1st Prize: 1,500 EUR

2nd Prize: 1,000 EUR

3rd Prize: 750 EUR

4th Prize: 500 EUR

5th Prize: 250 EUR

How to enter your photos?

Entry is free. Send in hard copies of your best photos (maximum of five pictures per entrant/photographer) in accordance with the conditions of participation and in compliance with the code of conduct to the following address or submit them as digital files to the email address provided

Up to 10 images, have to be titled. Can submit them for the sport that the photograph is of. Winners are chosen for each sport category. 2026 submissions has finished but 2027 submissions should be from now until date of end of submission. (Last was open for photos taken between December 2024 and November 2025.)

https://www.worldsportsphotographyawards.com/

20 single images and two series will be exhibited in a group show at PhotoIreland in Dublin and at 10 14 Gallery in London

Landscape

Architecture

Portrait

Street

Art

• Birds

• Mammals

• Other Animals

• Plants & Fungi

• Landscape

• Underwater

• Nature Art

• Human & Nature

• Black & White

• Animal Portrait

• Youth

• Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award

PRIZES:

• Overall Winner - €3,000

• Category Winner - €500

RULES:

• Unrestricted subject - you cannot disturb nature or animals to take your images, with the exception of the ‘Human & Nature’ category to show the best and worst of humanity interacting with the natural world.

• NO AI

• Time frame doesn’t matter - the image does not have to have been taken in 2026.

• Urban

• Wildlife

• Landscape

• Food

• People

• Portfolio (collection often images)

• Aerial (Drone Photogrpahy)

• Rising Star (18-25)

RULES:

• Grand Prize: 11 day holiday to Canada for 2. Subscription to NGT magazine, and work published. 30-minute mentor project with NGT art director and photography editor.

• Category Prize: Work published in NGT magazine and subscription.

ENTRY:

• Currently open, closes 11:59pm 22nd March 2026

• No purchase necessary for entry into the competition

RULES:

• Can only enter each category once

• Portfolio category max 10 images

• Taken within 2 years of submission

• NO AI

• Only minor editing/retouching allowed

• Model release forms are necessary for any images with models in

• Images must be max of 10MB in size and in JPEG format