2025 MUSE Photography Awards

2025 MUSE Photography Awards is now open for entries!

2025 MUSE Photography Awards : The MUSE Photography Awards 2025, recently organised by International Awards Associate Inc (IAA) is an international competition that celebrates the creative ethos and underlying afternotes of what makes a photograph so influential.

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The MUSE Photography Awards 2025, competition organised by International Awards Associate Inc (IAA), open to professional, amateur, and student photographers on a global level now is calling for entries!

This year, you are invited to join this extraordinary celebration, sharing your distinctive perspectives to spark new ideas, foster global connections, and create images that will leave an enduring mark on future generations.

2025 MUSE Photography Awards categories include: Architecture, Black & White, Commercial, Editorial, Fashion, Fine Art, Minimalist, Nature, People Photography, and Special Category.

In celebrating the 10th Anniversary, the MUSE Photography Awards continues to honor photographers behind the lens who have shaped this transformative community. The 2025 MUSE theme, Celebrating Milestones, pays tribute to the photographers who have transformed moments into timeless pieces of art, recognizing their contribution to visual storytelling across the globe. Each milestone reflects the talent, dedication, and creativity that push the boundaries of photography, capturing details of the world in ways never seen before.

The MUSE Photography Awards celebrates the creative ethos and underlying afternotes of what makes a photograph so influential, honoring the ever-thriving visuals arts community grow from the view of their camera lens and share stories that will live on for decades to come.

Organiser wants to see the ever-thriving visuals arts community grow from the view of their camera lens and share stories that will live on for decades to come.

The MUSE Photography Awards aims to redefine and push the boundaries of photography, where every aspect of a still image is carefully taken to reach international standards. Whether you are a professional or amateur photographer, your creativity will shine through the camera lens.

There are FIVE levels of achievement in the competition:

➜ MUSE Photographers of the Year
➜ MUSE Category Winners of the Year (10 Categories)
➜ Platinum MUSE (85-100 points)
➜ Gold MUSE (70-84 points)
➜ Silver MUSE (50-69 points)

All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The MUSE Photography Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date.

Judges are senior-level, experienced in their field/industry, including creative designers and art directors from international agencies, architects, fashion designers, interior designers, product designers, educators, marketers or business owners.

Evaluation Criteria:

➜ Originality (Uniqueness of Concept / Expression of Theme)
➜ Creativity / Story / Mood
➜ Technical Execution (Composition, Color, Lighting, Exposure and Focus)
➜ Marketability / Newsworthiness / Current / Potential Social Impact
➜ Overall Impression / Wow! Factor / Memorable

The MUSE Photography Awards captures, retains and celebrates the many talented photographers of all levels and genres with their timeless imagery and ingenuity. Evoking emotions from all senses, organiser believes that a single photograph can transcend all languages and countries, becoming truly international by telling a story of its own.

Submission requirements:

➜ You can submit up to 10 images in JPEG and one PDF can be uploaded per entry. For easy results, ensure images are formatted as a flattened JPEG/JPG, 1,200px wide, 300 dpi, RGB, and no larger than 4MB. All photos must be taken with a mobile phone or tablet. The photos are not to be altered in Photoshop or any other desktop image processing programs. Add-on lenses can be used.

➜ The competition is open to all forms of photography taken up to 5 years from 2017, from commissioned, published, unpublished, and personal work from professional and photography aficionados.

➜ It is recommended each written descriptions to be kept at approximately 350 words or less. Do utilize this section to elaborate on the piece as well as providing the jury with a better understanding of your subject. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries.

Who may enter?

The MUSE Photography Awards 2025 is open to professional, amateur, and student photographers on a global level.

Prize:

MUSE Photographer of the Year (Professional) will receive $3,000 of the cash prize and the MUSE Photographer of the Year (Amateur/Student) will recive $2,000 of the cash prize.

MUSE Category Winners (Professional & Amateur/Students) will recive $100 of the cash prize.

Entry fees:

Entry fee for Professionals is $30 and for amateur and students is $25 during the Early Bird period (Oct 14 - Nov 14, 2024). After that period ends the month of the entry fee will increase.