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Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest open for entries 

The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest (www.stenincontest.com) is an annual contest for young photojournalists aged between 18 and 33. The contest was founded on December 22, 2014 by the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. The contest is named after Andrei Stenin, Rossiya Segodnya special photojournalist who died in the line of duty.

The competition is aimed at supporting young photographers and promoting the goals of contemporary photojournalism. This is Russia’s only platform that helps young photographers make a name for themselves.

To participate in the Contest, anyone can register on the contest portal www.stenincontest.com. Acceptance of applications will continue until February 29, 2020. The 2020 competition includes four categories Top News, Sport, My Planet, and Portrait. A Hero of Our Time. One single entry and one photo series can be submitted in each of the four categories.

Competition prize fund: 125 thousand rubles for first place ($ 1,900), 100 - for second place ($ 1,500) and 75 - for third place ($ 1150) in each nomination.

The winner of the Grand Prix - the main prize of the Stenin Contest - will receive 700 thousand rubles ($ 10,700).

In 2019 the contest set new record - around 6000 entries from 80 countries across five continents were submitted. The 2019 winners represent 17 countries: Russia, France, the Philippines, Germany, India, Italy, the United States, Iran, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Portugal, Spain, Belarus and Egypt. India made it to the top three contributors by the number of works shortlisted, along with Russia and Iran, beating Spain, Egypt and Mexico.

The main topics of the 2019 photographs were global social challenges. The young photographers did more than create a whole new visual language for describing them, combining various genres and formats. Their works do not simply identify the problems and expose their causes. The possible consequences of these problems — for the country, the region, or the entire planet — become central to their stories.

The 2019 winning photos were exhibited in Moscow, Cape Town, Budapest, Madrid, New Delhi, San-Donato-Milanese, New York and other cities.