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Submission Form

 

You are about to spread kindness through your photography!

"No act of kindness is ever wasted." Aesop

 

To submit your photograph, please:

  • Complete fields as indicated. The photograph is submitted through the top button "Select File".
  • The description is an important part of your submission! Where it was taken, what is going on in the image, who the people are and your thoughts on what about kindness or compassion it reflects.
  • Submissions open November 1, 2025 and close December 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT.
  • One photo per submission. Maximum 5 photos per photographer.
  • All submissions must be a high quality digital jpg file.
  • Submissions should be jpg files with max compression rate (12) and at least 2000 Pixels on long dimension at 200 dpi (3000 pixels at 300 dpi preferred) up to 10MB file size.
  • The contest is free to enter.
  • Please see Everything You Need To Know for other information, rules, and terms.

     

After submissions close:

  • All photographers with accepted photos will be sent an email with instructions about public voting.
  • The top 10 public vote recipients will qualify as finalists.
  • An additional group of photographs will be selected by the Envision Kindness staff as finalists.
  • Our judging panel will then pick the winners for each prize category from the finalists.
  • AI-created images will only be considered for the AI prize.
  • Winners will be announced in February 2026.
  • Please see our FAQs and Rules and Terms for more info or write to contest@envisionkindness.org.

 

Other Info and Rules: 

  • 18 years of age or older may enter.
  • Photos can be documentary or illustrative. You can capture the kindness in the moment or it can be recreated for the photo. It can be a concept.
  • See Rules about need for release forms. Click here for a release form if you need one.
  • Entrants grant permission to Envision Kindness to use submitted materials for publicity and other display purposes. Please see full rules and terms (everything you need to know).
  • Envision Kindness reviews every submission for appropriateness to the contest.
  • Judges' selections are final
 
For a full listing of rules and terms and conditions, click here.

 

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt