Competition
Sony World Photography Awards 2027, Student competition
World Photography Organisation
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 27 November 2026, 35 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- aged 18 to 30
- enrolled on a photography programme
- Where
- entered online, ceremony in London
Free to enter for photography students aged 18 to 30. The 2027 brief is Journeys and you submit five to ten images. The winner brings about 30,000 euro of Sony equipment to their institution and travels to London.
The facts
- What you get
- no cash to the student. The overall winner's institution receives around 30,000 euro of Sony equipment, and the winner and shortlist get flights and accommodation to London.
- Where
- entered online, ceremony in London
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- aged 18 to 30
- enrolled on a photography programme
- your institution has to be one of the universities registered with the World Photography Organisation, so check that before you spend time on the brief
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states.
A short application, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.
In their words: “five to ten JPEG images, 1 to 5 MB, sRGB, EXIF data intact”
2. Dates
- Closes 27 November 2026, in 35 days.
- On the date, the listing says: 27 November 2026 at 16.00 GMT
- Aim to send it by 24 November 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on World Photography Organisation's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at World Photography Organisation's own website on 14 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.