Smithsonian Magazine Annual Photo Contest 2024

A year-long photo contest organized by Smithsonian Magazine with multiple categories, open to photographers 18 years and older. Entrants compete for prizes in categories such as Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Artistic Images, and Drone/Aerial, with a Grand Prize and category winners receiving monetary awards. The contest requires entrants to certify ownership and originality of their submitted photographs.

Prizes include Grand Prize of $2,500, category prizes of $500, and Readers’ Choice prize of $500.

Photographers 18 years or older; entrants must own the rights to their submitted image.

Submit entries through the official photo contest portal; by submitting, contestants agree to the contest rules and confirm age eligibility.