Photo Contest with Cash Prizes

PRESENTING THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: As a leader in capturing our world through brilliant imagery, National Geographic sets the standard for photographic excellence. Now you can share your vision of the world. Enter to win $10,000 and have your photo published in National Geographic magazine! Photos will be judged on creativity and photographic quality.
Submit your entry online in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. The submission period begins September 16 and ends November 30. Winners will be announced in early December. There is an entry fee of U.S. $15 per photo.
2010 Lomography Summer Challenge: Show us your summer through lomographic lenses! Send your best summer pics shot with lomography cameras from this year or past vacations to the Lomography Portugal team hot prizes are waiting for you!
Deadline: September 18, 2010
Theme: Digital
Eligibility: Open to anyone 18+
Prizes: Lomo LC-A+ & LC-A Krab Underwater Housing & publication in the online magazine projecto 10, Diana Deluxe Kit, The brand-new Spinner 360
Entry Fee: Free
Win 1 of 10 copies of Serif PhotoPlus X4: To enter just tell us what you think of your camera, and send us a picture taken with it. Pictures can be added to our gallery or linked to from Flickr or other image galleries, as long as we can publicly access it and you are happy for us to add it to our site.
Deadline: September 20, 2010
Theme: Digital
Eligibility: UK & Ireland 18+
Prizes: PhotoPlus X4 from Serif
Entry Fee: Free
2010 New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year: New Zealand Geographic is inviting amateurs, professionals and students alike to demonstrate their skills with a camera in the country’s most prestigious photographic competition. $6000 in cash is up for grabs. Start snapping.
Submit a photo that showcase the extraordinary natural and cultural riches that make New Zealand unique.
Deadline: September 21, 2010
Theme: Digital
Eligibility: International 18+
Prizes: The winner of each category receives $1000 cash, publication in New Zealand Geographic, 10 New Zealand Geographic 2011 calendars, a one year subscription to New Zealand Geographic and a large format print of their winning image.
The winner of the Young Photographer category will also receive $1000, a large format photographic print and automatic access into the New Zealand Geographic Trust Young Guns mentoring scheme.
The overall winner earns the title New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year 2010, an additional $2000 cash and a guaranteed Creative Contributor contract offer from Getty Images. Entry Fee: Free
CentralPark.com Photo Contest: Enter your photos taken in Summer 2010 or during past summer seasons.
Deadline: September 22, 2010
Theme: Digital
Eligibility: USA 18+
Prizes: The Grand Prize each season includes a CentralPark.com t-shirt, a pocket guide, a Central Park poster and a picnic basket.
The winning photographers will also be permanently displayed on our winner’s page.
Entry Fee: Free
Dominant Color Photography Competition: WPGA will select open theme single images with a dominant color. The dominant element in the image must be a specific color, such as red, yellow, blue, white, black, green, etc. Black & White images, toned, duotones, are excluded from this competition.
Deadline: September 29, 2010
Theme: Digital
Eligibility: International 13+
Prizes: Jurors will select Best of Show and 20 Honorable Mentions.
Best of Show: $1,000 B&H gift certificate. All awardees as well as some finalists according to the jurors
decision- will be featured in the Book The Dominant Color. Entry Fee: $20
PRESENTING THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: As a leader in capturing our world through brilliant imagery, National Geographic sets the standard for photographic excellence. Now you can share your vision of the world. Enter to win $10,000 and have your photo published in National Geographic magazine! Photos will be judged on creativity and photographic quality.
Submit your entry online in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. The submission period begins September 16 and ends November 30. Winners will be announced in early December. There is an entry fee of U.S. $15 per photo.
