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Awards, Grants, and Competitions

The Aaron Siskind Foundation : “ If you’re unfamiliar with the ASF, we hope you take a moment to learn more about us, and about Aaron Siskind. The Aaron Siskind Foundation’s Individual Photographer’s Fellowship (IPF) grant program encourages and celebrates artistic achievement in contemporary photography by supporting the creative endeavors of individual artists working in still photography and photography-based media.”

Aftermath Project – yearly GRANT competition for photographers covering the aftermath of conflict. DEADLINE Nov. 2

Alexandra Boulat Scholarship : “To honor the memory of Alexandra Boulat, who taught at TPW in these last years, TPW has created a special scholarship. This will consist in the possibility to attend a workshop in Tuscany for free (included room and board – not including travel expenses) and work under the guidance of master photographers. It will be offered to a young photojournalist, male or female, under 35 year old. To apply for this scholarship send a CD to: TPW, P.O.Box 931, Bologna Centrale , 40124 Bologna, Italy. Please, send only regular mail, not express courier because the P.O. Box does not accept it. Within April 30th 2009, with 1 to 3 photojournalistic projects, each of 15 to 25 images (size 100 dpi, long size 1200), your personal data, cv, explanatory note for the projects and captions.TPW will make a first selection of best works and made the final selection with VII.” NB: Not to be confused with the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant. Deadline: April 31, 2009.

Alexia Foundation (grant) : Professional grant winner 2009 is Walter Astrada : winning proposal ‘Violence Against Women’:

Student grant winner 2009 is Carl Kiilsgaard: winning proposal ‘Kinship in rural in eastern Kentucky’ . Deadline PASSED. 2010 details not yet available.

Alfred & Traffort Klots Artist Residency Program : The Artist Residency Program in Rochefort-en-Terre (France) invites applications from professional visual artists and writers in all disciplines who are not enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program. Professional activity and accomplishment must be evidenced by: a superior portfolio of images or written work; an outstanding record of exhibition or publication; noteworthy related activities, including fellowships, awards, other artist residencies, teaching appointments. etc. ; Deadlines “ Applications for 2009 residencies must be received by January 9, 2009. Successful applicants must accept the invitation by March 1, 2009. There’s a Lightstalkers thread on this as well. You can find it here.

The Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship Award “The Alicia Patterson fellowships are open only to U.S. citizens who are fulltime print journalists, or to non-U.S. citizens who work fulltime for U.S. print publications, either in America or abroad. The aim of the trustees who established the foundation was to improve the quality of U.S. print journalism. Foreign journalists seeking fellowship help may want to consult the annual list of contest and awards compiled by Editor and Publisher magazine in New York City. That issue is published the last week of December each year and can often be found in business libraries. The magazine will sell individual copies of the issue for $3.” 2009 details not yet available.

Amnesty Media Awards 2010 : Photojournalism : For a series of up to six photographs from a portfolio, all or part of which was published or publicly exhibited in the UK.: Deadline 1 March 2010

2010 Anthropographia Award for Human Rights and Photography : Deadline December 1, 2009

The AOP Student Awards 2010 is now open : Deadline January 24 2010

The AOP Photographers Awards 2009 : “The AOP Photographers Awards 2009 is now inviting entries from Full and Provisional members of the AOP. To find out more and to download your entry form, please click here .You have to be a member to enter, for information on joining please click here . ” Deadline PASSED.

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest Deadline November 20, 2009

Aperture Portfolio Prize 2009 : Deadline PASSED

BJP International Photography Award : PASSED for 2009

Canon Female Photojournalism Award

The Center for Documentary Studies : CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography : Deadline September 8, 2010

2010 Center Awards : Deadline January 27, 2010

Changing Ideas (Financial and other support)

College Photographer of the Year (USA) : 64th College Photographer of the Year Competition Annouces Winners

Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards 2010 now calling for entries : Deadline January 15, 2010

Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize : “The year 2009 marks the nineteenth anniversary of the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor documentary prize, a $20,000 award given annually by the Center for Documentary Studies. First announced a year after the Center’s founding at Duke University, the prize was created to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor. In 1941 Lange and Taylor published An American Exodus, a book that renders human experience eloquently in text and images and remains a seminal work in documentary studies. The Lange-Taylor Prize honors their important collaborative work. The Lange-Taylor Prize is offered to a writer and a photographer in the early stages of a documentary project. By encouraging such collaborative efforts, the Center for Documentary Studies supports the documentary process in which writers and photographers work together to record the human story.” Deadline January 31, 2009

