Contest
participation

Submission

You can participate with 1 photo or with 3 if you want to participate with payment. After completing the photo submission, an email confirming participation in the contest will be sent.

Awards

• 1st place: NIKON Z30 Kit NIKKOR Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR, sponsor courtesy by Damkalidis SΑ
• 2nd & 3rd place: A signed photo album by Alec Soth

 In addition, one of the top three shortlisted winners will have the opportunity to participate in the next year’s festival with a solo exhibition. 

The exhibition of the 25 selected photographs of the contest Photometria Awards 2026 is going to take place in Ioannina at the 18th Photometria International Photography Festival. It will also continue its journey after the festival ends.

Results

The results of the top 25 photos will be announced within two months following the final submission deadline.

The top three winners will be announced at the festival opening. 

Terms and Conditions

• Participation for 1 photo is free of charge, while up to 3 photos the cost is 5 euros, with each image size not exceeding 400 KB.
• Photos must be original work of the participants and the organizer bears no responsibility for any copyright theft.
• Photometria Festival is not obliged to return the printed photo to the participants.
• Participants grant the right to the organizers to publish, display and print the potos, with the only condition that the photographer’s name will be mentioned.
• However, participants have no right to renumeration.
• The copyrights of the photos belong to the photographers.
• The assessing of the photographs will be based on the composition, consistency and their relation to the competition’s theme.
• Participation in the contest implies automatically that the non-exact compliance with the terms of the competition (non-indication, inaccurate data, sending more than one photo, etc) leads to the exclusion from the contest.
• The decision of the jury panel shall be final and no objection or any other claim is acceptable.
• If your photos are selected to the top 25, you will be asked for your original files in high resolution for printing.
• Photos produced by AI artificial intelligence are not accepted. The organizer has the right to cancel the participation and resort to any legal actions against the creator if an AI image participation is noticed.

By entering the competition, you agree to your information by email to the actions of Photometria Festival.

Participation in the contest implies full acceptance of the above terms and no claims can be made against the organizing authority.

Contact: info@photometria.gr 

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