Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Agency.

Photographers across the world are expected to submit pictures capturing global events from throughout the year. Mainly focusing on news and sports photos, the contest has four categories: Single News, Story News, Single Sports and Story Sports.

Photographers may submit both published and unpublished photos. Photos must be taken in 2018.

To see past winners, visit http://istanbulphotoawards.com/winner/index/#

Who may enter

The competition is open to professional photojournalists from around the world. Professional photographers are those who earn, or have earned, the majority of their income from photography, and who sell or publish their work regularly, and belong to professional photography organizations.