2024 World Press Photo Contest

The World Press Photo Foundation welcomes a multiplicity of stories and a diverse range of photographers from all over the world to enter the contest.

Overview

The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year, selected by an international independent jury. Entering is free and prizes include up to €6,000, inclusion in our annual traveling exhibition, and more.

Practical Info 

For the 2024 World Press Photo Contest, the winners will be chosen by regional and global juries. Regional juries, made up of five professionals from and/or working in that region, will first prepare a selection of entries per region. From this selection, a global jury, made up of the six regional jury chairs and the global jury chair, will then award the regional and global winners.

Every regional winner of the contest receives a monetary prize of €1,000, inclusion in the annual World Press Photo year-long worldwide exhibition and in in the annual collectible yearbook, invitation to a winners’ event and a physical award. 24 regional winners will be awarded, one per category (Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects and Open Format) per region (Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia and Oceania).

A global jury selects the four global winners: the World Press Photo of the Year, the World Press Photo Story of the Year, the World Press Photo Long-Term Project Award, and the World Press Photo Open Format Award. The global winners will be chosen from the regional winners in their respective categories. In addition to their regional prizes, global winners will also receive an additional monetary prize of €5,000, a Fujifilm GFX100 II camera, with two lenses of choice, two Li-ion batteries and dual battery charger, plus an additional physical award.

In addition the jury may choose to draw attention to an entry that deserves special recognition by awarding it an Honorable Mention. Awardees will receive inclusion in the annual World Press Photo year-long worldwide exhibition and in the annual collectible yearbook.

About World Press Photo

World Press Photo was founded in 1955 when a group of Dutch photographers organized a contest (“World Press Photo”) to expose their work to an international audience. Since then, their mission has expanded and their contests have grown into one of the world’s most prestigious competitions, rewarding the best in photojournalism and documentary photography.

The World Press Photo Foundation is a creative, independent, nonprofit organization, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the support of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, and PwC.