The Largest Photography Competition | CEWE Photo Award

The CEWE Photo Award 2025 is now open!

Unleash your creativity by submitting up to 100 of your breath-taking photos and you can win a share of €250,000 in prizes. Whether you’re a professional or an enthusiastic smartphone photographer, the contest is open to all. Under the motto “Our world is beautiful” we invite you to share your most beautiful photos.

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Explore the different categories

No matter what your photography style or passion, there’s a perfect category waiting for you to showcase your talent and enter.

Discover the prizes to be won

There’s over €250,000 worth of prizes to be won. You can still win something, even if you place in the 1000th place. From a dream holiday to photography equipment, learn about the range of prizes on offer.

Learn about our charitable partnership

Participate and do good. For every photo entered into our photo competition, we donate ten Euro cents to our charitable partnership with SOS Children's Villages International

The world’s largest free photography competition

The CEWE Photo Award manages not only to reach and connect photo enthusiasts across the globe but also to showcase and celebrate earth’s beauty.

We’ve got ten different categories for you to submit your greatest photos to, all under the slogan “Our world is beautiful”.

Image: Manfred Voss, "Frozen Lighthouse" (CEWE Photo Award 2021 Overall Winner)

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Over €250,000 in prizes to be won

The CEWE Photo Award is a photo competition free to enter and open to anyone who enjoys capturing the beauty of our world. Your photos will be judged by a panel of recognised industry experts, journalists and professional photographers.

1st place

The main prize is a unique trip worth 10000 euros, a voucher for photo equipment worth 5000 euros and a voucher for CEWE photo products worth 2500 euros.

2nd-10th place

The category winners each win a voucher for photo equipment worth 5000 euros and a voucher for CEWE photo products worth 2500 euros.

11th-30th place

Our top 30 each win a voucher for photo equipment worth 2500 euros and a voucher for CEWE photo products worth 1000 euros.

31st - 1000th place

Our top 1000 each win a voucher for CEWE photo products worth 100 euros.

Discover the ten categories to enter into the 2025 CEWE Photo Award

No matter what kind of discipline you follow with your photography, there’s a category for you to enter

Nature and Wildlife

Animals

Landscapes

People

Architecture

Sport and Action

Travel and Culture

Street Photography

Close-up and Macro Photography

Cooking and Food

Young Talent Award

Are you between the ages of 16 and 25 years old? Do you have an eye to spot the extraordinary? Do you love taking photos? Then you have come to the right place. For the first time, we are expanding the CEWE Photo Award to include its own category- only for young people: The Young Talent Award. Enter here and become the first CEWE Young Talent.

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Enter our free photo competition to help children worldwide.

For every photo submitted, we donate ten Euro cents to SOS Children’s Villages International. They are an independent global charity improving the lives of disadvantaged children. Visit their website to learn more.