Photography Contest

MPB Student Awards at Photo|Frome

Deadline |

CLOSED

Theme |

inEquality

Territory |

Europe

Eligibility |

The awards are open to any student currently enrolled in a UK-based education programme.

Entry Fees |

FREE

Prizes |

Cash Prize
The MPB Student Awards welcomes projects of all genre and styles of photography, and any photographic processes, that reflect the 2025 theme: inEquality. Submissions may be a single photograph or a series which may have been taken over time. Images can be taken on any camera, including phones or non-lens based approaches.

The awards are open to any student currently enrolled in a UK-based education programme.

Judges are 1000 Words Editor In Chief, Tim Clark; MPB Content Marketing Manager, Amy Moore; curator and writer, Pelumi Odubanjo; and Photo|Frome Student Awards 2023 winner, Amin Yousefi. The panel is chaired by Mick Yates, Photo|Frome’s lead curator.

First prize is a £500 MPB voucher.
Second prize is a £250 MPB voucher.
A pre-degree winning prize of a £250 MPB voucher.
Two runner-up MPB vouchers of £125 each.

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