The Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2017 is organized by Vietnam Heritage Magazine. The competition seeks out photos about the natural and cultural heritage of Vietnam. The Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2017welcomes submissions of photos concerning the land, nature, people and cultural heritage of Vietnam for publication on the Vietnam Heritage magazine, website www.vietnamheritage.com.vn and its online pubications.The contest is held annually, with exhibitions in public places, museums and universities, on occasion of the Vietnam National Heritage Day 23/11.

The 'Indian Photography Festival' PORTRAIT PRIZE 2017 is a portrait competition open to the photographers from the Indian subcontinent. Photographers have been making portraits for centuries and what's so interesting about portraiture is its ability to capture the essence of a person, a time-period, or a culture.

The PPAC 2017 2nd Half ONLINE Competition is open to all photographers including PPAC members/ non-members Worldwide. PPAC offers discount rate for “5 online submissions, free the 6th submission”. For PPAC Gold member, free the 1st& 2ndonline submissions.

The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest is an annual contest for young photojournalists aged between 18 and 33 years old. It is Russia’s only platform for discovering new photojournalists and for allowing them to make a name for themselves on the world photojournalism stage. In 2016, around 6000 entries by young photojournalists from 71 countries across 5 continents were submitted to the contest. The winning entries were exhibited around the world – Moscow, Istanbul, Cape Town, Cairo, Berlin, Shanghai, Rome etc.