2026 Photo Review 41st Photography International Competition

International Deadline: May 20, 2026 – The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 41st annual photography competition, one of the oldest continuous photography competitions in the world.

Prize-winning work will be exhibited at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, and accepted entries will be reproduced in The Photo Review journal and seen by thousands of photographers, collectors, and curators worldwide.

JUROR
Dr. Sarah Kennel is a specialist in the history of photography who has curated, published, and presented widely on subjects ranging from nineteenth-century French photography and historic photographic processes to European modernism and understudied women photographers.

Dr. Kennel has previously held curatorial positions at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta… see more

AWARDS

• Exhibition at the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia (prizewinners)
• Reproduction in The Photo Review journal and on our website (all accepted entries)
• Feature in several Photo Review web galleries (Editor’s Selections)
• $1,000 purchase prize from Haverford College
• $500 gift certificate for printing at Booksmart Studio
• A Wacom Intuos Pro medium tablet
• $200 gift certificate from Digital Silver Imaging
• $200 gift certificate from Shades of Paper
• $100 and $50 gift certificates from Red River Paper
• Two $100 gift certificates from PhotoLounge
• $100, $75, and $50 gift certificates for Think Tank photo bags
• Two $50 gift certificates from PhotoFlasDrive
• A feature on the Laurence Miller Gallery’s Picture of the Week email blast
• A feature on Peter Fetterman’s The Power of Photography email blast
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ENTRY FEE
The entry fee is $40 for up to three images and $8 for each additional image. In addition, all entrants will be able to subscribe to The Photo Review for $40, a 20% discount. (Higher rates apply for non-US subscribers.)

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