Hive Photography Contests

There are a lot of cool photography contest on Hive. A lot of them are organized weekly. Some of them have the same or recurring themes where others have new subjects every week.
It's fun to compete in them and you can even win some upvotes, Hive or other tokens.

Since it's difficult to keep track of all of them I'm creating this weekly blog post in which I sum up all these photography contests I know of.
The table below shows the different contests and links to the contest post of this week.
Be sure to check the date because some end sooner than others.
I've also included a short description, the rules and the prizes you can win in the different photo contests further on in this post.

If you have any other photography contests that can be added to the list or have any other comments, please let me know.
You can also contact me when the information about any contest isn't correct anymore.

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Weekly photography contests

Subject	Started on	Organisor	Link
Around The World: Challenge - #52/5	02-05-2025	bucipuci	@bucipuci/around-the-world-challenge-525
CCC's Street Art Contest #247 🎁 : 100% Liquid Payout and Ecency points as Prize Pool & Winners of #246	04-05-2025	digi-me	@digi-me/ccc-s-street-art-contest-54c7d427a777d
POBphotocontest New Round: MUSIC	05-05-2025	friendlymoose	@friendlymoose/pobphotocontest-new-round-music
Winners Drone Post of the Week Contest 160	03-05-2025	hive-186141	@hive-186141/cccwinners-drone-post-of-the-week-contest-160
📸 HiveBR Photo Contest #29 - Food Comida [EN/PT]	01-05-2025	hive-br	@hive-br/hivebr-photo-contest-29-food
Shadow Hunters SMASh Contest-Round 372	02-05-2025	melinda010100	@melinda010100/shadow-hunters-smash-contest-round-442b1ce808a11
MONOMAD - May 4th - Please Read The Contest Rules Before Submitting Your Publications.	04-05-2025	monochromes	@monochromes/monomad-may-4th-please-read-the-contest-rules-before-submitting-your-publications-svr0i4
Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 217	04-05-2025	nelinoeva	@nelinoeva/feathered-friends-show-me-a-f7e2bc3389438
Reflection Hunters Contest ~ Round 218 🎺 Announcement 🎺!	04-05-2025	olgavita	@olgavita/reflection-hunters-contest-round-218
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Landscape Photography Round 116	29-04-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-landscape-photography-round-116
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Street Photography Round 116	29-04-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-street-photography-round-116
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Wildlife Photography Round 116	01-05-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-wildlife-photography-round-116
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Macro Photography Round 116	02-05-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-macro-photography-round-116
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Cityscape Photography Round 116	03-05-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-cityscape-photography-round-116
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Portrait Photography Round 116	04-05-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-portrait-photography-round-116
📸 PhotoFeed Contest - Black & White Photography Round 116	05-05-2025	photofeed	@photofeed/photofeed-contest-black-and-white-photography-round-116
Qurator's Photo Quest Empty Streets	02-05-2025	qurator	@qurator/qurators-photo-quest-or-empty-streets
Colors of Life Photography Contest #1 : Winners Announcement	04-05-2025	suteru	@suteru/colors-of-life-photography-contest
Phone Photography Contest - #59	04-05-2025	untilwelearn	@untilwelearn/phone-photography-contest-59

Some of last weeks winning photos

Here's an overview of some of last weeks winners of the different contests.

Monomad

Photo by @tonyz

PhotoFeed Contest - Wildlife

Photo by @marc-allaria

HiveBR Photo Contest Spider Web

Photo by @michupa

Rules and prizes

All the different contests have different rules and prizes. I've collected the rules and prizes from their announcement posts.
Sometimes the organizers change the rules and prizes, so please inform me if anything needs to be corrected.

ProofOfBrain Photocontest

Rules

You create a post containing a photo of the subject for this round.
It's important that the photographs you submit are made by you.
It can be a new photo or one from your archive.
Add a few words describing your photo; what you photographed, why you photographed it and maybe what settings you used, so others can learn from it.
You are allowed to send in one photo and the first photo in your post will count.
You need to add the hashtag #pobphotocontest to your post.
Finally put a link to your post in the comments.

Prizes
The top 3 will receive both POB tokens and Ecency points.
The Ecency points are generously donated by @good-karma and can be used in the @ecency front end to boost or promote your posts.

Place	POB Tokens	Ecency Points
1	50	100
2	30	50
3	10	25

Qurator Photo Quest

This Photo contest is organized by the @qurator account on a weekly basis.
The contest starts on Fridays with a new subject.

