Full jury announced as the 2025 World Press Photo contest opens
Entries open: Sunday 1 December 2024, 13.00 CET
Entries close: Friday 10 January 2025, 13.00 CET
The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the past year. It is free to enter and open to professional press and documentary photographers from around the world.
The winning works, selected by an independent international jury, will be included in our annual traveling exhibition and yearbook, and showcased to a global audience online as well. Winners also receive a cash prize of up to €11,000, an invitation to the Winners’ Program in Amsterdam, and more. The Photo of the Year winner and both runners up will also receive FUJIFILM GFX cameras and lenses.
The jury is made up of thirty-one professionals from and/or working in the region they are judging, who are well-equipped to place the stories into a cultural, political and social context. Every qualified entry will be reviewed and judged. (
See who’s on the jury)
More info about the 2025 Contest
Winners announcement dates
27 March 2025 - World Press Photo winners from all regions will be announced. Every winning photo taken in 2024 is eligible to win Photo of the Year.
17 April 2025 - World Press Photo of the Year (with two runners up) is announced online and at a live event in Amsterdam’s De Nieuwe Kerk. Our flagship exhibition opens there the following day for the public.
About the World Press Photo Foundation
Our mission: Connecting the world to the stories that matter.
Founded in 1955, World Press Photo is an independent, nonprofit organization based in the Netherlands. Since then our annual contest has grown into one of the world’s most prestigious photo competitions, rewarding the best in photojournalism and documentary photography from around the world. We will celebrate our 70th anniversary next year.
Our annual and thematic exhibitions reach millions of people in over 80 locations around the world each year, and our online work reaches millions more. Through a range of educational programs we create opportunities for learning, dialogue, and exchange among photography professionals and the general public.
We appreciate the support of our strategic partners, the Dutch Postcode Lottery, PwC, and FUJIFILM Corporation.
