| Country | Award | Venue / sponsor | Notes |
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| Austria | Camera Austria Award | City of Graz | Contemporary photography |
| Denmark | Fogtdal Photographers Award | Palle Fogtdal | Danish photography |
| Europe | European Publishers Award for Photography | Several European publishers | Work on a particular subject that had not previously been published as a book |
| France | Prix de la Photographie | Px3 | photography award |
| France | Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award | Fondation Carmignac | Investigative photographic report on a region of the world where fundamental rights are threatened |
| France | ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'or Award | Visa pour l'Image | Professional photojournalist who has covered a humanitarian issue related to an armed conflict |
| France | Niépce Prize | Association Gens d'Images | Professional photographer who has lived and worked in France for over 3 years |
| France | Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards | Paris Photo, Aperture Foundation | First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year |
| France | Prix Nadar | Association Gens d'Images | Photography book edited in France |
| France | Discovery Award; Author's Book Award; Historical Book Award; Photo-Text Book Award; Dummy Book Award | Rencontres d’Arles | Summer photography festival in Arles |
| Germany | German Society for Photography Awards | German Society for Photography | Various categories |
| Germany | World Street Photography Awards | World Street Photography | Street photography: Free style, Urban Geometry, Street Portraits, Decisive Moment, Shades and Lights, Reflections, Juxtaposition and Without Humans |
| Germany | David Octavius Hill Medal | Deutsche Fotografische Akademie | Photography |
| Germany | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize | Deutsche Börse, The Photographers' Gallery | Contemporary photography |
| Germany | Deutscher Fotobuchpreis | Hochschule der Medien | Visual-led book publishing originated in Germany |
| Germany | Dr. Erich Salomon Award | German Society for Photography | Lifetime achievement award for photojournalists |
| Italy | Castelfiorentino Award | Banca di Cambiano - Fondazione Teatro del Popolo | Two categories: Open and Student. Contemporary Photography |
| Italy | Romano Cagnoni Award | Romano Cagnoni Foundation | Supporting photographers who investigate, with depth and participation, topics related to the human condition |
| Italy | Siena International Photo Awards | Siena International Photo Awards | Photojournalism, wildlife photography, street photography, nature photography |
| Italy | "Werner Bischop - Flauto d'argento" (Silver flute) Photo Award | Photo Clubs: Werner Bischof and Avellino Photo | Photojournalism, social reportage and civil commitment |
| Netherlands | Foam Paul Huf Award | Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam | Young, talented photographer under the age of 35 |
| Netherlands | LensCulture Awards | LensCulture magazine | Various categories |
| Netherlands | Lex van Rossen Award | Eurosonic Noorderslag | Young European music photographers |
| Netherlands | No Man's Art Slum Photography Contest | No Man's Art Gallery | Photography in an underprivileged neighborhood in the world |
| Netherlands | Oskar Barnack Award | World Press Photo | Professional photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 12 images |
| Netherlands | World Press Photo of the Year | World Press Photo Foundation | Photojournalism |
| Russia | Moscow International Foto Awards | MIFA | The mission of the Moscow International Foto Awards is to recognize, reward and expose talented photographers from around the world and introduce them to the creative community in Russia |
| Spain | PHotoEspaña | International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid | Work by Spanish and international image-makers. Several categories |
| Spain | Premio Internacional de Fotografía Lúdica / International Boardgame Photography Award | Asociación Cultural Jugamos Tod@s - Festival Internacional de Juegos Córdoba | Photographs about the act of playing, people playing, games of the world, modern or classic boardgames, details of game components, set-ups and generally any display of games or playing. |
| Sweden | Hasselblad Award | Hasselblad Foundation | Photographer recognized for major achievements |
| Sweden | Hasselblad Masters Award | Hasselblad | Exceptional accomplishment through photography |
| Sweden | Lennart Nilsson Award | Karolinska Institute | Outstanding contributions to scientific photography |
| Switzerland | Prix Pictet | Pictet Group | Photography of the highest order applied to current social and environmental challenges |
| Turkey | Istanbul Photo Awards | Anadolu Agency | news photography contest |
| United Kingdom | Photography Prize | Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers | Final year student at the annual Royal College of Art Degree Show |
| United Kingdom | AOP Awards | Association of Photographers | Professional, Assisting Photographer & Student photography |
| United Kingdom | British Wildlife Photography Awards | British Wildlife Photography Awards | Images of wild species and habitats taken in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands |
| United Kingdom | Jerwood/Photoworks Awards | Photoworks | Emerging photographers in the UK who make their own photography, or those who use photographs, archives or found photography |
| United Kingdom | John Kobal Foundation Award | John Kobal Foundation | Portrait Photography |
| United Kingdom | Royal Photographic Society | Royal Photographic Society | Various awards and medals |
| United Kingdom | Tim Hetherington Visionary Award | Tim Hetherington Trust | Innovation in visual storytelling |
| United Kingdom | Astronomy Photographer of the Year | Royal Observatory, Greenwich | Astronomy photography |
| United Kingdom | Cherry Kearton Medal and Award | Royal Geographical Society | Traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinematography |
| United Kingdom | Food Photographer of the Year | The Food Awards Company | Excellence in food photography |
| United Kingdom | Photo London | Somerset House | Various awards |
| United Kingdom | Portrait of Britain | British Journal of Photography | Portraits showing the diversity of British people |
| United Kingdom | Sony World Photography Awards | World Photography Organisation | Variety of photographic genres |
| United Kingdom | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize | National Portrait Gallery, London | Photographic portrait prize |
| United Kingdom | LIF Award | London Image Festival | Prize for Film and Photography |
| United Kingdom | Travel Photographer of the Year | Travel Photographer of the Year | International travel photography award |
| United Kingdom | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum, London | Wildlife photography |
| United Kingdom | The Architectural Photography Awards (APA) | World Architecture Festival | Annual international architectural photography award |
