Entries open for Xiaomi Imagery Global Awards

Deadline: 11-Oct-2026

The Xiaomi Imagery Global Awards is an international photography competition inviting adults worldwide to showcase outstanding images captured using Xiaomi, REDMI, or POCO smartphones. The competition celebrates creativity and visual storytelling in mobile photography through multiple themes, giving photographers an opportunity to present their work across different genres and artistic styles.

About the Xiaomi Imagery Global Awards

The Xiaomi Imagery Global Awards is designed to recognize creative excellence in smartphone photography. Participants from around the world can submit photographs taken with eligible Xiaomi, REDMI, or POCO devices. The competition features a range of themes covering portraits, street photography, cultural experiences, night photography, monochrome imagery, emotional storytelling, and photo series. The awards provide photographers with opportunities to gain recognition while competing for cash prizes. How Much Prize Money Is Available? The competition offers several cash prizes across different award categories.

The prizes include:

- Annual Best Work Award: $20,000 USD for one winner.

- Theme Gold Awards: $4,000 USD each for seven winners.

- Theme Creation Awards: $1,000 USD each for 21 winners.

- Judges’ Choice Awards: $3,000 USD each for seven winners.

The Annual Best Work Award provides the highest individual prize of $20,000 USD. Who Can Participate? The competition is open to participants from around the world who meet the eligibility requirements.

Applicants must:

- Be at least 18 years old, or the legal age of adulthood in their country or region. - Use an eligible Xiaomi, REDMI, or POCO smartphone to capture their submitted images. - Submit original photographs. - Ensure that submitted images have not previously received an award. - Meet the applicable technical and eligibility requirements of the competition. Photography Themes The Xiaomi Imagery Global Awards features multiple themes, allowing participants to submit work representing different photographic styles.

The themes include:

- Portraits - After Dark - Street Moments - Monochrome - Emotional Focus - Cultural Threads - Photo Series Participants can explore these themes through their own creative perspective and visual storytelling approach. Portraits The Portraits theme focuses on photography that captures people, personalities, expressions, and individual stories. Participants can use their Xiaomi, REDMI, or POCO smartphones to create compelling portraits that demonstrate creativity and photographic skill. After Dark The After Dark theme highlights photography captured in nighttime or low-light environments. Participants can explore artificial lighting, shadows, nighttime scenes, city lights, and other visual elements associated with photography after sunset. Street Moments Street Moments focuses on everyday life and spontaneous scenes captured in public spaces. Photographers can showcase their ability to identify interesting moments, interactions, environments, and stories within everyday surroundings. Monochrome The Monochrome theme encourages participants to explore photography using black-and-white or monochromatic visual approaches. The theme provides an opportunity to emphasize composition, light, shadow, texture, and emotion without relying on a broad range of colours. Emotional Focus Emotional Focus highlights images that communicate feelings, human experiences, and emotional stories. Participants can use composition and visual storytelling to create photographs that convey a strong emotional response. Cultural Threads Cultural Threads focuses on cultural experiences, traditions, communities, and elements of cultural identity. The theme gives photographers an opportunity to document and creatively present cultural stories through smartphone photography. Photo Series The Photo Series theme is designed for photographers who want to tell a broader story through multiple connected images. Participants can use a collection of photographs to communicate a theme, experience, or narrative rather than relying on a single image. How to Submit Photos Participants can submit their original images through several available channels, provided they meet the competition’s requirements.

Submission options include:

- The official contest page. - Xiaomi Imagery WeChat account. - TuChong platform. - Public Instagram posts using the designated hashtag. Participants should ensure that their photographs meet all technical, device, eligibility, and submission requirements before entering. Photography Device Requirement All submitted photographs must be taken using an eligible Xiaomi, REDMI, or POCO smartphone. This device requirement is a key condition of participation. Applicants should ensure that the submitted image was captured with an eligible device before entering it into the competition. Originality Requirements

Participants must submit original images

The submitted photographs must also be previously unawarded. Participants should therefore ensure that their entries meet the competition’s originality and award-status requirements. Instagram Submission Participants may also submit their work by posting photographs publicly on Instagram using the designated competition hashtag. Instagram entries must comply with the applicable competition requirements, including the eligible-device and technical requirements. Tips for Preparing an Entry Participants should select photographs that clearly demonstrate their creative ability and fit the selected theme.

A strong entry should:

- Be captured using an eligible Xiaomi, REDMI, or POCO smartphone. - Be original. - Have not previously received an award. - Clearly fit the selected photography theme. - Meet the technical requirements. - Follow the specified submission procedure. - Demonstrate strong visual storytelling and creativity. Why the Xiaomi Imagery Global Awards Matters The competition provides mobile photographers with an internatio