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Sony World Photography Awards 2027: A Free Contest with a $25,000 Grand Prize
Entries are now open for the 2027 Sony World Photography Awards—one of the world’s largest international photography competitions.
🇱🇻 Photographers from Latvia are also eligible to participate.
✅ Entry is free for all main competition categories.
💵 The grand prize in the Professional category is $25,000.
Important: This is not the same contest as the Nikkor Photo Contest. The Sony World Photography Awards are organized by the World Photography Organization and are entirely international.
Can people from Latvia participate? Yes.
The contest is open to photographers worldwide. You don’t have to use a Sony camera—you can use any brand of camera or phone.
📸 Contest Categories
Single Image Competition
For individual photographs taken in 2026. Each photographer may submit up to three images free of charge across ten different categories.
Grand Prize:
💵 $5,000
📷 Sony photography equipment
🖼 Participation in exhibitions in London and internationally
Series Competition
For photo series of 5 to 10 images. Photographers aged 18 and older are eligible to participate.
Grand Prize:
💵 $25,000
📷 Sony photography equipment
✈️ Flight and lodging for the awards ceremony in London
🖼 A solo exhibition at next year’s event
Youth competition
For photographers up to 19 years of age. Up to three images taken in 2026 may be submitted free of charge.
Prizes include Sony photography equipment, participation in the exhibition, publication in the competition yearbook, and international publicity.
Student competition
For photography students aged 18–30. The university or educational institution must be registered in the competition system.
The theme for the 2027 student competition is “Journeys.” A series of 5–10 images must be submitted.
📮 Technical Requirements
For the single-image competition, each photograph must be:
* in JPEG format;
* between 1 and 5 MB;
* in the sRGB color space;
* taken in 2026.
Finalists must be able to submit high-resolution files for exhibition and publication.
In the Single Image and Youth programs, three images may be submitted free of charge. The organizers also offer paid additional image packages, but these are not required to participate in the competition.
⏳ Submission Deadlines
Student competition — November 27, 2026
Single Image competition — January 5, 2027
Youth competition — January 5, 2027
Series competition — January 12, 2027
Why should Latvian photographers participate?
✅ Free basic entry
✅ The competition is open to participants worldwide
✅ You don’t have to use a Sony camera
✅ Separate categories for single images, series, youth, and students
✅ Cash prizes, equipment, and international exhibitions
✅ One of the most recognized photography competitions in the world
ProPortfolio.lv Review
The Sony World Photography Awards are definitely worth entering, especially since you can submit three images to the Single Image competition completely free of charge.
We recommend not waiting until the last days of January. Selecting photos, preparing files, and choosing categories should be done well in advance.
👉 Official information and registration: worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awa…
ProPortfolio.lv — a place where Latvia’s creative professionals come together.
🇱🇻 Photographers from Latvia are also eligible to participate.
✅ Entry is free for all main competition categories.
💵 The grand prize in the Professional category is $25,000.
Important: This is not the same contest as the Nikkor Photo Contest. The Sony World Photography Awards are organized by the World Photography Organization and are entirely international.
Can people from Latvia participate? Yes.
The contest is open to photographers worldwide. You don’t have to use a Sony camera—you can use any brand of camera or phone.
📸 Contest Categories
Single Image Competition
For individual photographs taken in 2026. Each photographer may submit up to three images free of charge across ten different categories.
Grand Prize:
💵 $5,000
📷 Sony photography equipment
🖼 Participation in exhibitions in London and internationally
Series Competition
For photo series of 5 to 10 images. Photographers aged 18 and older are eligible to participate.
Grand Prize:
💵 $25,000
📷 Sony photography equipment
✈️ Flight and lodging for the awards ceremony in London
🖼 A solo exhibition at next year’s event
Youth competition
For photographers up to 19 years of age. Up to three images taken in 2026 may be submitted free of charge.
Prizes include Sony photography equipment, participation in the exhibition, publication in the competition yearbook, and international publicity.
Student competition
For photography students aged 18–30. The university or educational institution must be registered in the competition system.
The theme for the 2027 student competition is “Journeys.” A series of 5–10 images must be submitted.
📮 Technical Requirements
For the single-image competition, each photograph must be:
* in JPEG format;
* between 1 and 5 MB;
* in the sRGB color space;
* taken in 2026.
Finalists must be able to submit high-resolution files for exhibition and publication.
In the Single Image and Youth programs, three images may be submitted free of charge. The organizers also offer paid additional image packages, but these are not required to participate in the competition.
⏳ Submission Deadlines
Student competition — November 27, 2026
Single Image competition — January 5, 2027
Youth competition — January 5, 2027
Series competition — January 12, 2027
Why should Latvian photographers participate?
✅ Free basic entry
✅ The competition is open to participants worldwide
✅ You don’t have to use a Sony camera
✅ Separate categories for single images, series, youth, and students
✅ Cash prizes, equipment, and international exhibitions
✅ One of the most recognized photography competitions in the world
ProPortfolio.lv Review
The Sony World Photography Awards are definitely worth entering, especially since you can submit three images to the Single Image competition completely free of charge.
We recommend not waiting until the last days of January. Selecting photos, preparing files, and choosing categories should be done well in advance.
👉 Official information and registration: worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awa…
ProPortfolio.lv — a place where Latvia’s creative professionals come together.
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