Photography Contests

SPOTLIGHT AWARDS: A best photograph will be chosen from each category and will be featured in a regular issue of Black & White with a short bio of the photographer and background information on the shot.

CONTEST AWARDS: More than 210 winning images will be chosen in 16 different categories and each will have a full-page display in the Black & White Single Image Contest 2026. This is your chance to have your images seen by more than 35,000 viewers worldwide.

JUDGING: Each judge will act independently and winners will be chosen from merged lists of all judges.

MORE WINNERS: A panel of lay judges will select their favorite photograph in each category for a special “People’s Choice” award in the Black & White Single Image Contest 2026.

EASY WEBSITE ENTRY USING YOUR CREDIT CARD: Follow these instructions to enter.

Following on the great popularity of our broad-based Single Image and Portfolio contests, we created this reader-inspired competition comprised of four tightly focused sub-contests that blend old and new processes—both analog and digital—and imagery that spans the past, the present and the future.

Vintage Images
Alternative Printing Processes
Digital Manipulation
Pinhole/Plastic Camera Imagery

The specific focus of each contest narrows the competitive field and thereby increases the chance that your image will be chosen. The winners are not featured in a standalone Special Issue. They instead receive prominent representation in one of the four regular issues of Black & White in 16-page contest sections. The added pages not only provide a showcase for your award-winning images, but also represent an added bonus for our readers.