CONTACT

Pictures of the Year International
Phone: 573-884-7351
Email: info@poy.org
Web: www.poy.org

Mailing address:
Marie De Jesús
Director, Pictures of the Year International
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Missouri School of Journalism
401 S. Ninth St., Suite 315
Columbia, MO 65211
USA

AWARDS

Individual category winners:
• 1st — Engraved plaque
• Finalist and Award of Excellence — PDF Certificate

$1,000 cash prizes & Tiffany crystal trophy:
• International Photographer of the Year
• Photographer of the Year
• World Understanding Award
• Community Awareness Award
• Environmental Vision Award

Tiffany crystal trophy::
• Sports Photographer of the Year
• Documentary Storyteller of the Year
• Photography Book of the Year
• Visual Editor of the Year

Angus McDougall Excellence in Editing Award:
Winner hosts a sterling silver trophy for one year and receives free tuition to the Missouri Photo Workshop.

All winners will be posted to social media soon after the jury makes its decisions. An official announcement will be made after the competition ends and the results are verified.

For winning entries, POY requires high resolution copies of the images and digital files of the films and online entries.

POY and CPOY Photostory Fest
Friday, April 25

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Pictures of the Year International 82: The Winners List

POY was judged from Feb. 3 to Feb. 24, 2025, from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.

We are honored to announce the winners. The awards recognize the best in the field of photojournalism in 2024.

The credits appear as they were submitted. Please review the list to make sure the credit and affiliation appear as you wish. Please send updates to: info@poyi.org.

Pictures of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism.

View the winners list here

COPYRIGHTS & USAGE STATEMENT

By entering this competition, you declare that you meet the eligibility requirements stated in the rules of the competition and that you are authorized by the holder of the copyright (or the right to copyright) to submit photos and multimedia entries to the Pictures of the Year International (POY, POYi) competition. You grant permission to Pictures of the Year International, the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism and POY programs (such as CPOY, POY Asia, POY Latam and the POY Archive) to use your submitted material in exhibitions, publications, in promotion of the competition itself, and for educational research and historical record purposes concerning Pictures of the Year International. This usage includes, but is not limited to print, electronic and online platforms such as the CPOY, POY or MU websites, social media, books, slides/tapes, television broadcast/film/tapes, DVDs and CDs. Entries may become part of the permanent POY archive.

Pictures of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The University of Missouri is a public, tax-exempt educational institution of the State of Missouri. POY provides an educational mission for career development and student advancement, without profit. To achieve the educational mission of the competition, POY requests up to $60 per person (U.S. dollars) compensation to cover the costs associated with operation of the competition.

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Pictures of the Year International 82: The Winners List

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About POY

Connect with us

NEWSLETTER

CONTACT

AWARDS

POY and CPOY Photostory Fest Friday, April 25

Pictures of the Year International 82: The Winners List

Categories

COPYRIGHTS & USAGE STATEMENT

POY and CPOY Photostory Fest
Friday, April 25