Applications are now open for the İstanbul Photo Awards 2026, an international contest where the photos that define the world agenda compete. Organized by Anadolu Agency (Anadolu Ajansı) for the 12th consecutive year, the contest aims to promote press photography globally. The contest will distribute $58,000 in prize money in total, with the Photo of the Year awarded to the top image in the Single News category, which comes with a $6,000 prize.

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Applications are now open for the İstanbul Photo Awards 2025, an international contest where the photos that define the world agenda compete. Organized by Anadolu Agency (Anadolu Ajansı) for the 11th consecutive year, the contest aims to promote press photography globally. The contest will distribute $58,000 in prize money in total, with the Photo of the Year awarded to the top image in the Single News category, which comes with a $6,000 prize.

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Applications for the 10th year of the İstanbul Photo Awards, where the photos that define the world agenda compete, have opened. The international news photography contest, organized by Anadolu Agency for the 10th time, aims to support press photography. Every year, about 20,000 photos are sent to the İstanbul Photo Awards, which is recognized as one of the world’s top photography contests. Prizes worth $60,000 to be distributed in contest that would feature newsworthy photos taken in 2023.

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Applications for the Istanbul Photo Awards 2023, Anadolu Agency’s international news photography contest, are now open. The competition is recognized as one of the world’s top photography contests. Now in its 9th year, the Istanbul Photo Awards, which receive over 15,000 photos every year, aim to honor and support professional press photographers. Along with many staff photographers, a sizeable number of freelance journalists also enter the contest.

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Applications for the Istanbul Photo Awards 2022, Anadolu Agency’s international news photography contest, are now open. The competition is recognized as one of the world’s top photography contests. Now in its eighth year, the Istanbul Photo Awards aim to honor and support press photographers for their professional dedication. Along with many staff photographers, a sizeable number of freelance journalists also enter the contest.

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Applications for Istanbul Photo Awards 2021, Anadolu Agency’s international news photography contest, are open. In its seventh year, Istanbul Photo Awards aims to award and support photojournalists for their professional dedication. The contest is organized by Anadolu Agency, which has worked with a great number of photojournalists throughout its 100 years in journalism. The “Photo of the Year” award will be given to the photograph that is first in rank in the Single News category and the photographer will be awarded with $6,000. The winners of each category will be awarded with $3,000, the second-in-ranks with $1,500 and the third-in-ranks with $1,000. Only the first prize winners will be awarded in Story Daily Life and Story Portrait categories.

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Application is open for Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, an international news photography contest, open to professional photographers worldwide. The contest aims to contribute to the sphere of news photography with generous awards, worldwide exhibitions and photobook. More than $40,000 are available in prizes which will be awarded to the best three photos in each competition category.

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