Frequently asked questions

Any photographer, amateur or professional, of any nationality.

€25 per participant, whatever the number of photographs. Payment is by PayPal only.

On the official contest platform, using the «Enter now» button on this website.

In categories A and B, a series of 5 to 7 numbered photographs. In C, D, E and F, up to 4 photographs per category.

JPG, no more than 3000 px horizontally and 2000 px vertically, 300 ppi and 2 MB. The sRGB colour space is recommended. The file name must be only the title of the work.

No. Nor may you submit the same photograph in two categories.

No. Every part of the image must have been photographed by the author. Offenders will be banned for life.

The technique is free, except in Nature, which follows the FIAP definition, and in the monochrome categories, which follow the FIAP definition of monochrome.

Within 10 days of the results being published, you must send your files at 300 ppi, with the longest side at 60 cm and in Adobe RGB, together with the RAW files. If you do not, the prize passes to the next-placed entrant.

On 15 December 2026, by email and on this website. The PDF catalogue is sent to all participants. Prizes and catalogues are sent out in February 2027.

Yes. Cash prizes are subject to current tax law and the legally established withholdings apply.

Yes. Both are free and open to the public, on 27–28 November 2026 at HLA Hospital Universitario El Ángel in Málaga.

The organisers may reproduce them on a non-profit basis in catalogues, posters, the press, features and exhibitions, always crediting the author.