Emerging Photographer Grant : $15,000 : “Funding is designed to support continuation of a photographer’s personal project. This body of work may be of either journalistic mission or purely personal artistic imperatives…” : Deadline April 15, 2010 : Emerging Photographer Grant recipient 2009: Alejandro Chaskielberg / winning work on burn: The High Tide

Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009 : Details : Deadline July 31 2009

Epson Art Photo Award

Fabrica : The F and F25 Grant for the Concerned Photographer. 2009 details not yet available.

Faces Photo Contest (PDN). 2009 details not yet available.

FOAM talent call is open! : Deadline May 1, 2010

FotoDocument Commissions : Grants of £2,500 for Documentary Photographers : Deadline 31 March 2010

Foto8 Awards & Summer Show 2009 : a photographic award, exhibition and print fair : DEADLINE PASSED

Free Lens Award : Deadline February 28, 2010 : Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism : June 16-20, 2010 : Hannover, Germany :

freshfacedandwildeyed 2010 : The Photographers’ Gallery’s annual exhibition open to recent visual arts graduates, representing the most dynamic new photographic work from across the UK : Who can apply? Any photographer/ artist who graduated from a visual arts course, BA or MA level, in 2009 : All images and other information have to be submitted online between 15 February – 3 March 2010

Fujifilm Student Awards 2010 : Deadline February 28, 2010

Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography : May 1, 2010

Getty Images : Grants for Good : May 1, 2010

Grand Prix Care pour le Reportage Humanitaire 2008. “CARE France launched the 13th edition of the Grand Prix CARE International du Reportage Humanitaire, in conjunction with the Visa pour l’Image Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan, which this year celebrates it’s 20th year.” 2009 details not yet available.

The Guardian Student Media Awards 2009 – – Guardian Student Media Awards shortlist revealed (Guardian: September 28, 2009) : Photographer of the Year: Mikko Antero Takkunen – Swansea Metropolitan University; Stuart Capper – Blackpool & Fylde College; Gabriella Rizzello – University of Brighton; Jacqueline Ann McCullough – University of Brighton; Julia Sanches – University of Edinburgh

Henri Cartier-Bresson Award 2009 : Application form (pdf) : Entries open March 1-30 2009

Hey, Hot Shot! Deadline May 8, 2009, 11pm EDT : blog : previous hot shots

2010 Hillman Prize Nominations : Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2010

The Ian Parry Scholarship The 2009 Deadline is 24th June

2009 Inge Morath Award : Call for Submissions : All submissions must be postmarked or delivered by April 30th, 2009

International Award for Digital and Photographic Art 2010 (Italy) : Art Museum of Chianciano Terme 18th – 25th of September 2010

International Photography Awards : Deadline April 30, 2010

Jerwood Photography Awards

John Gutman Photography Fellowship “For over sixty years, John Gutmann made an imprint as an artist and educator on the development of photography as an art form. Through his philanthropic generosity, annual awards of up to $5,000 are made to emerging photographers showing professional accomplishment, serious artistic commitment, and need in the field of photography. Candidates for Gutmann Fellowships are nominated by an appointed jury.The annual award of $5,000 will be given to one or a number of emerging photographers, showing professional accomplishments, serious artistic commitment and need in the field of creative photography” : “Students are not eligible.” : “Nominated photographer must be a U.S. citizen” : “The fellowship is limited to photographers, however the definition as to what constitutes photography will be at the discretion of the jurors.” : “ The award funds are to be used as the recipient(s) deem appropriate”

Lens Culture International Exposure Awards Photo Contest : - Lens Culture International Exposure Awards 2009 Winners :

Lucie Awards

Luis Valtuena International Humanitarian Photography Award

Magenta : Flash Forward 2010 : call for submissions : deadline December 31, 2009

Magnum Awards and Submission List

Magnum Foundation announces Young Photographer in the Caucasus Award

The Magnum Expression Photography Award : “established by Magnum Photos and HP with the goal of raising awareness and inspiring change through campaigns using photography as an expressive medium. Its mission is to discover and illuminate compelling documentary photography employed in innovative ways to affect social awareness and propel humanitarian compassion.The inaugural theme for the award is Communities.” : The Jury and Awards: A panel of four Magnum photographers (Alec Soth, Jonas Bendiksen, Paolo Pellegrin and Susan Meiselas) and one HP large format printing representative will select 20 finalists. One chosen winner will receive a $10,000 grant to support the continuation of his/her work, HP’s large format Designjet Z3200 for fine art printing, archival pigment inks, fine art paper and additional prizes from contributing partners Blurb & PhotoShelter. : Timeline for Submissions: March 16th – Gallery submissions open : May 31st – Final submission acceptance : September 30 2009 – Jury review and award recipient selection. See Magnum blog for more information.

