The Photo Open Calls Directory #25 (80 contests closing between June 27th and July 1st, 2025)
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27 FREE PHOTO OPEN CALLS closing in JUNE 2025 (PART 1)
17 FREE PHOTO OPEN CALLS closing in JUNE 2025 (PART 2)
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20 FREE PHOTO OPEN CALLS closing in JULY 2025 (PART 2)
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Deadline: June 27th. 2025
FREE ENTRY / My Mint Star - Mobile Photo Contest
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: Nikon ZF + Exhibition
Theme: Mobile Photo. In celebration of ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK, The Mint Museum, Biggs Camera, and The Photo Classroom invite you to participate in a photography contest celebrating the stars in your life. Whether it’s your mother, best friend, mentor, coach...
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography - "Urban 2025" International Photography Exhibition
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: £48 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Urban. The Glasgow Gallery of Photography is running an exhibition in November called Urban. The urban environment is very different from a rural one, so we want to see those differences, the good and the bad, that make an urban environment what it is. But you don't need to be limited...
All About Photo - “Black and White” Photography Competition
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
Theme: Black and White. Black and white photography evokes poetry, nostalgia. The timelessness of black and white images focuses on its subjects, highlights contrasts, lines and enhances the power of light. The contest is open to any B&W photography interpretation, from photojournalism...
Decode Gallery - ''Minimalism'' Photography Contest
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Sales
Theme: Minimalism. Minimalism – Less is more. Capture the essence of simplicity, clean lines, negative space, and restrained beauty. Whether through stark landscapes, abstract compositions, or quiet moments, we seek images that evoke clarity, balance, and intentional reduction...
Innovate Grant - Spring 2025 Grant Awards
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $35 / Prize: $1,800 + Exposure
Theme: Open. Innovate Grant distributes (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. Our newly increased $1,800.00 grants act as mighty sparks of financial support that ignite your creative development. Our grant cycles are open (4) times a year...
FREE ENTRY / Balcia Insurance - "The Happening" Open Call
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: €500+Exhibition+Camera
Theme: Happening. In a world that’s shifting shape by the minute, all we truly have is NOW. We encourage you to capture the depth of the NOW - the moments that define and connect us. The unique lens of YOU, EVERYWHERE you go, capturing the essence of the NOW. YOU. EVERYWHERE. NOW...
FREE ENTRY / Denis Roussel Award 2025
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Free / Prize: A stipend of $2,000
Theme: Open. A portfolio of seven well edited images and a written statement. In your statement please tell us about the work you are submitting. No more than two paragraphs please. One applicant will be chosen for the Denis Roussel Award by our guest juror based on a portfolio of work...
Art Fluent - "Serenity" Online Exhibition
Jun 27, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $25 / Prize: $750 + Exhibition
Theme: Serenity. For this call for art, we’re looking for artwork that whispers, not shouts. Serenity is the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. It embodies a sense of tranquility, clarity, and harmony, free from stress or chaos. However you define calm, we want to see it...
Deadline: June 28th. 2025
Visual Art Journal - Open Call for Visual Artists
Jun 28, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: Yes / Prize: Exhibition + Publication
Category: Visual Art. We are excited to announce a call for artists to showcase their talent in our globally distributed magazine. This open call invites painters, photographers, and all visual artists to submit their work for a chance to be featured in both print and digital versions...
Part Crowd Gallery - Abstract: Open Call for Group Exhibition
Jun 28, 2025, 11:30 PM
Fee: $20 / Prize: Exhibition
Theme: Abstract. Abstract art allows artists to express their vision in an array of techniques and styles. Abstract art also leaves room for vast interpretation. For this online group exhibition, we invite artists to submit any abstract artwork that celebrates one of the most polarizing forms...
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