Photography Competition Pictures

Organised by the National Portrait Gallery, the award aims to showcase new work submitted by contemporary photographers.

IBTimesUK presents a selection of winning and commended images in the SIENA International Photo Awards.

Winners include a scene of the Milky Way behind a natural stone arch, and a bolt of lightning hitting the Grand Canyon.

The deadline for entry into the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards is fast approaching..

Overall winner is Matthew Cattell with his shot of starlings over Brighton's derelict West Pier.

Beautiful animal portraits and landscapes that might just inspire you to enter photography competition.

Tim Laman's vertigo-inducing shot of an orangutan high above the rainforest has won him Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016.

Help choose the best microscope images, from a centipede's fearsome poison fangs to dung-dwelling fungi.

Award-winning photos of daredevils hanging off cliffs, surfing huge waves, slacklining on icebergs and more.

Grant supports photographers who use the Instagram app as a means of documenting photogrpahic stories.

The international award raises money to support young women with breast cancer.

IBTimes UK presents a small selection of the nearly 3,000 photos entered into this year's competition.

Although the competition is only in its first year, more than 800 photographs from around the world were submitted.

IBTimesUK presents the winning photographs from all 15 categories.

Photographer of the Year was chosen from more than 270,000 images taken by more than 38,000 photographers.

A selection of images on the shortlist for Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016.

What makes a great drone photo? Find out in this gallery.

Now in their ninth year, the awards were created to showcase the iPhone camera.

Stunning picture of a horseman in the snow in Inner Mongolia wins world-renowned photography contest.

Stunning photos raise awareness of issues like sustainable development, pollution and human rights.

The tenth annual Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year Award is open for entry until 10 July.

The Best of Russia contest attracts thousands of entries from amateur and professional photographers across the country.

Iranian photographer Asghar Khamseh has been named L'Iris d'Or Photographer of the Year in the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.

Iranian photojournalist Asghar Khamseh won the L'Iris d'Or Photographer of the Year for his powerful portraits of acid attack victims.

The winners of the Open and Youth sections of the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced.

Photo of volcano erupting wins 13th annual Smithsonian magazine photo contest, with entries from 168 countries

NPPP has selected 49 finalists from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects

The winners of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) science photography competition.

Judges have chosen the best photos from 60 countries. Which is your favourite?

You can help choose the winner of the Smithsonian Photo Contest Readers' Choice Award.