Can all students enter the competition?
Yes, your university must be registered. You can register on behalf of your university during the entry process.
Can I enter my images in other competitions?
Yes. You may enter into other photography competitions, we have no exclusivity rights to your images.
Can I submit manipulated images?
Images can be manipulated, however the manipulation must be clearly outlined within the image description.
Can I submit my images on a CD, URL Link or in a book ?
No. All images must be submitted online, via the website.
Can images taken on camera phones be entered into the competition?
Yes they can. These images should still be no smaller than 1MB in order to enter them, and a higher resolution version may still be required.
Do my images need to be taken or published within a certain timeframe?
Entries in any Sony World Photography Awards 2027 competition must have been taken between:
1 January to 27 Nov 2026 for the Student competition.
1 January 2026 to 5 January 2027 for the Single Image and Youth competitions.
For the Series competition, published work may have been taken at any point in history, but must have been published between the dates of January 1, 2026 and January 12, 2027. Up to 20% of work can be published on your personal website and social media i.e. two images can be published on personal platforms if submitting a series of 8-10 images. One image can be published if submitting a series of 5-7 images.
Un-published work entered into the competition may have been taken at any point in history but never been shown publicly. Once unpublished work has been entered, it cannot be entered again as published work in the future year of the Awards’ competition.
Do the sponsors have rights to use my image? Will my images be used in any other way?
All entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by Sony World Photography Awards, for the sole purpose of promoting the competition and the photographers themselves.
Please read the full list of rules for the Single Image and Series competitions for details.
How can I find out the results of the competition?
Shortlisted winners will be individually notified by email prior to the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony. The winners will all be announced at the ceremony.
How do I contact you?
We would be delighted to hear from you! Please do not hesitate to drop us a message and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
How many images can I upload?
In the Series competition, you can enter a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 images per category. You may enter as many categories as you wish.
In the Single Image and Youth competitions, you can enter up to 3 images in total for free. These images may be entered across any of the categories. You may enter more images by buying our bundles. There are two image bundles available: the 10 images bundle, 20 Image bundle and the 50 images bundle (You will need to be a registered user in order to access the bundle page)