Call for entries - Head On Photo Awards 2025

The Head On Photo Awards offer a $80,000 prize pool. Judged anonymously, they represent a global selection of the best work from emerging and established photographers. Since 2004 we have helped photographers worldwide to create, exhibit and inspire, awarding over $930,000 in cash and prizes.

The Head On Photo Awards represent a global selection of the best work from emerging and established photographers across three categories: portrait, landscape and exposure.

The Head On Portrait, Landscape and Exposure Awards are open INTERNATIONALLY to photographers of all levels.

Features
-Judged without artists’ names to ensure equal opportunity
$80,000 prize pool – cash and product
-One overall winner and two runners-up per category
-100 finalists exhibited in a printed and online exhibition
-200 semi-finalists shown in a digital exhibition
-Highlighted exhibitions of all finalists’ works in Head On Photo Festival 2025
-Inclusion in the Head On Photo Awards 2025 hard-cover catalogue

The Head On Photo Awards puts your photos on the world stage!

Requirements

General entry
AUD$30 entry fee per photo.
Approx. USD$20

Festival Friends
AUD$25 entry fee per photo.
Approx. USD$16

Under 25
AUD$15 entry fee per photo.
Approx. USD$10

Application Instructions