A new awards competition for news and sports photojournalists will be organized by Anadolu Agency, with entries accepted in November and December
The Anadolu Agency is to organize its own international news and sports photography contest, the Istanbul Photo Awards.
Photographers are invited to submit their images to be assessed for four categories: news single and news story, for an individual news photo or a collection around a story, and sports single and sports story. The jury will also select one photographer for a special award.
Applications will be accepted between November 1 and December 31 2014 via www.istanbulphotoawards.com.
Anadolu aims to be one of the world’s five most influential news agencies as part of its 2023 Centennial Vision.
World-renowned editors, publishers and photojournalists will form the jury and the prizes will be presented in April 2015 in Istanbul.
The category prizes are:
Category | Winner | Runner-up | Third Place |
News Single: | $8000 | $3000 | $1500 |
News Story: | $8000 | $3000 | $1500 |
Sports Single: | $8000 | $3000 | $1500 |
Sports Story: | $8000 | $3000 | $1500 |
Jury's Special Award: | $8000 |
“The Istanbul Photo Awards will also be announced at the Visa Pour l'İmage Perpignan photojournalism festival between 1st and 7th September this year,” the agency’s Visual News Editor Ahmet Sel said.
Anadolu is already a well-established global news agency offering a newswire service in seven languages with operations around the globe, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Asia-Pacific.
It serves business clients in more than 100 countries and is one of the main sources for discovering, purchasing and managing images and other digital content.
As part of its centennial vision, the agency plans to broadcast in 11 languages by 2020. The agency currently broadcasts in Turkish, Arabic, English, Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian, Russian, Kurdish, and French.