This Free to Enter Picture Competitors Has a $70,000 Total Prize Fund

A pictures competitors has put out an open invitation for photographers internationally to submit their photographs that depict how well being is skilled, represented, and understood.

The Wellcome Photography Prize 2027 has a beneficiant complete fund of £52,000 ($70,000) for winners. There are three foremost classes: putting solo pictures, a storytelling collection, and the marvels of scientific and medical imaging. The winner of every class will obtain £10,000, whereas the remaining finalists will every obtain £1,000.

The Prize welcomes bold work spanning all scales of life, from scientific imaging and biomedical analysis to non-public tales of care, sickness, connection, and alter. It celebrates the ability of image-making in all its varieties to make complicated science seen, accessible, and human, whereas shining a light-weight on the discoveries and improvements serving to to form a more healthy future.

Free to enter and open to anybody, anyplace on this planet, the Prize invitations each skilled and self-taught entrants working in pictures, science, healthcare, or drawing on lived expertise. No affiliation with Wellcome is required. Now happening on a biennial cycle, entries are open from July 14 to October 21, 2026.

“Health touches every aspect of our lives, yet some of the most important experiences, discoveries and ideas can be difficult to see, understand or communicate,” says Sumitra Upham, Chair of the Judging Panel.

“The Wellcome Photography Prize explores how images can convey scientific discovery and human experience in unexpected ways. As we celebrate the Prize’s 30th year, we are excited to receive submissions from around the world and to welcome new voices into our global community of image makers. We look forward to seeing ambitious, creative work from across photography and imaging that inspires curiosity and reveals new possibilities for health and wellbeing.”

To enter the 2027 contest, head to the Wellcome Photography Prize website.