APA National: Call for Entries

APA Awards 2025 - accepting entries in our National photography contest!
Deadline has been extended to July 8, Midnight PDT

Here are the details:

1. 45 APA Award Winners across 15 categories and one Best of Show.

2. Open to everyone, APA members save on each 'single' entry. Enter here

3. A "Series" is 2-6 images. Flat rate, same for everyone. Enter here.

4. Top prizes from APA partners 

5. AI created images can be submitted in the SERIES category only and must be labeled as such in the description

Awards Entry Fees

• $15: APA Pro-Plus 

• $20: APA Professional

• $20: APA Educator, Student

• $25: APA Supporter, Emerging

• $30: APA Contributor

• $40: General Public (not an APA member)

• $50: Series/flat rate per project (2-6 images)

Awards Categories

1. Architecture / Interiors

2. Beauty / Fashion

3. Celebrity / Musicians

4. Conceptual / Altered

5. Corporate / Industrial

6. Documentary / Street Photography

7. Food / Still Life

8. Lifestyle

9. Nature / Animals

10. Personal Projects

11. Portrait

12. Sports / Adventure

13. Travel / Landscape

14. FRESH / New work (Created in 2025)

15. SERIES / (enter Series HERE)

16. AI created (enter Series HERE)

SERIES

Do not enter a series on the APA website (our site charges per image)
To enter a series, you will need to create an account on the Picter website, then enter APA Awards SERIES

• $50: Series/flat rate per project (2-6 images)

• $50: AI Series/flat rate per project (2-6 images)

Regarding AI - We want to see how photographers are using AI
AI-generated work may only be submitted as a SERIES.
Please identify it as AI and describe your process.

AI-generated images cannot be submitted in the 14 photography categories.