THE ANDREI STENIN INTERNATIONAL PRESS PHOTO CONTEST

Enter Contest

The entry deadline is
11:59 pm Moscow Time on April 15, 2015.

The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest will be held in Moscow at Rossiya Segodnya's initiative. The contest was named after a Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist, Andrei Stenin, who died in eastern Ukraine in August 2014. Andrei was awarded the Order of Courage (posthumously) for bravery and heroism in the performance of his professional duties. The contest is a way to remember Andrei Stenin as a wonderful professional and human being. 

From December 22, 2014, to June 3, 2015, experts of the photography community around the world will have a chance to bring to light new names, support and promote high standards in photojournalism and enhance quality standards in documentary photography.

Entries can contain a single photograph or series of no more than 20 photographs.  Minor cropping, or balance (white balance) or density (brightness, contrast) correction is acceptable. Framed images, collages, photos that have been significantly photoshopped, with parts of the image edited, deleted or replaced with a different image, will not be accepted. 

Prizes

• The Grand Prize winner will receive Receive RUB 500,000 (five hundred thousand). 
  
• The first place winner in each category for an individual photo image or a series of photo images will receive RUB 50,000 (fifty thousand).
• The second place winner in each category for an individual photo image or a series of photo images will receive RUB 35,000 (thirty five thousand).
• The third place winner in each category for an individual photo image or a series of photo images will receive RUB 25,000 (twenty five thousand).