National Media Museum (UK) : Photography Bursary by National Media Museum : 2009 bursary recipients (BJP: December 2009)

National Press Photographers Foundation Announces $16,500 In Scholarships : The deadline for applying is March 1, 2010.

The National Geographic Young Explorers Grant Application

National Geographic 2010 Photography Grant : Deadline 1 March 2010

New York Photo Festival 2009 / New York Photo Awards 2009 : May 13-17 2009 : New York Photo Awards 2009 – Special Selections :Deadline May 1 Just heard from the organisers that the new deadline will be May 10

The Nikon Australian Social Documentary Photography Grant 2008 (pdf entry form) Deadline PASSED 2009 details not yet available.

Nikon Discovery Awards 2008 :”The overall winner is Gina Brocker of the University of Wales, Newport : Deadline PASSED 2009 details not yet available.

Noorderlicht International Photofestival 2009 : Theme : Submission details: Deadline: April 3, 2009

NPPA’s Best in Photojournalism Contest : Call for Entries : Deadline January 29, 2010

The Open Society Institute is now accepting portfolios for the prestigious Moving Walls 17 Documentary Exhibit : Friday, October 23, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

Oskar Barnack Prize : “ The renowned photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award will be celebrating its 30th year in 2009. On the occasion of this special jubilee, Leica Camera AG has revised the entry conditions and included numerous changes. Entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award/Newcomers Award 2009 will be accepted as online submissions between 15 January and 1 March 2009. A Newcomers Award will be incorporated in the competition for the first time. The competition for this award is open to all (prospective) photographers who are aged 25 years and under. ” Deadline 1 March 2009

The PGB Photo Award : Deadline January 31 2010

PDN Annual : Deadline 25 January 2010 : The 2009 PDN Photo Annual winners gallery online.

The 2010 Photocrati Fund competition is now open. Deadline for application submissions is March 15, 2010 (by 11pm GMT) : ”The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to non-professional photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Our goal is to identify outstanding, up-and-coming photographers and give them the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world. We will offer one grant in 2010. The application deadline is March 15, 2010, and the award will be announced in June 2010. Awardees become Photocrati Fellows for the calendar year from the announcement of their award until the announcement of the following year’s award. “

Photography.Book.Now : “Photography.Book.Now is a celebration of the most creative, most innovative, and finest photography books – and the people behind them. Learn more about the competition, categories, our jurors and of course, the awards.”

The Photography Development Fund (Yekaterinburg) and The Museum of Photography Metenkov House (Russia,Yekaterinburg)invite professional photographers and amateur to take part in the International Photography Contest “Europe and Asia – Dialogue of Cultures”. The Grand Prix of the contest is 3.000 $. Details.

Photoshelter introduces local photography grants

The Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant and Association:We will award a Grant to a photographer to produce a story that must be told but that the photographer cannot find support for from within the Media. The first Grant will be awarded at Visa pour L’Image in Perpignan 2008 as it was an event very close to the hearts of Alexandra and Pierre Boulat. “The photographer should submit, no later than July Ist each calendar year, a one page proposal with a portfolio of 20 pictures to prove competency. A first committee would make a pre-selection in Paris and the final decision should be made in Perpignan with a jury of 7 or 9 people chosen among the most important photo editors at Visa pour L’image. Submissions to: The Alexandra and Pierre Boulat Association Grant Cosmos, 56 Bld Latour Maubourg, Paris 75007, France. ” Deadline July 1, 2009

The POYi 67th Annual competition : Winners of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition : Judged February 14 through March 5, 2010 (POYi)

Press Photographers Year “is the definitive competition that recognises and showcases the outstanding press photography taken for the UK news media, and is now in its third year.”

Prix Bayeux-Calvados “The Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize will celebrate its 15th anniversary from 6 to 11 October. That’s 15 years of conflicts, reporting and views of the world by French and international journalism’s greatest names.It’s also 15 years of tributes to reporters who open the world up to us and awaken our consciences on a daily basis. In addition to the jury’s proceedings and the awards ceremony, the strength of the Bayeux-Calvados Prize lies in exchanges with the public. The rich, diversified programme for the loyal, inquisitive and increasingly numerous public includes evening debates, a media forum, exhibitions and meetings with schoolchildren. Call for candidates Bayeux award for war correspondents (LS)

Prix Pictet : The World’s Premier Photographic Award in Sustainability. 2008 Shortlist announced.

Pulitzer Centre Travel Grants. Terms of grant:”The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds international travel costs associated with reporting projects on topics and regions of global importance, with an emphasis on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the mainstream American media.The amount of individual travel grants will depend on the specific project and detailed budget planning. Most awards fall in the range of $3,000 to $10,000 but depending on project specifics may be as much as $20,000. Proposed projects must include a credible plan for broad dissemination of the resulting work in U.S. media (print and/or broadcast). Eligibility: Grants are open to all journalists, writers, or filmmakers; staff journalists as well as free-lance, of any nationality are eligible to apply.How to apply: Applications will be considered upon receipt, with an emphasis on making Center projects as timely and news-worthy as possible. Applications should be submitted by email* to info@pulitzercenter.org. Applications should include the following: A description of the proposed project, including distribution plan, in 250 words or less; A preliminary budget estimate; Curriculum vitae; Three recent samples of work; (video samples should be sent by mail to below address in DVD format); Three professional references Deadline: Rolling Address: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting 1779 Massachusetts Ave. Suite 615 Washington, DC 20036

Pulitzer Prize

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Reportage : Festival of Documentary Photography (AU) Call for entries: the Projections in 2010 : Deadline June 30, 2010

Renaissance Photography Prize 2009: ” Renaissance is an international photography competition that seeks outstanding images to celebrate the experience of living. Whether you capture a moment from your own life or explore the theme more generally, Renaissance invites you to enter photographs that express and celebrate “Moments that Matter”. Deadline PASSED 2010 details not yet available.

Rory Peck Trust :“The Rory Peck Trust exists to support freelance newsgatherers and their families worldwide in times of need, and to promote their welfare and safety” The Rory Peck Training Fund: “This fund exists for the sole purpose of providing bursaries to enable freelance media workers worldwide to take safety training courses. The Fund is international and open to all bonafide freelancers.”

Shoot Nations 2008 presented by Plan UK. “The theme for this year’s competition is ‘YOUNG PEOPLE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE’. “We want to see the environmental issues affecting young people all around the world.Take 3 photographs or draw 3 pictures that capture the following:’How is climate change affecting your life?’ ;’Act now – be the change!’; ‘Your world in the future.’ Upload your entries and be in with a chance to have your photo exhibited at the World Youth Congress in Quebec for International Youth Day, 12th August 2008. The competition is open to anyone aged 11 – 24 from anywhere in the world. Last year the competition received over 1500 entries from 85 countries. Over 2000 people attended exhibitions of Shoot Nations photographs on 4 different continents – help us make this year even bigger and better!” Deadline PASSED. 2009 details not yet available.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize : Call for entries : Deadline for online entries July 6

Terry O’Neill Award 2009 : Entry details: Submit between 3 – 6 images as an exhibition series. Images must fall into the criteria of reportage, fashion, documentary, landscape, wildlife, portraiture or fine art photography. The judges are seeking dynamic and arresting images which portray a compelling narrative : Deadline July 31 2009

Tierney Fellowship. “The Tierney Fellowship was created in 2003 by The Tierney Family Foundation to support emerging artists in the field of photography. The primary goal of the Fellowshipis to find tomorrow’s distinguished artists and leaders in the world of photography and assist them in overcoming the challenges that a photographer faces at the beginning of his or her career. ” “The Tierney Fellowship now accepts online applications. All applicants must be affiliated with our Partners. If you are affiliated with any of the Partner Institutions listed under the Partner’s section of this website, please contact them directly to receive login privileges. ”

Too Much Chocolate + Kodak Film Grant : DEADLINE PASSED : TMC + Kodak Film Grant winners

Travel Photographer of the Year 2009: winner’s gallery (Guardian: January 2010)