{"id":43130,"date":"2026-07-14T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=43130"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:34:07","slug":"urban-photo-arena-2026-time-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/urban-photo-arena-2026-time-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"URBAN Photo Arena 2026: Time to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>URBAN Photo Arena<\/strong>, dedicated to <strong>under-35 photographers<\/strong>, unfolds as a knockout tournament, modeled on major sporting competitions: a <strong>first group stage<\/strong>, played online, leads into the knockout bracket, up to the <strong>semifinals <\/strong>and <strong>final <\/strong>held live <strong>during Trieste Photo Days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voting for this first group stage is open as of yesterday<\/strong>. The competing photos have been randomly split into two sections, <strong>Alpha (groups 1-8)<\/strong> and <strong>Beta (groups 9-16)<\/strong>: if your photo is in Alpha, you vote for Beta, and vice versa, so that no photographer can vote for their own photo.<\/p>\n<p>Voting closes Thursday, <strong>July 16th at 23:59 CET.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;ve been eliminated, you can keep voting: each time a photo advances to the next round, the photographers who voted for it earn points, with the points available increasing at each round. Whoever accumulates the most points by the end of the Semifinals wins the <strong>Best Voter Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>How to vote<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Log in at <a href=\"http:\/\/votebracket.dotlogic.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">votebracket.dotlogic.net<\/a> using the same credentials as your <strong>DotLogic URBAN User Area<\/strong> (or continue with Facebook\/Gmail, if that&#8217;s how you registered).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/votebracket.dotlogic.net\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat su-button-wide\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#ff8207;border-color:#cc6806;border-radius:16px;-moz-border-radius:16px;-webkit-border-radius:16px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:11px 38px;font-size:27px;line-height:41px;border-color:#ffa852;border-radius:16px;-moz-border-radius:16px;-webkit-border-radius:16px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #d81d00;-moz-text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #d81d00;-webkit-text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #d81d00\"><i class=\"sui sui-star\" style=\"font-size:27px;color:#ffffff\"><\/i> <strong>VOTE NOW<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Prizes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winner<\/strong>: URBAN 2026 Trophy by Giorgio Celiberti, \u20ac600 Amazon Gift Card, Pentax 17 camera by FOWA, Think Tank BackLight Sprint backpack, guest of honour at Trieste Photo Days 2026 (2-night stay for two), 25,000 Photopoints, Stroppa strap, exhibition, and publication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second place<\/strong>: Celiberti medal, \u20ac300 Amazon Gift Card, guest of honour at Trieste Photo Days, 10,000 Photopoints, Stroppa strap, exhibition, and publication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Semifinalists<\/strong>: Celiberti medal, guest of honour at Trieste Photo Days, 5,000 Photopoints, Stroppa strap, exhibition, and publication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Voter Award<\/strong>: \u20ac150 Amazon Gift Card, 5,000 Photopoints, Stroppa strap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URBAN Photo Arena, dedicated to under-35 photographers, unfolds as a knockout tournament, modeled on major sporting competitions: a first group stage, played online, leads into the knockout bracket, up to the semifinals and final held live during Trieste Photo Days. 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