© Niels van de Laar · Almost happy · Race series · Amsterdam 2026 · Best Theme
How it works
Three frames, one fee and four rules, the whole process from entry to feedback.
What you enter.
© Siebe Jacxsens · Out of place · Race series · Brussels 2026 · Best Theme
Three frames, in a fixed order
The order is part of the work, and it is judged.
A title, and a short statement if you want one, up to 500 characters
The jury reads both with your frames, but the series still has to work on its own.
Digital files for judging
Print-ready files are only asked from shortlisted entrants.
You can change everything until you pay
Once paid, your series is entered and final.
A season, in four steps.
You submit
Three frames in the order you want them read, a title and an optional statement, then you pay the fee. That is the whole entry.
The jury reads
The jury reads each series as one work, on the five dimensions.
Results
The three winners and the shortlist are published together, with credit, and the shortlist is featured on our Instagram and in the newsletter.
Your feedback
Whatever the result, you get written feedback on the pillars and the remove-one test.
Two seasons a year, six months apart: one in spring, one in autumn. Each season has its own theme, its own guest juror and its own results. The first season is Spring 2027, for photographers anywhere in the world.
One fee, four rules
€25per series
Entry is €25 per series, the same for everyone, whenever you enter. Four rules keep the fee fair, and all four are fixed:
No image reuse
Each photo can appear in only one series per season, so three series are nine different frames.
Three series at most
At most three series per photographer per season. Enough to show your range, few enough that each one is intentional.
One prize each
One prize per photographer per season. Your highest place counts.
Nothing else to buy
The fee is the only payment. Nothing you can buy changes how your series is read.
Open to all levels, no professional or amateur divisions.
Three cash prizes every season, for the three best series.
Winner
€1,000 cashSecond
€750 cashThird
€500 cash
The feedback follows the way the jury reads. It covers the five dimensions and the remove-one test, so you can see where the thread held, where the idea repeated instead of developing, and whether the order works. A juror writes every response.
Visual thread
Conceptual unity
Narrative arc
Theme interpretation
Craft
The remove-one test
More about the Series Award.
Spring 2027 opens soon
Entries are not open yet. Join the list and we will write to you when Spring 2027 opens and when its theme is announced.