20th SEARCA Photo Contest 2026 ($1,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: September 30, 2026

Applications are open for the 20th SEARCA Photo Contest 2026. Themed “Food for All, Food for the Future,” the 20th Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Photo Contest invites Southeast Asian photographers to seize the individuals and methods that preserve meals nourishing, protected, accessible, resilient, and prepared for the long run.

This 20th version marks a milestone in SEARCA’s visible storytelling on agriculture and rural growth. For twenty years, the competition has proven the labor, magnificence, urgency, and hope of agriculture throughout the area. This 12 months, it asks a well timed query: how will we guarantee meals for all right this moment whereas constructing meals methods match for tomorrow?

Prizes

• First Prize: $1,000 and a Certificate
• Second Prize: $800 and a Certificate
• Third Prize: $500 and a Certificate
• SEARCA Center Director’s Choice: $500 and a Certificate

Eligibility

• Open to all Southeast Asian nationals, besides SEARCA workers and their quick members of the family.
• Entries have to be digital, coloured, in JPEG format, and a minimum of 3,000 pixels huge for a horizontal picture or 3,000 pixels tall for a vertical picture at 300 dpi.

Judging Criteria

Photos will probably be judged primarily based on the next standards:

• Relevance to the theme and sub-theme: 40%
• Technical high quality: 30%
• Impact, storytelling, authenticity, and public communication worth: 30%

Application

Entries have to be submitted via the official SEARCA Photo Contest web site by 30 September 2026, 11:59 p.m. (GMT+8). 

Each entry should embrace the next particulars in English:

• Photographer’s full identify, age vary, and intercourse at start
• Photographer’s nation of citizenship
• Photographer’s skilled standing
• Brief description of the picture (most of 400 characters)
• Sub-theme entered
• Place the place the picture was taken, together with nation
• Complete date picture was taken

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to SEARCA Photo Contest.