The cizucu community regularly hosts global online photo contests open to everyone. These contests range from those organized by cizucu to collaborative projects with brands, featuring diverse themes. The goal is to inspire individual creativity and enable rich, unrestricted expression.
The currently ongoing contests include 'Enrich My Lifetime,' '2025,' 'December Diary '25,' 'Daydream,' and 'Love, From Here.'
This time, we introduce selected entries and contest details from each ongoing contest.
Enrich My Lifetime
Theme: What enriches life
Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 21, 2025
Filmmango
Growing old together, sharing life as a family.
cizucu Editorial Team
The backs of the family walking side by side convey a sense of trust and warmth. This photo reminds us that what enriches life isn't just special events but also the accumulation of these ordinary moments. It beautifully expresses the value of growing old together and walking the same path in life.
2025
Theme: 2025
Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 28, 2025
kyto
Getting home.
cizucu Editorial Team
The composition framed through the window gives viewers the feeling of observing the scene themselves. The silhouettes of people standing still seem to tell stories of their lives and places. The light streaming into the station evokes bright hopes for the coming year, making this a truly inspiring piece.
December Diary '25
Theme: December Diary
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
S.Yasu Photo
December 3rd—
Silhouettes
Red-crowned cranes in Tsurui Village, Hokkaido
📷 NIKON Z 8
cizucu Editorial Team
The silhouettes of the red-crowned cranes eloquently narrate the quietness of December. The distance between the two cranes standing apart creates a beautiful tension, as if they are respecting each other's presence. The monochrome expression highlights the crisp winter air and the slow passage of time, leaving a lasting impression like a page from a diary.
Daydream
Theme: The boundary between dreams and reality
Submission Deadline: Monday, January 5, 2026
masaya
Susukino, Hokkaido
Early morning, the back alley of a nightlife district and the awakening beyond.
📷 FUJIFILM SP-2000
cizucu Editorial Team
The light leaks unique to film photography seem to capture the ambiguous sensation just before waking up. The alley, bearing traces of life, carries the remnants of yesterday and the anticipation of a new day. This poetic shot captures a fleeting moment standing at the boundary between dreams and reality.
Love, From Here
Theme: Love found here
Submission Deadline: Monday, January 12, 2026
yNAK
On the way home.
cizucu Editorial Team
The viewer's gaze is naturally drawn to the two figures holding hands at the end of the narrow path. The composition, captured from a watchful perspective, tells the story of 'love found here.' This photo beautifully captures the moment when an ordinary journey transforms into a deeply memorable memory.