Continuing to accompany The Pano Awards as the main sponsor, Epson Southeast Asia is proud to continue to support the panorama photography community in the region and around the world.
The contest welcomes both professional and amateur photographers to submit panorama works with a minimum frame ratio of 2:1 in both horizontal and vertical formats.
Epson International Pano Awards 2026 continues to expand the creative playground for the global panorama photography community with a total prize value of over 50,000 USD. The new category is for both Expanded and Non-professional categories, honoring the increasingly outstanding artistic potential of drone photography and aerial photography.
In addition to the Aerial category, the 17th Epson International Pano Awards continues to maintain the categories:
Nature & Landscape
Buildings & Urban Architecture
VR/360
Thereby, bringing many opportunities for photographers to show their techniques and storytelling ability with images.
The total prize value in 2026 exceeds 50,000 USD, including 15,000 USD in cash. The prize for the Open champion has a total value exceeding 11,000 USD, including cash and technology products.
Since its launch in 2010, Epson International Pano Awards has become an important milestone for the global panorama photography community, attracting more than 3,000 entries from 95 countries in 2025.
Mr. David Evans - Judge of Epson International Pano Awards - shared: "I am extremely excited to officially announce the invitation to participate in Epson International Pano Awards for professional and amateur photographers around the world. This year, we launched the Aerial category for both Expanded and Non-Professional categories. At the same time, if you submit five or more works in the early-bird stage, contestants will receive a 20% discount on attendance fees and have the opportunity to receive a prize voted by the Judge worth 1,000 USD.
Entries submitted in the "early-bird" period until the end of June 22, 2026 will enjoy preferential participation fees, before the official article receiving gateway closes on July 13, 2026.
Interested photographers can find out information, rules and submit entries at: The Pano Awards Official Website.
