Open Calls
2025 Booooooom Photo Awards
Open for Submissions
The Photo Awards are back for another year! Our Photo Awards offer photographers of all levels a chance to gain international recognition and win amazing prizes. See some of last year's winners here.
Website & Instagram Features
Open for Submissions
If you’re looking to be featured on our website and Instagram, you can submit unlimited times via our member-only submission form. We’re always looking for people to feature and this is the best way to make sure we see your work!
Open Calls
Looking for more? We’ve also compiled a collection of current and upcoming open calls from other outlets accepting work!
Artists and photographers will find a number of exciting open calls, exhibitions, publications, or grants to apply to. Whether you’re seeking to showcase your work in a gallery, participate in a residency, or see yourself in print, check out our curated list below!
Our team regularly canvases all the open calls on the web so you don’t have to. The entirety of the list is currently only viewable for members. If you’re a member and want to see the full list, log in here. If not, you can click here to learn more about our membership.
Please note: We are not endorsing any outlet featured here. We encourage everyone to exercise due diligence before applying to any open call.
Photo Opportunities
Below are a list of current and upcoming open calls specifically for photographers. The list includes our own open calls as well as those from around the web. With support from major brands to local community-led initiatives, check out the range of opportunities going on near you and across the globe!
2025 Booooooom Photo Awards
Region: International
Deadline: January 9, 2026
Booooooom Website & Instagram Features
Region: International
Deadline: Rolling
The Rencontres d’Arles 2026 Curatorial Research Fellowship
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Rotterdam Photo 2026: Echoes of Silence – War in the Artist’s Soul
Region: International
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Awards RPS International Photography Exhibition 167
Region: International
Fee: £20 – £35
Deadline: December 2, 2025
All About Photo Magazine: Nature
Region: International
Fee: €26
Deadline: December 9, 2025
Innovate Grant
Region: International
Fee: $35
Deadline: December 11, 2025
Helsinki Analog Festival 2026
Region: International
Fee: €20
Deadline: December 14, 2025
Photometria: Parallel Voices
Region: International
Fee: €20
Deadline: December 15, 2025
Pride Photo 2026
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 31, 2025
*Want to see more? Log in to your Booooooom account to view all current and upcoming open calls. Our full list of open calls is just for members, you can learn about becoming a member here.
Art Opportunities
Below is a list of current and upcoming open calls specifically for artists. The list includes our own open calls as well as those from around the web. With support from major brands to local community-led initiatives, check out the range of opportunities going on near you and across the globe!
Booooooom Website & Instagram Features
Region: International
Deadline: Rolling
PeepSpace 2026 Exhibition Open Call
Fee: $20-$40
Deadline: December 1, 2025
The John Ruskin Prize
Region: International
Fee: £25-£50
Deadline: December 2, 2025
Creative Victoria Grants
Region: Victoria, Australia
Deadline: December 4, 2025
The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships
Region: United States (legal resident of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
Deadline: December 10, 2025
Innovate Grant
Region: International
Fee: $35
Deadline: December 11, 2025
Reflective Creative Journal
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 12, 2025
Art Fluent: In the Pink
Region: International
Fee: $25
Deadline: December 12, 2025
Prisma Art Prize
Region: International
Fee: €34
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Exhibition Opportunity at New Public Sculpture Park
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 30, 2025
Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grant Program
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 30, 2025
FotoCreativaBA Virtual Residency 2025/2026
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Residency at Fish Factory Art Space (Cornwall, UK)
Region: International
Fee: Free
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Ten Moir Gallery: Water Online Art Competition and Exhibition
Region: International
Fee: $24
Deadline: December 31, 2025
We scour the internet to find 20+ open calls for artists and photographers every month–everything from exhibitions, fellowships, publications, prizes, and competitions! The full list of open calls is exclusive to our members. Log in to your Booooooom account to view all current and upcoming open calls or learn about becoming a member here.