Sign up for FotoMarathon 2021 for free
It is free to participate in the FotoMarathon, but you must register to get your participant number and be able to win a prize.
Registration closes when the competition begins on Saturday, August 28 at 10.00.
FotoMarathon 2021 is an online photo competition
The competition is an online event. This means that you can participate no matter where you are.
What is FotoMarathon
FotoMarathon is Denmark’s biggest and funniest photo competition for anyone who loves to take pictures with a digital camera or a mobile phone.
The competition is about interpreting 6, 12 or 24 topics, in 6, 12 or 24 images, within 6, 12 or 24 hours.
FotoMarathon is a photo contest for “raw photography.” That is, a photograph that has not been edited. By editing means any change to an image after it is taken.
Participant information
Read information to participants about FotoMarathon 2021. Read participant information here.
Prizes
There are big prizes for the best series in the 6, 12 and 24 hour competition. In addition, there is a prize for selected items. See the prize list here
Winner of the 1st Prize in the 24 Hours FotoMarathon 2016. Subject No 103 Photographer: Dorthe Stauning Rasmussen Winner of the 1st Prize 12 hours FotoMarathon in 2013. Photo: Ditte Nielsen and Malene Jepsen. 1st prize in mobile 12 hours FotoMarathon 2013. Subject No 103 103 3: It is Danish. Photographer: Brian Brinch
6 Hours FotoMarathon
The 6 Hour FotoMarathon starts Saturday, August 28th at 10:00.
The competition lasts for 6 hours. When the competition begins, you will receive 6 topics that you need to photograph in sequence. The topics will be published on the FotoMarathon website, facebook page and Instagram.
You need to take a picture for each topic and make the best photo series with the 6 pictures. There is a prize for the top three series and for selected topics.
The last picture must be taken before 16.00.
You end the competition by uploading your 6 photos to FotoMarathon between 15:00 and 18:00. Pictures uploaded after kl. 18:00, will not participate in the competition.
Link to upload is published at the beginning of the competition.
12 Hours FotoMarathon
The 12-hour FotoMarathon starts Saturday, August 28th at 10:00.
The competition lasts for 12 hours. When the competition begins, you will receive 6 topics that you need to photograph in sequence. At 16:00 the next 6 topics will be released. The topics will be published on the FotoMarathon website, facebook page and Instagram.
You need to take a picture for each topic and make the best photo series with the 6 pictures. There is a prize for the top three series and for selected topics.
The last picture must be taken before 22:00.
You end the competition by uploading your 12 photos to FotoMarathon between 21:00 and 24:00. Pictures uploaded after kl. 24:00, will not participate in the competition.
Link to upload is available at the beginning of the competition.
24 Hours FotoMarathon
The 24-hour Photo Marathon starts Saturday, August 28 at 10:00
The competition lasts for 24 hours. When the competition begins, you will receive 6 topics that you need to photograph in sequence. At 16:00 the next 6 topics will be released and at 22:00 the last 12 topics will be released. The topics will be published on the FotoMarathon website, facebook page and Instagram.
You need to take a picture for each topic and make the best photo series with the 24 pictures. There is a prize for the top three series and for selected topics.
The last picture must be taken before Sunday 29 August at 10:00.
You end the competition by uploading your 24 photos to FotoMarathon between 9:00 and 12:00 at Sunday 29 August. Pictures uploaded after 12:00, will not participate in the competition.
Link to upload is available at the beginning of the competition.
The topic competition
The Topic competition is common to the participants in the 6, 12 and 24 hour competition. Here is a prize for the best picture among selected topics. You must complete the 6, 12 or 24 hour competition to participate in the topic competition.
2. Prize in the 24 Hour Photo Marathon. Subject No 103 Photographer: Nadia Tømmerup 1st prize in 24 hours photo marathon 2017 • Topic No. 14: Psychic • Photographer: Olivier Ruis Subject Price No. 10, 2014, in Photo Marathon.Subject No 103 Photographer: Anne-Rikke Bolt Jensen
Competition rules and conditions for participation
We would highly recommend that you read the Competition Rules and Terms and Conditions for Participation in the FotoMaraton before the competition.
Read the Competition Rules here.
Read Terms and conditions for participation in FotoMarathon.
