World Shootout
World Shootout (producer David Pilosof)
- Portfolio
- Open
- Wide-angle
- Macro
- Newcomer
- Conservation
- +1
Deadline
17 days left
- FEE
- from €15
11 contests
Macro is the most-entered discipline in underwater photography, and most major contests give it its own category. Some split it further into super-macro, nudibranchs or compact macro.
Every contest below has at least one macro or close-up category that accepts underwater images. Check the category notes on each page for restrictions on focus stacking, wet lenses or subjects.
World Shootout (producer David Pilosof)
Deadline
17 days left
DivePhotoGuide (DPG)
Expected deadline
early Dec 2026
Underwater Photography Guide
Deadline
52 days left
Underwater Photographer of the Year (Dan Bolt and Alex Mustard)
Expected deadline
early Jan 2027
Ocean Geographic Society
Expected deadline
early Apr 2027
Solitude World (Solitude Liveaboards & Resorts) · Solitude Acacia Resort, Anilao (Philippines) and Solitude Lembeh Resort (Indonesia)
Expected deadline
late May 2027
Close-up Photographer of the Year
Closed
British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP)
Closed
late Aug 2026
Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT Dive Philippines, Region IV-B MIMAROPA) with the Municipality of Puerto Galera · Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
Closed
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
Closed
CMAS (Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques), with a national federation as host · Host destination changes each year (2026 — Pemuteran, Bali)
Closed