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World Press Photo Storytelling Contests 2021 Application Open (5000 Euros Cash Prize)

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Our annual contests recognize and celebrate the best visual journalism produced over the last year. An independent jury selects the prize-winning photographs and productions.

This year presents a first for the World Press Photo Foundation. Every year we look forward to welcoming industry professionals from all over the world to Amsterdam to judge the best of visual storytelling.

Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, judging will take place online and jury chairs will be joined digitally by a team of experts from around the world to decide on the best visual storytelling of 2020.

Summary

  • Category: Photo & Storytelling contest
  • Eligible Countries: All Countries
  • Reward: 5,000 Euro
  • Deadline: January 12, 2021
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Details

The 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest and 2021 Photo Contest will open for submissions on Tuesday 1 December 2020, 12.00 noon CET. Entering the contests is free and open to all professional visual journalists around the world.

Requirements

The judging process for the 2021 World Press Photo Contest will take place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The jury will judge the entries in several rounds over a six-week period, from 16 January to 23 February 2021.

Seven independent specialist juries first shortlist entries in eight categories. Each jury has a chair responsible for maintaining the integrity of the process, ensuring the deliberations are conducted in accordance with the highest standards, and that all jury members are fully involved in the judging process.
An independent General Jury, a new set of jurors consisting of the 2021 Photo Contest jury chair and six different members, then selects the winners. The General Jury will be made up of jury members whose backgrounds and expertise cover the eight different categories of the Photo Contest.
The General Jury is assisted by a secretary. The secretary is responsible for all procedural matters and ensures the rules and procedures are fairly and properly applied. The secretary does not contribute to debate on the merits of any entry and has no vote in the balloting.

Photo Contest Categories

  • Contemporary Issues
  • Environment
  • General News
  • Long­-Term Projects
  • Nature
  • Portraits
  • Sports
  • Spot News

An international jury selects the World Press Photo of the Year and the World Press Photo Story of the Year and awards first, second, and third prizes in all categories.

All nominated photographers of the photo contest receive:

  • Inclusion in the annual World Press Photo year-long worldwide exhibition
  • Inclusion in the annual collectable yearbook, available in multiple languages with a worldwide distribution of more than 30,000
  • Publication in the online collection and a personal profile on World Press Photo’s website
  • Promotion on World Press Photo’s platforms
  • Invitation to a small online festival including the winner’s announcement, presentations, lectures and networking opportunities for the winners to connect to a selected group of jurors, editors and industry professionals

In addition, nominees are often featured in major publications and invited to speak at public events, exhibition openings, and lectures throughout the year.

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Digital Storytelling Contest categories

The 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest has three categories: Interactive, Long and Short. There are three prizes in each category.

Whilst the Long and Short categories reward winners with first, second, and third prizes, recognition in the Interactive category is achieved differently. The constant development in media and technology is celebrated through three equally-weighted awards, and given the diversity of interactive formats, the jury chooses the approaches they wish to acknowledge as outstanding.
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