PRIZE DETAILS: Winners of the Freelance / Agency, Photographer of the Year - Newspaper, Sports Photographer of the Year, Multimedia Photographer of the Year, Documentary Project of the Year Award, World Understanding Award, Environmental Vision Award, Community Awareness Award and Best Photography Book Award each win $1,000 and a Tiffany crystal trophy;

Publishing house receives an engraved plaque

Individual category winners:1st — Engraved plaque awards, 2nd, 3rd, & AE — Certificate awards ELIGIBILITY: Open to All Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT: You declare that you are authorized by the holder of the copyright (or the right to copyright) to submit photographs to the 70th annual Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition USAGE RIGHTS: You grant permission to Pictures of the Year International and the Missouri School of Journalism to use your submitted photographs in exhibitions, in publications, and in promotions of the competition itself, and for educational, research, and historical record purposes concerning Pictures of the Year International. This usage includes, but is not limited to, slides/tapes, television film/tapes, videodisc, DVDs, CDs, websites, and any other type of mechanical, electronic, or digital dissemination system.

Winning photographs, published tearsheets, editing displays, multimedia productions, and other images selected for historic significance become part of the permanent POYi Archive.