OPEN SHUTTERAWARDS
A global stage for photographers whose work deserves to be seen, judged and remembered.
It is remembered for what it makes us feel.
Current and upcoming Open Shutter competitions. Three open channels, one jury standard.
A curated wall of live entries from this season — hung the way an exhibition would hang them.
The People's Choice Award belongs to the community. Two frames enter. One continues.
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Each shortlisted work is reviewed by established photographers, editors and visual storytellers — eyes that have spent a lifetime around frames that matter.
Every eligible submission can pass through authenticity checks designed to support original photographic work — so the frame that wins is the frame that was truly made.
Included with every entry, at no additional cost
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Create your strongest photograph.
Choose a competition and submit.
Authenticity checks are performed.
Photography gets discovered and voted on.
Professional judges review shortlisted work.
Earn awards, certificates and recognition.
Arjun Mehta — Wildlife Photography
Forty-one hours in a riverside hide. One glance through the mist at dawn. The photograph that defined a year of patient watching.
Read Winning Story"Winning gave the image a life beyond the moment I captured it."
Neha Sharma
Landscape Photographer — People's Choice Winner 2025
A symbol of originality, craft and visual storytelling — cast around the aperture that gives the awards their name.
Your strongest work deserves a stage. Entries for the 2026 season are open.