The Communication Arts 2027 Photography Competition is an international call organized by Communication Arts, which has recognized photographic craft for 68 years. The annual competition invites contemporary photography and photography-led motion work across commercial, editorial, institutional, personal and student contexts.
Submission categories include Advertising, Books, Editorial, For Sale, Institutional, Motion/Cinematography, Self-Promotion, Unpublished and Student Work. Entrants may submit individual photographs, cohesive photographic series or eligible time-based projects in which photography is the primary element.
Entries are evaluated by an international jury of creative directors and photographers. The competition gives photographers a focused opportunity to present their work within a professionally judged programme covering both commissioned and self-initiated photography.
Entry fee: $40 per single photograph and $80 per photographic series of up to five in Advertising, Books, Editorial, For Sale, Institutional, Self-Promotion and Unpublished; $90 per single motion/cinematography piece and $180 per series of up to three; Student Work is $20 per single JPG, $40 per JPG series of up to five, $45 per single video and $90 per video series of up to three; entries after March 12, 2027 incur an additional $10 per entry.
Eligibility
Open to entrants worldwide with photographs first published or produced from March 2026 through March 2027, excluding AI text-to-image generated submissions; Student Work must be created for a school assignment, be original or use specifically licensed third-party content, and cannot be entered in other categories.
Prize
There is no cash prize; selected entrants are featured in the Communication Arts Photography Annual in print and digital editions and on commarts.com, while each winning entrant receives one personalized Award of Excellence milled from solid aluminum and printed award certificates are issued for creative contributors.