Rules

Only photography-related posts.
Only the first image of your post will be considered as your entry
Use the #qurator tag.
Mention the Photo Quest competition in your post title or somewhere in your post.
Post your link as a comment in this post to officially enter.
Posts cannot be older than this post.
Your entry will not count if you aren't following the above-mentioned rules.
All entries will be reviewed by the Qurator team.
Deadline: 12 hours before this post reaches payout.
Can't win 1st place two times in a row.

Prizes
1st Prize 50% upvote
2nd Prize 30% upvote
3rd Prize 15% upvote
Honorable mentions 5% upvote

PhotoFeed Theme Contest

The Photfeed is a weekly contest organized by @PhotoFeed in the eponymous community.
Every week there will be chosen another subject.

Rules

Every user has 1 entry per theme
Only use your own work
Post your entry in the comment section with a short description
No nudity

Prizes
Every Round has 3 winners which will share a pool of 35% post beneficiaries
Every entry receives a 30% upvote on the comment submission
If you make a separate post with "PhotoFeed Contest - .." u will receive a 30-50% upvote on your post

Monomad Black and White Challenge

The Monomad Black and White challenge is a daily photography contest organized by @monochromes
You can actually submit any subject as long as it’s in Black and White.

Rules
Post your entries in the Black And White Community (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
Clearly mention the #monomad challenge in your post title or post body. For example: "This is my entry for the #monomad challenge" (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
At least 50% of the submitted post, including the first image, needs to be black and white (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
Use the #monomad tag (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
Every photograph must be yours. Plagiarism will be immediately reported (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
Reusing previously posted images will be treated as content recycling and it will be reported as well (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
We reserve the right to change the contest rules at any given time without further notice.

Prizes
FIRST PLACE 100% Upvote
SECOND PLACE 50% Upvote
THIRD PLACE 50% Upvote

Shadow Hunters Contest

This is a weekly photography contest organised by @melinda010100.
The subject remains the same: shadows.

Rules

Place your entry link in the comment section of this post !
The photos must be your own.
One entry per Person. Be fair to everyone and do not enter from more than one account
The title of your post should make clear that it is an ~ Entry for the Shadow Contest.
Post into the
the Shadow Hunters Community
hive-179017
If you create a post with multiple shadow photos, you should state which one is your entry, otherwise I will assume it is the first photo.
Please use 👉 #Shadows as one of your first 5 tags.

Prizes
Hive, upvotes and tips
Ecency poins
Archon tokens

Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest

A weekly contest by @nelinoeva that always has a subject that includes birds.

Rules

The photo must be your own.
Post in the community Feathered Friends
You may add more photos, but you should state which one is your entry, otherwise the first will be taken into account.
Tell us something about your photo/s. Use at least 100 words to describe your photo/s.
Your photo must follow the weekly theme, which will be announced each Sunday.
Please put the link of your entry in the comment section of the contest post here.
Put in the title of your post that this is an entry for the contest. (Optional)
Use #smap as a tag.

Prizes
Five winners and each winner will receive 2 Hive or 2 HBD (it depends on the price of Hive) and 100 Ecency POINTS.

CCC’s Street Art Contest

This contest is organized by @digi-me in the Streetart community where you can submit photos of all different forms of street art.

Rules

Competition open to all.
No reuse of previous photos
Upvotes and reblog are appreciated to boost post payout for the winners but not a claim.
Only street art-related posts and remember to tell us where you found it.
It's not about posting a picture of the largest mural or done by one of the most famous artists. The winners will be judged based on art that has an appeal to us. (visual, message etc.)
Mention the CCC's Street Art Contest in your post title or somewhere in your post.
Post your Street art picture and link as a comment in this post to officially enter.
Posts cannot be older than this post.
Only the first photo in your post will be evaluated for the competition.
Only one entry per week.
Deadline: 2 hours before this post reaches payout.
Your entry will not count if you aren't following the above mentioned rules.

Prizes
100% of all liquid payout shared among 3 finalists!
1st Prize 50%
2nd Prize 30%
3rd Prize 20%

Love the clouds

This contest of @tobetada is not only for photography, but it’s mostly photographs of clouds that people send in.

Rules

Upvote and resteem the contest OR Upvote and promote the contest with a link
Make a comment with a link of your work below this post
All of the submitted works must be original and made by you!
Only 1 entry/post per person
Post in the 'Love The Clouds Community' or use the #lovetheclouds tag

Prizes
There will be 3 finalists chosen by the community in an upcoming post entitled "Love The Clouds Finalists?", so be sure to vote if you are a community member!
Each finalist will receive their equal share of the Hive liquid payout !
Additionally there will be four honorable mentions who will each get a 50% upvote

Reflection Hunters Contest

A weekly photography contest organized by @olgavita with the subject reflections.

