Communication Arts Photography Competition 2027

An international juried competition for eligible photography and photography-centered motion work first published or produced from March 2026 through March 2027. Selected work will be published in the Communication Arts Photography Annual, its digital edition, and commarts.com. Each winner receives a personalized aluminum Award of Excellence and certificates are available for firms, individuals, and clients; no cash prize is offered.

Entries may originate from any country and must have been first published or produced from March 2026 through March 2027. AI text-to-image submissions are prohibited, and English descriptions are important to the judges. Applicants must provide contact information, project titles and basic credits. Images must be RGB JPG files no larger than 2MB; motion entries must be MOV, MP4, or MPG files no larger than 500MB. Campaigns and photography series are limited to five photographs from the same project. Motion/Cinematography entries must use photography as the primary element, are limited to five minutes each, and series are limited to three. Student Work must have been created for a school assignment, must be entered only in that category, and must be original or use third-party content only with specific usage rights; personal unpublished work belongs in the Unpublished category. Entries are submitted through the official online system, not by email or as printed entries. Submission acknowledges Communication Arts' publication and exhibition rights; entrants retain their image rights, but selected entrants must grant reproduction rights for online, digital, and print publications. Fees are tiered: Advertising, Books, Editorial, For Sale, Institutional, Self-Promotion, and Unpublished cost $40 for a single and $80 for a series of up to five; Books entries must be published. Motion/Cinematography costs $90 for a single or $180 for a series of up to three. Student Work costs $20 for a single photograph, $45 for a single video, $40 for a photography series of up to five, or $90 for a video series of up to three. A $10 per-entry late fee applies after March 12 through March 26, 2027. Wire transfers incur an additional US $25 processing fee, and all entry fees are nonrefundable.