What winners receive

For the first time in 2025, there will be a total of €11,000 in cash prizes to be won in all 6 categories!

The Peace Image of the Year is honoured with a cash prize of €7,000. It will be exhibited in the Austrian Parliament for one year and included in the permanent art collection of the Austrian Parliament.

3 winners in the Stories category will each receive €1,000

1 winner in the single picture category receives €1,000

1 Childen's Peace Image of the Year receives €1,000

All winning works will be awarded the Alfred Fried Peace Medal and the photographers will be invited to the award ceremony in Vienna in September 2024, with travel expenses and accommodation covered. The pictures will be exhibited in the Austrian Parliament for one year.

All submitted images have the chance to take part in international exhibitions.

About the organization

The Global Peace Photo Award is awarded by Edition Lammerhuber in partnership with Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG), UNESCO, Austrian Parliament, Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association, International Press Institute (IPI), German Youth Photography Award, World Press Photo Foundation, POY LATAM and LensCulture, APA – Austria Presse Agentur, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) e.V. and Vienna Insurance Group.

Main Sponsor of the Global Peace Photo Award is the Vienna Insurance Group