Rules

🔆Place your entry link in the comment section of this post.
🔅The photos must be your own.
🔅One entry per person.
🔅The title of your post should make clear that it is an ~ Entry for the Reflection Hunters Contest.
🔅Post in the 👉 Shadow Hunters Community
🔅If you create a post with multiple reflection photos, you should state which one is your entry, otherwise I will assume it is the first photo.
🔆Please use 👉 #Reflections as one of your first 5 tags.

Prizes

The prizes for this contest may vary.
Winners often receive some Hive and/or Ecency poins.
Every Honorable Mention gets Ecency points as well.

Around the World Challenge

A photo challenge hosted by @bucipuci where you can share photos from all around the world.

Rules

use the #aroundtheworld tag only on a single competition photo article
insert the link to the article with the competition photo in the comments section of this article!
The competition photo must (!) be your own and have in the caption where it was taken
Only one photo from each competitor will be included in the competition
If your article contains more than one photo, please tag (e.g. "this is a contest photo") the photo you want to place in the contest
Only photos showing places in your area or places from your holiday have a chance to choose
(kitchens or gardens are interesting but not for this competition)

Prizes

First prize ... 1.5 HBD
Second prize ... 1 HBD
Third prize ... 0.6 HBD

If your contest photo is part of the daily report for ACTIFIT, I will add the following prices:
First prize ... 100 AFIT
Second prize ... 60 AFIT
Third prize ... 40 AFIT

Drone Pic of the Week Contest

This weekly contest is organized by @ksteem in the Drone community (@hive-186141).
You can submit photos taken by drones, but also with other Remote Controlled vehicles like cars and boats. And you can also submit photos of a drone.

Rules

You must be a member or Join the Drone community.
You must post in the Drone community and have Drone as the first tag.
It must be Drone/RC car, Plane, Robot, or related post.
Optional; Place "Drone Pic Contest" in the subject or body.

Prizes
Top 3 three posts and the winners will each receive 200 Ecency points.
Runners up or Honorable Mentions may receive some Ecency points as well.

Visual Shots Contest

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The @visualshots community makes a weekly compilation post of the blogs that are created in the community.

Rules

Your entries must be published in the Visual Shots Community.
Only original content.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated, these actions will be reported and muted.
title.
AI-generated content will be muted.

Prizes
1st Place 6 HIVE
2nd Place 4 HIVE
3rd Place 2 HIVE

This phonographycontest is run by @untilwelearn
The main attraction of the contest is a photo taken from your phone along with a story, memory or feeling associated with that photo.

Rules

Only blogs written by Ecency and published on FeelGood Community will be eligible for the contest.
You must write at least 151 words in your entry.
Only one entry per participant will be valid.
Don't forget to use 'Phone Photography' in the title of your entry and #phonography in the hashtags.
Share the link of your entry in the comments section of the announcement post and also try to connect and engage with other participants as much as possible.

Prizes

501 Ecency Points for each winner are generously donated by @barbara-orenya
Each winner will be generously given 1 HSBI Share by @alokkumar121
2 Archon Tokens for each winner generously donated by @melinda010100
2 LOH Tokens for each winner generously donated by @silversaver888
Along with the winners, some other good entries may also receive curation votes by @ecency
All valid participants will be given 51 ecency points.

This weekly contest organized by @hive-br (the Hive Brazil community) has a different subject every week. New rounds start on a Tuesday.

Rules

Your post must include in the title: HiveBR Photo Contest.
Use the tag #hivebrphotocontest in the post to facilitate identification.
After making the post, comment on the contest announcement post with the link to your entry.
The photo must be 100% original and never published before.
Each participant can submit only one photo per week.

Prizes
1st Place:

90% upvote from the hive-br.voter account
2 HIVE
5% beneficiary in the winners' announcement post.

2nd Place:

85% upvote from the hive-br.voter account
1 HIVE
5% beneficiary in the winners' announcement post.

3rd Place:

80% upvote from the hive-br.voter account
1 HIVE
5% beneficiary in the winners' announcement post.

Other Participants:

All participants who follow the rules correctly will receive a 50% upvote.

Every week the Lifescape Tribe (@hive-144838) will conduct a contest focusing on Night Photography run by @suteru

Rules
Deadline of entries will be a day (24 hours) before the contest post payout.
Capture a photo that best represent night photography.
Make a post in the Lifescape Tribe Community featuring your photo entry (at least 50 Words ).
Comment your photo and post link to the contest post.
We will choose 3 winners weekly.

Prizes
1st Place:

300 CCD token
40% upvote from @cryptocompany

2nd Place:

200 CCD token
20% upvote from @cryptocompany

3rd Place:

100 CCD token
10% upvote from @cryptocompany

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