Announcements
CPOY invites you to enter your images and projects in the 80th College Photographer of the Year competition.
Entry is free, courtesy of Nikon Inc. and their 19-year commitment to CPOY. The entry deadline is 4:49 PM Central Standard Time, Monday Sept. 15, 2025. Please help yourself and us by entering early to avoid last minute questions. The ENTRY LINK is at the bottom of the page.
Honors include an internship with Reuters, Nikon digital camera sets, a project grant, NPPF scholarships, and tuition or fellowship to several elite workshops/festival.
We again have an entry process with Picter.com, so pay close attention to guidelines, rules and our important Ethics Standards. Our biggest tip is to name your files and fill out your photo metadata before upload – it will save a lot of time! If you have not already done so, you will need to create a free account with Picter, which gives you easy access to other high-level contests, such as Pictures of the Year International (POYi), POY Latam and POY Asia.
This year, CPOY is honored to announce a new partnership with The Alexia, based at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. The Alexia/CPOY Project Grant category awards a grant, Nikon camera/lense and workshop to a student working on a long-term photographic story that informs and inspires change.
Please note additional category and submission changes. While CPOY’s multimedia category 16 (Online Storytelling) still requires a URL + jpg thumbnail to represent the project, multimedia categories 17-19 will now accept either MP4 project files + jpg thumbnail OR project URL + jpg thumbnail.
Judging will be held October 18 – 26. Multimedia Division judging will be virtual on October 18-19, while Still Division judging will be on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO from October 21-25. The Alexia/CPOY Project Grant category discussion will be virtual on October 26. You may attend in person, or stay tuned for details and about how you can watch! Please check CPOY’s Instagram, Facebook or Twitter (X) pages (@CollegePhotog) for updates.
To enter, review the Call for Entry and your eligibility on Picter’s CPOY80 Contest Page, and begin your submission on the CPOY80 Entry Page. To learn more about College Photographer of the Year, view winning images and judging screencasts, visit the CPOY homepage.
Jackie Bell, Marie D. De Jesús / Co-Directors, CPOY
Lisa Krantz / Assistant Director, CPOY
80th CPOY Calls for Entries
CPOY invites you to enter your images and projects in the 80th College Photographer of the Year competition.
Entry is free, courtesy of Nikon Inc. and their 19-year commitment to CPOY. The entry deadline is 4:49 PM Central Standard Time, Monday Sept. 15, 2025. Please help yourself and us by entering early to avoid last minute questions. The ENTRY LINK is at the bottom of the page.
Honors include an internship with Reuters, Nikon digital camera sets, a project grant, NPPF scholarships, and tuition or fellowship to several elite workshops/festival.
We again have an entry process with Picter.com, so pay close attention to guidelines, rules and our important Ethics Standards. Our biggest tip is to name your files and fill out your photo metadata before upload – it will save a lot of time! If you have not already done so, you will need to create a free account with Picter, which gives you easy access to other high-level contests, such as Pictures of the Year International (POYi), POY Latam and POY Asia.
This year, CPOY is honored to announce a new partnership with The Alexia, based at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. The Alexia/CPOY Project Grant category awards a grant, Nikon camera/lens and workshop to a student working on a long-term photographic story that informs and inspires change.
Please note additional category and submission changes. While CPOY’s multimedia category 16 (Online Storytelling) still requires a URL + jpg thumbnail to represent the project, multimedia categories 17-19 will now accept either MP4 project files + jpg thumbnail OR project URL + jpg thumbnail.
Judging will be held October 18 – 26. Multimedia Division judging will be virtual on October 18-19, while Still Division judging will be on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO from October 21-25. The Alexia/CPOY Project Grant category discussion will be virtual on October 26. You may attend in person, or stay tuned for details and about how you can watch! Please check CPOY’s Instagram, Facebook or Twitter (X) pages (@CollegePhotog) for updates.
To enter, review the Call for Entry and your eligibility on Picter’s CPOY80 Contest Page, and begin your submission on the CPOY80 Entry Page. To learn more about College Photographer of the Year, view winning images and judging screencasts, visit the CPOY homepage.
Jackie Bell, Marie D. De Jesús / Co-Directors, CPOY
Lisa Krantz / Assistant Director, CPOY