Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest information

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The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is an annual contest for young photojournalists aged between 18 and 33. The contest was founded on December 22, 2014 by the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. The contest is named after Andrey Stenin, a Rossiya Segodnya special photojournalist who was killed in the line of duty in southeastern Ukraine.

The competition is aimed at supporting young photographers and promoting the goals of contemporary photojournalism. This is Russia's only platform that helps young photographers make a name for themselves.

In 2017, over 5,000 photos from the record 76 countries were submitted to the contest, which is taking place for the third time.^{[citation needed]} Touring exhibitions have become a tradition for the contest: in 2015 and 2016 the winning photos were exhibited in Cape Town, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Berlin, Shanghai, Budapest, Rome and other cities. The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest not only presents new photographers to the public, but also gives the world's best photojournalists an opportunity to gain a new audience and receive feedback. People follow the news about the contest and look forward to its exhibitions. The 2017 winning photos exhibition took place in Athens, Madrid, Istanbul, Shanghai, Warsaw, Mexico, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Beirut and Budapest.

The annual submission period starts on December 22, on Andrei Stenin's birthday.