‘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 [...]

World Press Photo is opened an online service for professional photographers for uploading their entries of the 2008 World Press Photo Contest online. Photographers can register until 4 January to access the site. The deadline for uploading entries is 10 January 2008. The web entry site can be accessed at: https://submit.worldpressphoto.nl
According to their press release, [...]

Photographers Of Tomorrow Contest (For Top Photography Students) is running under the sponsorship of Olympus USA. Therefor, next to the top prize of a $5,000 scholarship, if you are one of the first 3 winners, you can get a Olympus E-3 Digital SLR Camera with lenses and accessories (Two New ZUIKO Digital Lenses – the [...]

The competition, launched under the Royal Photographic Society, is known as IRIS-25 (The International Review of Images with Soundtrack for Under 25 year olds) and it is designed to promote and encourage the interest and growth of Digital Audio Visual photography among young people. The deadline for entries is 21st April 2008 and free software [...]

London-based photographer Cat Vinton has become the first female overall winner of the international Travel Photographer of the Year competition (TPOTY), winning a stunning prize which includes the opportunity to photograph the Dalai Lama in India.
Amateur and professional photographers from 51 countries competed for the £50,000+ prize package, and entrants from Australia, Canada, Finland, [...]

PerfectPixs started a contest for all photographers over 21 years of age. This contest will commence in 2008 (but it’s allready openend for submisions) and will continue on a periodic basis until cancelled by the Pixel Place.
Rules:
The photographer may submit any subject matter except for material that could be considered illegal, obscene, provocative, questionable or [...]