Hey, guys! Welcome to our competition site! If you’re looking to showcase your great photography skills and get a chance to win amazing prizes from Lomography, then you’ve come to the right place. We’re inviting and encouraging all of you to send over your best photos so we can pass the good vibes around our community! And by submitting, you get a chance to win cool prizes worth over 20k in more than 100 competitions all year round. And as an icing to an already sweet deal, you have the chance to win the Category Awards or even become the Lomography Grand Prize Winner at the end of the year! How cool is that? So come on over and submit those stunning photos and wow us and your Lomo Friends. You can learn more about our competitions on our about page. Happy snapping!

Ongoing Competitions

Black and White: Monochrome Award

4,610 Submissions · In Progress · 2018-11-30 23:59

Welcome to the "Open Submission Round" of the Monochrome category. Submit your best black and white photographs!

Latest Submissions

Finished Competitions

• Monochrome: Hazy Days

  955 Submissions · Finished · 2018-11-12 23:59

  

  Shooting a scene covered in heavy fog or smoke can result in dramatic photographs, even more so when done using black and white films.

• Monochrome: Bright and Bubbly

  1,086 Submissions · Finished · 2018-08-31 23:59

  

  Capture what summer means to you in black-and-white photographs

• High Key

  934 Submissions · Finished · 2018-07-31 23:59

  

  Step out of the shadows and embrace the light.

• Chasing Shadows

  1,162 Submissions · Finished · 2018-06-30 23:59

  

  Shooting in black and white is all about chasing shadows. Hunt for the most arresting patterns created by light or the lack of it.

• Personal Milestones

  605 Submissions · Finished · 2018-05-31 23:59

  

  What are the most important moments in your life that you've captured on film?

• Lomography x Augenblicke - Gesichter einer Reise

  85 Submissions · Finished · 2018-05-28 23:59

  

  We're teaming up with Weltkino Filmverleih and Oscar nominated movie " Augenblicke - Gesichter einer Reise" to bring you a black and white competition, portrait after portrait.

• Stillness of Spring

  823 Submissions · Finished · 2018-04-30 23:59

  

  When one thinks of spring, the first image that comes to mind is a field of multi-colored flowers. We're turning this vision around with this little challenge!

• Time Stands Still

  922 Submissions · Finished · 2018-03-31 23:59

  

  Good things come to those who wait. In this competition, it's in the form of black and white photographs.

• Love Stories

  497 Submissions · Finished · 2018-02-28 23:59

  

  Love is all around us—even on the busiest city corners. Tells us a tales of candid, affectionate moments through your black and white photographs.

• Future Memory

  1,356 Submissions · Finished · 2018-01-31 23:59

  

  Look into your monochromatic crystal ball and show us what your 2018 would look like.

• Schéma x Lomography

  261 Submissions · Finished · 2018-01-04 23:59

  

  French community competition to win a print by Schéma and a Diana F+ with Flash.

• Warm and Cozy

  757 Submissions · Finished · 2017-12-31 23:59

  

  Through your black and white photographs, show us what warms you up during chilly days.

• Shadow Play

  1,401 Submissions · Finished · 2017-11-30 23:59

  

  Without colors to consider, shooting in black and white allows one to concentrate on capturing images formed by light and shadow.

• Black and White: Monochrome Award

  5,731 Submissions · Finished · 2017-11-30 23:59

  

  This competition serves as the "Open Submission Round" for the Monochrome Award. Submit your best black and white photos.

• Silent Movies

  1,031 Submissions · Finished · 2017-10-31 23:59

  

  The era of silent movies was defined by exaggerated movements and intense facial expressions to deliver the mood of the scene. For this challenge, we're looking for black and white photographs that showcase big gestures and piercing emotions.

• Solitude

  2,024 Submissions · Finished · 2017-09-30 23:59

  

  Does being on one's own evokes loneliness or freedom? Through your monochrome masterpieces, show us what "solitude" means to you.

• Surrealism

  887 Submissions · Finished · 2017-08-31 23:59

  

  Bend the rules of reality and let your imagination run wild.

• Home Sweet Home

  1,358 Submissions · Finished · 2017-07-31 23:59

  

  Show us what "home" means to you through a black and white photograph.

• Opposites

  634 Submissions · Finished · 2017-06-30 23:59

  

  Life is full of contradictions. Good and evil. Day and night. Young and old. One state simply cannot exists without the extreme end of the spectrum. For this competition, we want to see monochrome masterpieces where opposites collide.

• People Watching

  1,350 Submissions · Finished · 2017-05-31 23:59

  

  Channel your inner Henri Cartier-Bresson and capture the elusive "decisive moment" in black and white photograph.