The Lions Club Seregno AID – ETS organizes the tenth edition of the World Water Day Photo Contest, #WWDPHC.
The 2026 campaign’s theme is “Water’s Role in Gender Equality”, aiming to highlight how water is not just a natural resource, but a powerful lens through which gender inequalities can be observed.
The contest is open to all photography enthusiasts and supporters of environmental issues. The prize fund totals at more than 5,000 Euro, of which 1,500 Euro are reserved for the Main category first place winner.
The competition categories are:
- Single photos themed “Water’s Role in Gender Equality” (Main category)
- Single photos themed “Water Landscape”
- Storytelling: A section themed “Lives by water” with the opportunity to submit sets of photos, thematic photography projects, storytelling, photo reportage, and storyboards that have water as their common element.
All photographs featuring water as the protagonist are accepted, taken with any type of device: camera, smartphone, tablet, drone, or action camera.
Adjustments to brightness, contrast, and color balance are acceptable. Retouching of dust spots, minor elements, etc. is permitted. Images can be sharpened before printing. Post-processing techniques that could realistically be achieved in a darkroom will be accepted, but jurors have the discretion to reject any entry that they believe has been overly manipulated, thereby compromising the integrity of the original image.
The World Water Day Photo Contest does not accept AI-generated photos.
The contest is organized in conjunction with UN Water’s World Water Day to raise awareness of the critical importance of water in our time, particularly regarding access to potable water.
Lions Club Seregno AID, which stands for Assistance to International Development, is based in Seregno, in the green and industrious Italian region of Brianza. It was founded in 2016, as an affiliate of Lions Club International, the world’s largest charitable organization, and is accredited with the Italian Single National Register of the Third Sector.
World Water Day Photo Contest 2026 – Registration Fee
The themed photos registration fee is 15 Euro per two photos (plus 5 Euro for each additional photo). The Storytelling registration fee is 35 Euro per portfolio (minimum 6, maximum 12 photos).