Monthly and Quarterly Contests

The NPPA has a number of contests that run on a monthly or quarterly basis. These contests are limited to NPPA members who were paid-up as of the period covered by the contest.

Quarterly Clip Contests

The NPPA holds Quarterly Clip Contests for Photo Editors and TV Photographers (including Solo Videojournalists)

Winning entries earn the photojournalist points towards the appropriate Photographer of the Year awards.

Monthly Clip Contest

Still Photojournalists may also enter published work in the regional Monthly News Clip Contest.

Winning entries are put in the running for the monthly National competition, and earn the journalist points towards the regional Photographer of the Year award.

Monthly Multimedia Contest

Photojournalists who produce multimedia for the web may enter the peer-judged Monthly Multimedia Contest

NPPA Short Grants

Budgets for newsrooms are shrinking and one of the greatest victims is the community photo story. Photographers don’t have the time or the funding that they used to have to work on compelling stories in their community.

The National Press Photographers Association is bringing back the community photo story through the NPPA Short Grants, with six awards of $3,000 each. The grant is designed for funding projects small enough in scale that the bulk of the work can be accomplished in two weeks or less.

Best of Photojournalism

Designed by photojournalists for photojournalists, the Best of Photojournalism (BOP) contest attracts tens of thousands of entries each year.

BOP is open to Visual Journalists and Editors from around the world. There is no fee and you do not need to be an NPPA member to enter.