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Siena International Photo Awards 2026 (SIPA)
Siena Awards · Siena, Italy
International photography contest culminating in the Siena Awards Festival. The 2026 competition accepted entries 1 October 2025–16 January 2026, with exhibitions in Siena 10 October–29 November 2026; the next edition typically opens each October.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Photography
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Open internationally; detailed rules on sipacontest.com.
About
The Siena International Photo Awards is the flagship contest of the Siena Awards, an annual photography festival in Siena, Italy, that also runs the Drone Photo Awards and Creative Photo Awards. Winning and finalist images are exhibited in the festival's shows across the city.
The 2026 contest opened on 1 October 2025 and closed on 16 January 2026, with the festival exhibitions running 10 October to 29 November 2026. Entries are submitted through the contest portal at sipacontest.com; categories, fees and prize details are published there with each edition.
The contest recurs annually, with the following edition normally opening in October.