Canon Contests

Canon: New Cosmos of Photography 2018 (41st Edition) Photo Competition for Anyone, Regardless of Age or Nationality: Submit Photos and/or Videos Between April 18 and June 6

Canon will begin accepting entries for New Cosmos of Photography 2018 (41st edition) photo competition on April 18th.

The New Cosmos of Photography is Canon’s cultural support project to discover, nurture, and support new photographers who pursue new possibilities in creative photographic expression….

The New Cosmos of Photography encourages the creation of original works that push the boundaries of photography’s potential and systematically assists and nurtures award winners through exhibitions and published collections of their winning works as well as through publicity on the New Cosmos of Photography website….

We look forward to entries that provide a glimpse of tomorrow‘s photography.

Prizes:

  • The Grand Prize winner will receive not only JPY 1 million ($9,532.89 US at the current exchange rate) in prize money and a Canon product, but as an added bonus will be granted the right to hold a solo exhibit at the exhibition of winning entries for next year’s New Cosmos of Photography.
  • Additionally, to encourage the continued pursuit of their creative activities, 2018 Excellence Award and Honorable Mention Award winners will each receive prize money and the right to display their works at this year’s exhibition of winning entries.

2018 Schedule:

  • Entries for New Cosmos of Photography 2018 will be accepted between April 18 and June 6, 2018.
  • The Excellence Award Selection Committee is to meet in July to choose seven Excellence Award winners and fourteen Honorable Mention Award winners.
  • In November, the Grand Prize selection committee is scheduled to meet to select one Grand Prize winner from among the seven Excellence Award-winning entries.

Judging:

  • To promote the competition as a global photo contest, experts from outside Japan have also once again been invited to judge this year’s competition.

For other important info such as the Entry application procedure, and to submit your entries between April 18 and June 6, 2018, please visit http://global.canon/en/newcosmos/competition/index.html .

To view the gallery of past winners, please visit http://global.canon/en/newcosmos/gallery/index.html .

For general inquiries:
Secretariat
New Cosmos of Photography Secretariat
Canon Inc.
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501
TEL: +81-3-5482-3904 (weekdays, 10:00 – 17:00) (Japan time zone)
Email : cast@web.canon.co.jp

Good Luck!

NEWS RELEASE

March 6, 2018

Announcement of schedule to accept entry applications for New Cosmos of Photography 2018 (41st edition)

We are pleased to announce that we will begin accepting entries for New Cosmos of Photography 2018 (41st edition) photo competition on April 18.

Schedule details: http://global.canon/en/news/2018/20180228.html

The contest is open to photographers of all nationalities, ages, gender, and experience levels (professional or amateur) with no restrictions on size, mobility, number of entries, or other such details.
And, contestants can submit entries including both still images and videos online. Experimental works are welcome, and we encourage contestants to push the possibilities of creative photographic expression, while making full use of their individuality and sensibilities. We look forward to entries that provide a glimpse of tomorrow‘s photography.