For US citizens I found an interesting contest with really nice prises:The Rainforest Alliance Picture Sustainability. The winner will not only win a Fujifilm Finepix S100fs 11.1MP Digital Camera with 14.3x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom, but also a trip for two (2) to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands and a wildlife photography [...]

The Art of Photography Show 2008 is a world-class international exhibition featuring all forms of photographic art — images shot on film, shot digitally, unaltered shots, alternative process, mixed media, digital manipulations, montages, photograms, etc. The Art of Photography Show will be exhibited at the two-level Lyceum Theatre Gallery, a perfect venue for exhibiting [...]

The Photography Prize worth £30,000 is awarded annually to an international photographer who is judged to have made the greatest contribution to photography over the previous year. This year’s finalists are John Davies (UK), Jacob Holdt (Denmark), Esko Männikkö (Finland) and Fazal Sheikh (USA). Founded in 1996, the Photography Prize has become one of the [...]

I’ve just been informed that the search for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 has begun.
If you have broadband you can enter the competition online. Alternatively enter by post.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK
However, it costs £20 to enter online and £27 to enter by post, due to the [...]

Celebrating the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment, popular websites Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com, in association with Our World Underwater, one of the largest consumer dive shows in the US, announce a final call for entries for their 3rd annual, international underwater photography and video competition. Truly an international competition, last year winners hailed from [...]

‘Hard World’ by Sudipto Das / The Times of India
2007 Environmental Photographer of the Year and Urban Environment Category Winner

‘Waiting for the freeze’ by Ian R. Nelson
Changing Climates Category Winner

‘Pyramid of horses’ by Yvan Van Hoorickx
Arts and the Environment Category Winner

‘Alien Cave’ by Robert Eavis
Technology and Innovation Category Winner

‘Foraging’ by Stuart Meikle
Social Environment Category Winner

‘Child [...]

So, my favorite photography contest has been finally announced:
CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition, open to all professional and amateur, national and international photographers working with digital and traditional photography, opens the gates as follows:
CATEGORIES
Changing Climates
World of Difference
Quality of Life
The Natural World
DEADLINE: July 31st 2008
To enter: http://www.ciwem.org/awards/epoty.
The competition seeks to celebrate photographers who use [...]

Under the motto “Your most impressive creations in 2007“, Carl Zeiss, the manufacturer of premium lenses started a photography contest.
In order to participate, the use of a lens from Carl Zeiss is obligatory for participation in the contest. Also, the images must be taken in 2007. A short, written description of how the photo originated [...]

The Grand Prize Picture— “Mixed Emotions” by Lance Taylor
Lance Taylor of Ft. Meade, Maryland took this charming picture of his wife Jacqueline and 3-year old daughter Jillian at a beach near Corolla, North Carolina. “The water was pretty frigid,” recalls Taylor “and Jillian couldn’t stand up in the waves by herself, so my wife would [...]

Just a few days left until the closing date for entries into the Sony Alpha Unseen Britain campaign (January 4 2008).
The Sony Alpha Unseen Britain Challenge has embarked on its campaign to capture never seen before images of Britain with renowned photographer and climber Mike Robertson. Commissioned by Sony, Mike will tour the country [...]