{"id":644254,"date":"2026-06-17T22:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/644254\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T22:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:41:28","slug":"the-worlds-biggest-photo-competition-opens-for-entries-with-huge-cash-prizes-up-for-grabs-in-its-20th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/644254\/","title":{"rendered":"The world’s biggest photo competition opens for entries with huge cash prizes up for grabs in its 20th year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sony<\/a> World Photo Awards are known for being one of the largest photography competitions, attracting close to half a million entrants each year, but also for serving up some lucrative cash sums to winners.<\/p>\n

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the competition, with the 2027 awards offering $25,000 (\u00a318,600 \/ AU$35,340) to the overall Photographer of the Year as well as $5,000 (\u00a33,700 \/ AU$7,000) to the Single Image Competition and Sustainability Prize winners.<\/p>\n

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While the 2027 awards bring changes to two of the competition names \u2013 the Professional competition has rebranded as the Series competition, and the Open competition is now the Single Image competition \u2013 the structure, prizes, and recognition remain the same as in previous years.<\/p>\n

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Last year\u2019s overall winner was Citlali Fabi\u00e1n<\/a> for the series Bilha, Stories of my Sisters. Fabi\u00e1n, a London-based visual artist, hails from the Yalalteca Indigenous community in Mexico and, through her lens, explores themes of identity, migration, and connection.<\/p>\n

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For her series, Fabi\u00e1n worked with activists and artists from Indigenous communities across southern Mexico \u2013 especially in Oaxaca \u2013 bringing together different voices without flattening them into a single narrative (Image credit: \u00a9 Citlali Fabi\u00e1n, Mexico, Photographer of the Year, Professional Competition, Creative, Sony World Photography Awards 2026)<\/p>\n

She was chosen as the Photographer of the Year from over 430,000 entries across all the award\u2019s competitions and, along with the cash prize, will showcase her winning work at this year\u2019s awards exhibition.<\/p>\n

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Along with the Single Image and Series competitions, there\u2019s also the Student Competition \u2013 for photography students \u2013 and the Youth competition \u2013 for entrants 19 years of age and under. However, instead of money, the winners of the latter three competitions snag Sony gear.<\/p>\n

The Sony World Photo Awards 2027 is now open for submissions and is free to enter for all competitions. These awards are extensive and there are different closing dates for the different competitions, as well as various categories you can enter within each. Head to the awards website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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