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Uganda Press Photo Award 2025
This year’s Uganda Press Photo Award theme is Open, giving photographers the freedom to explore any subject through photojournalism or documentary photography. We welcome narrative or editorial bodies of work that reflect Uganda’s diverse realities, be it social, political, economic, technological, cultural, or environmental. Whether you focus on daily life, sports, nature, or major events, we want to see your most compelling visual stories. Submit your best work today and stand a chance to be recognised among Uganda’s top visual storytellers.
Deadline: July 20, 2025
Status: Open
Deadline
July 20, 2025 (11:59 PM, EDT)
Time remaining:
14
Days
13
Hours
5
Minutes
CURRENT TIME: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 10:55:12 AM EDT
Submission
Costs
Free. Open to all members, including free accounts.
Brief & Application Procedure
RULES & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- All submissions are made via a Story created from the Visura open call interface
- Image size: 6000px on the longest dimension. (sRGB, 300 dpi, jpg format)
- The contest is restricted to citizens of Uganda 18 years of age or older.
- All entries must have been worked on within the last 2 years, and must be submitted by July 20th 2025. This will be confirmed via EXIF data.
- Each entrant can submit up to 2 bodies of work. For each work a minimum of 10, and a maximum of 20 photographs should be submitted.
- ENTRY IS FREE.
- The jury will select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Prizes will be awarded for each place .
- The jury reserves the right not to award any or all prizes. All decisions by the jury will be final .
- By entering the competition the photographer confirms that they are the original author of the image(s) and that they own the rights to all the images they enter into this competition, or if they are an employee of a media organisation they have all necessary permissions from their organisation .
- Winning entries, with explicit permission from the photographer, can be part of our annual exhibition.
- Employees of FOTEA/UPPA, Visura, the judging panel and any family members cannot enter the contest.
- Employees of Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES), FOTEA/UPPA and the judging panel will not enter into dialogue with entrants.
- With the submission the photographer agrees to the Terms and Conditions.
TECHNICAL GUIDELINES
- Only photographs in digital form will be accepted. There should be no watermarks, identifying marks or names of authors written on the photographs.
- Make sure for each photograph submitted you have a printable copy saved as highest quality jpg, at 300 dpi, minimum 6000 pixels on the longer side.
- Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization will not be accepted. Only minimal adjustments are allowed. The organisers reserve the right to ask for unedited images.
- All photographs should include a caption (short description of who, what, where, when, why. Not more than 50 words per photograph. Include when and where the photograph was first published.) in the EXIF data/metadata.
- Remember the theme for this year's Uganda Press Photo Award is 'OPEN' so any images submitted should be in response to that theme.