LTA YOUR WORLD IN MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2026 is a national photography contest, organised by The Photographic Society of Singapore in partnership with Land Transport Authority.

The contest is divided into the following sections:
• Open Category
• Junior Category

Entry is free of charge. No entry fee required, but participants are to cover all associated costs (e.g. equipment, transport, data).

The competition is open to Singapore residents only. Singapore residents refer to Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, as well as those living in Singapore, including Employment Pass, Work Permit and Dependent Pass holders. Members and family members of the organizing committees are ineligible to participate.; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the contest rules and conditions.

If you are entering the Junior Category, you must obtain parental consent before entering. By entering the Junior Category, the participant represents and warrants that they have obtained verifiable parental or guardian consent.

Winners in the Junior Category must submit proof of parental or guardian consent. The organisers reserve the right to disqualify any participant who fails to provide sufficient proof of such consent upon request.

By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the image as his own (aliases are not permitted). The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used 'will not be eligible for awards' or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition 'and could be subject to disqualification' by the exhibition sponsors.
By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies legal Age, and own all rights to these images, including copyright or parents or guardians' gives permission on his/her behalf if he/she is not of Legal Age.

The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. All final images must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted. No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount.

The competition accepts submissions of photos taken at any time, with no restrictions on the date they were captured.

Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant acquired digitally. Photographs must be taken with Mobile Phones/DSLR/Mirrorless cameras. Drone photography is not acceptable.

By entering this competition, participants warrant that the submitted photographs are wholly the original works of the participant, which have not been entered in any other contest/competition, nor published in any medium. Watermarks/logos are strictly prohibited.

Images generated by AI are prohibited. AI-assisted editing tools may be used only for standard photographic post-processing, including exposure adjustment, white balance correction, colour correction, contrast adjustment, sharpening, noise reduction, cropping, and sensor dust removal.
The submitted image must originate from a photograph captured by the participant. No addition, removal, replacement, relocation, or generation of visual elements is permitted. The use of generative AI, content-aware fill, sky replacement, object removal, object insertion, image expansion, compositing, or any other technique that materially alters the original content, scene, or composition of the photograph is prohibited unless expressly permitted by the competition category.

Organisers reserve the right to request the original RAW file or unedited image file for verification.

Submissions can be in color or monochrome. Duplicate entries will be disqualified

Photographs must be in JPEG format, with dimensions:
Landscape: Max 1920px (width) × 1080px (height)
Portrait: Max 1080px (height)
Quality: 300dpi, JPEG compression 7-12.
File Size: 1MB to 3 MB.
No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.

Submissions must be uploaded via our official submission portal:
https://www.pss1950.org/your-world-in-motion/

Participants are responsible to ensure that their submissions are completed and uploaded successfully through the official submission portal by the deadline of 23:59 hours on 30 August 2026, Singapore time. Entries received later than this deadline shall be void. The Organisers shall not be liable for entries lost, delayed, or not received due to technical or other reasons beyond our control.

By entering this contest, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the contest organizers for purposes associated with this contest. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this contest. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this contest, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the contest, number of sections entered and number of photos entered in those sections will be made public in a published status list and that the results of your entry shall be made public in exhibition gallery, exhibition catalog.

Selection of Winners:
a) Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges based on
▪ Creativity and originality
▪ Emotional impact and storytelling
▪ Technical quality and composition
▪ Relevance to the theme
b) All decisions made by the panel of judges are final, conclusive, and binding on all participants. No appeals or correspondence will be entertained under any circumstances, and participants hereby waive any right to contest the outcome of the contest.

Prizes:
a) Open Category
● 1st Prize: S$4,000
● 2nd Prize:S$2,000
● 3rd Prize: S$1,000
● 4th & 5th Prizes: S$500 each
● Honourable Mention: S$100 x 35 prizes

b) Junior Category
● 1st Prize: S$500
● 2nd Prize: S$400
● 3rd Prize: S$300
● 4th & 5th Prizes: S$200 each
● Honourable Mention: S$100 x 15 prizes

c) All winners mentioned above will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
d) Each participant may win only one prize (including Honourable Mentions) in total.
e) Prizes are non-transferable, and non-exchangeable or credit and may be subject to availability. The Organisers reserve the right to substitute any prize with another item of equal or greater value at any time at their sole and absolute discretion and shall not be liable for any claims arising from such substitutions. Prizes are provided “as is” and without any warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. The judges of the event will present the following awards:
Total 60 awards. The organizer reserves the right to adjust the number of awards based on the total number of entrants.

Organising Committee
Singapore, Singapore

email: [email protected]
website: www.pss1950.org