Our annual contests recognize and celebrate the best visual journalism produced over the last year.
The nominees for the 2021 World Press Photo Contest and Digital Storytelling Contest have been announced! An independent jury comprising a group of experts from around the world selected the best visual journalism of 2020.
2021 Contests winners announced 15 April 2021
The winners for each category of the 2021 Photo Contest and 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest will be announced on our online channels at 15.00 CEST.
The four headline awards winners, the World Press Photo of the Year, the World Press Photo Story of the Year, the World Press Photo Interactive of the Year and the World Press Photo Online Video of the Year, will be announced in an Awards Show from 16.00-17.00 CEST, as part of the online World Press Photo Festival 2021.
Since 1955, the World Press Photo Contest rewards photographers for the best single exposure pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism. Whether entered as singles or stories, these pictures are judged in terms of their accurate, fair, and visually compelling insights about our world.
The Digital Storytelling Contest, open to short documentary film and interactive productions, recognizes and rewards forms of visual storytelling enabled by digital technologies.
2021 Contests timeline
Entries open: 1 December 2020, 12.00 noon CET
Entries close: 13 January 2021, 12.00 noon CET (deadline extended)
Nominees announced: 10 March 2021, 12.00 noon CET
Categories winners announced on World Press Photo’s online channels: 15 April 2021, 15.00 CEST
Headline awards winners announced at the Awards Show (online): 15 April 2021, 16.00-17.00 CEST
