Chromatic Color Photography Awards

Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. Participation in the Chromatic Awards offers not only prestige, but also the opportunity to win extra money for the development of passion.

As such, every professional and amateur photographer from every corner of the world is invited and urged to participate in the third edition of this international prestigious photographic competition dedicated to color photography where 20 categories will be adjudicated by an international jury composed of magazine editors, gallery curators, professional agents and other industry professionals.

Participation in the Chromatic Awards is your one-way ticket to showcase your unlimited artistic potential and unique approach at color photography to audiences across the globe.

EARLY DEADLINE: 21 JULY 2024
SAVE ON THE ENTRY FEES!

HOW TO ENTER

All entries for the Chromatic Awards 2023 must be made via the online application panel.

AWARDS ARE OPEN TO COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY – NO BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES.

PREPARING THE FILES
– images prepared for uploading must be 1200 pixels wide (longest side),
– JPEG format (*.jpg or *.jpeg),
– sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit,
– saved at maximum quality,
– do not include watermarks, borders* or signatures on your images (or your entry will be disqualified).

* except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image.

ATEGORIES

In Chromatic Awards 2023 you can add your photos to 20 different categories divided for Professional and Amateur sections. All category winners and Honorable Mentions will receive downloadable badges and certificates of achievement.

ABSTRACT
ARCHITECTURE
CITYSCAPES
CONCEPTUAL
CULTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL
FASHION AND BEAUTY
FINE ART
LANDSCAPES
NATURE

NUDES
PEOPLE
PHOTOJOURNALISM
PHOTOMANIPULATION
PORTRAIT
SPORTS
STILL LIFE
STREET
TRAVEL
WILDLIFE AND ANIMAL

ENTRY FEES

Chromatic Awards 2024 entry fees and deadlines detailed information.

EARLY DEADLINE
21 July 2024

FINAL DEADLINE – ENTRY FEES
Professional: 20$ / Single Entry
Amateur: 15$ / Single Entry

FINAL DEADLINE
27 October 2024

FINAL DEADLINE – ENTRY FEES
Professional: 25$ / Single Entry
Amateur: 20$ / Single Entry

WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
22 December 2024

OFFICIAL RULES

Chromatic Color Photography Awards competition is open to professional and amateur photographers, using all forms of color photography, from any country. By registering and entering the Chromatic Photography Awards you hereby accept the rules and conditions outlined below.

Anyone over 18 years of age can enter the competition with the exception of employees of the Chromatic Awards, their associated companies and employees of any company chosen to sponsor prizes for the competition. Judges are not permitted to enter into the competition.

By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that the Chromatic Awards is permitted to receive your registration data.

Chromatic Awards may publish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to it or to the website at its sole discretion and it shall be entitled to make additions or deletions to any such material prior to publication.

Any image submitted to the competition may be used by the Chromatic Awards, and its media partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the competition only. You hereby grant the Chromatic Awards a non-exclusive, irrevocable license in each Entry throughout the world in all media for any use in connection with the competition.

All awarded Entries will be published online on chromaticawards.com

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Only color photographs will be accepted to the contest. Black and white images (including toned images) will be disqualified. Images may be captured using film or digital.

Entry must be submitted online at the following website: www.chromaticawards.com following the on-screen instructions carefully. Prints are not accepted. There is no limit to the number of individual images each artist may submit.

Images that have won prizes in other competitions or that have been submitted in other competitions currently underway are eligible. There is no time or date restriction on when the image was taken.

You may submit your photo in as many categories as you wish. Once the submission fee is paid, there is no possibility to edit your entry.

FILES MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS
– awards are open to color photography only
– sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit
– longest dimension must be 1200 pixels
– saved as a JPEG at a maximum quality
– no watermarks, borders* or signatures on your images

* except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image.

Winning Entrants must be able to provide a high resolution digital file (minimum 2500px wide, 300dpi). This file will be used only to prove the ownership of the image. Winning Entrants who do not fulfill these eligibility criteria will be deemed ineligible and disqualified without the right to appeal.

All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrant must be the sole copyright owner of all photographs entered and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries (or their parents/guardians if children under 16 are featured). Further, the entrant must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs.

Winners’ names and images will be published online.

PRIZES

The winner among the professionals will receive $2,000 and the winner of the amateur category will get $1,000. Cash prizes will be paid in USD by PayPal. Any fees incurred for foreign currency transfers will be deducted from the winning amount. There are no alternatives available for prize winners.

Winning Entrants must be able to provide a high resolution digital file (minimum 2500px wide, 300dpi) to be included in Chromatic Photography Awards Annual Book. Only files sent on time that meet the requirements for printing will be published. Please note: if you have not been asked for high resolution file, your photo will not be included in the book.

Website link: https://chromaticawards.com/