauty (Composites are allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
- Portrait (Composites are allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
- Individual (Composites images are not allowed. Models are permitted in this category)
- Newborn/Maternity/Families (Composites are allowed. Celebrating pregnancy and Up to 1 year)
- Children (Composites images are allowed. Age range of 1 to 13 is accepted. Models are permitted in this category)
- Fine Art Nude (Composites are allowed. Non pornographic, Body painting and artistic portraits of nude and semi-nude subjects)
- Street Photography (Composites images are not allowed)
- Landscape/Flowers/Buildings (Composites are allowed. Flowers, Landscape, Seasons, Sky, Trees, Cityscapes, Bridges, Buildings, Historic, Industrial, etc…)
- Photomanipulation (Composites are allowed)
- Animals/Pets/Insects (Composites are allowed)
- Food (Composites are allowed)
- Commercial (Composites are allowed)
- Aerial/Drone (Composites are allowed)
- Sports (Composites are allowed)
- Coronavirus (Composites are allowed)
Annual Catalog
WPE organizes a total of 3 competitions per year: First Half, Second Half and Annual Final.
At the end of these three competitions, an Annual Catalog of the best photographs and photographers will be made.
Prizes
- First Place
A Cash Prizes €2000 (USD 2200$) is awarded to the highest ranked photographer with the maximum number of points. - Second Place
will be awarded with 15 free entries to the next competition. - Third Place
will be awarded with 10 free entries to the next competition.
These above prizes are limited to top 3 photographers attaining the most points overall (not per category) in every competition.
The overall highest scoring photographer will win the WPE’s biggest trophy.
1st, 2nd and 3rd places in every category will be awarded a crystal trophy.
Trophies will be given at the end of the year.
Entry Fee
From opening date until the first deadline: €12 per Image.
- Package 5 + 1 free Credits 60€
- Package 10 + 3 free Credits 120€
- Package 20 + 10 free Credits 240€
- Package 30 + 20 free Credits 360€
- Package 40 + 40 free Credits 480€
From the first deadline until the final deadline: €15 per Image.
- Package 5 + 1 free Credits 75€
- Package 10 + 3 free Credits 150€
- Package 20 + 10 free Credits 300€
- Package 30 + 20 free Credits 450€
- Package 40 + 40 free Credits 600€