Call for Submissions - Alpha Female Grant Program

The Alpha Female is visual creator and Alpha Universe is on a mission to support the growth of underrepresented voices in photography, videography, and filmmaking, and provide a platform for creators across the artistic spectrum furthering this mission with their work. If you have a photo or video project idea that you believe in, and this grant will help you bring it to life. Besides funding, we’ll provide the Sony gear to shoot on, Adobe software to edit with, and the opportunity to have your project seen worldwide by countless creators who will be inspired to create alongside you.

Entry deadline is February 15th, 2021

Call for Submission - Alpha Female Grant

The visual creator industry needs diverse voices to thrive and reach new heights. We're on a mission to support the growth of underrepresented voices in photography, videography, and filmmaking, and provide a platform for creators across the artistic spectrum furthering this mission with their work.

Alpha Universe is offering 12 opportunities for

• A $5,000 grant to fund a specific, well-defined project

• A full-frame Sony camera and lens (value of $3,000+) to shoot your project

• A one-year full Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps subscription, courtesy of our friends at Adobe (value of $636), to edit your project

• A one-year Sony PRO Support membership and a training session with a Sony Pro Support expert so you can make the most of your gear

• The opportunity to have your project featured on AlphaUniverse.com and Sony Alpha social channels

Submission Deadline is February 15th, 2021

Call For Entry - PHMuseum 2020 Photography Grant

Image courtesy of PHmuseum

The PHmuseum Photography Grant is an annual initiative which recognises the importance of photography and visual storytelling. Over the years it has grown into a leading photography prize, with previous editions having awarded work by photographers like Jacob Aue Sobol, Diana Markosian, Max Pinckers, Poulomi Basu, and Tomas van Houtryve, among many others. Now in its eighth edition, the initiative is designed to support the production and promotion of visual projects through cash prizes, educational activities and exposure across international festivals, and online media.

To participate, you are invited to submit one or more projects centered around a specific theme, narrative or concept. All approaches are welcomed, from classic narratives to innovative and experimental projects. Our independent jury will then review all the submissions and gather together to decide what is most relevant according to their personal criteria. As usual, you retain full copyright at all times.

Entry fee is $40. Deadline for entry is February, 20th, 2020

PDN Faces Contest - Amateur Grand Winner - Seung Jong Lee

Image by Seung Jong Lee courtesy of pdn

Congratulations Seung Jong Lee, current ArtCenter Photography Student, on being awarded Grand Winner in the Amateur category for pdn’s Faces Portrait Photography Contest 2019.

Lee's personal project captures paradoxes in everyday life. "As every shade of color finds its way to dark corners of the city, the loneliness seeps through the cracks on the sidewalks and the alley," Lee says of the series, as stated on pdnonline.com

Call For Entry - 2020 CatchLight Visual Leadership Fellowship

Photos courtesy Catchlight. Image From 2019 Fellow Tasneem Alsultan’s series And Then There Were Women.

CatchLight is now accepting applications for it’s 2020 $30,000 CatchLight Visual Leadership Fellowship. Now in its fourth year, CatchLight continues to search for innovative visual storytellers and leaders committed to advancing and growing the field of visual storytelling.

The CatchLight Visual Leadership Fellowship serves as an incubator - a place for innovative leaders in the visual storytelling field to receive financial support, unlock individual potential, grow and leverage partnerships. The Fellowship cultivates a vibrant community of creative thought leaders whose work will be enhanced by collaboration, mentorship, and networking.

Entry Deadline: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 (midnight PST)

Call For Entry - LensCulture Portrait Awards 2020

Photos courtesy LensCulture

The LensCulture Portrait Awards are open to photographers at all levels of experience and all interpretations of portraiture. Your work may be made in the studio with professional lighting or snapped on a smart-phone during your travels, what matters is not your method but your ability to move your audience. From quirky self-portraits to candid portrayals of family and friends, from staged and conceptual photographs of public figures to environmental portraits, we want to see your work! Winners will enjoy career-changing opportunities including exhibition in New York in April 2020, extensive media coverage, projection at international photography festivals, cash prizes and more.

Entry Deadline: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Open Call: LensCulture Exposure Awards 2020

logo courtesy of lensculture

We are seeking the best new photography from around the world for the LensCulture Exposure Awards 2020. Since 2008, this award has offered significant exposure to more than 300 emerging and established photographers. Via a global callout, we’re eager to discover more diverse and talented image-makers to add to this impressive cohort. Winners will enjoy career-changing opportunities including exhibition in New York in April 2020, extensive media coverage, projection at international photography festivals, cash prizes and more.

Leica: Women Foto Project

As part of the Leica Women Foto Project, Leica Camera USA is seeking three U.S. photographers to receive an award to support a personal project that is relevant to today’s social and political climate. The mission of the Leica Women Foto Project is to educate, encourage and empower photographers to demonstrate the importance and impact of a woman’s point of view. The award serves as a catalyst to reframe how we see, how we think, and how we express our visual narrative.

Applicants will be reviewed on the basis of quality of photography, dedication to the medium of photography, sophistication of project, as expressed through the female perspective with narratives that broaden perspectives, ideas and conversations on today’s social climate.

Each member of the Panel will individually score each submission using the following criteria: 

1. Category 1: Quality of Photography

2. Category 2: Dedication to the Medium of Photography

3. Category 3: Sophistication of project

Call for entries begins today and closes on August 29, 2019. Recipients of the award will be announced via e-mail and/or telephone on or about October 16, 2019.  

All applicants must agree to the Official Award Rules prior to submission. 

View the Official Award Rules here.

Women Photographer Grants

WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH + NIKON GRANTS:

These $5,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. Five grants are available, one of which will be earmarked for a non-binary or transgender photographer. Applicants are encouraged to submit a story, rather than singles, as part of the grant application. The images need not be related to the project proposal. Multimedia projects are welcome.

WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH + GETTY IMAGES GRANT:

Women Photograph has partnered with Getty Images to award a $10,000 grant in support of an ongoing documentary project from a professional photojournalist who has demonstrated a long-term commitment to their story. Applicants should submit portfolios of 20-25 images indicating that a substantial amount of work has already been completed, and that the photographer has a clear vision of what further work is needed to complete the project. Additional consideration will be given to applicants who evince a personal connection to – and engagement with – the communities they cover.

Deadline: Wednesday, May 15th

Lucie Scholarship Program

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATIONS BEFORE JUNE 3, 2019 BY 11:59PM PACIFIC TIME!

Recipients of the 2019 Scholarship Program will have their work featured in an exhibition at House of Lucie Los Angeles.

PHOTO TAKEN:
$1000 EMERGING SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship will be given to an individual to create or continue a project focused on telling an existing story through a documentary or photojournalism approach.

This scholarship is open to emerging photographers only. See below for how we define “Emerging”.

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PHOTO MADE:
$1000 EMERGING SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship will be given to an individual to create or continue a project focused on creating a story through a conceptual Fine Art approach.

This scholarship is open to emerging photographers only. See below for how we define “Emerging”.

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EMERGING ARTIST:
$2500 OPEN GENRE SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship is open to all genres of photographic work and will be given to an individual to create or continue work on a specific dynamic project.

This scholarship is open to emerging photographers only. See below for how we define “Emerging”.

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CHROMALUXE X LUCIE FOUNDATION
$3000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP
ChromaLuxe, a leading brand of print media, is offering a scholarship through the Lucie Foundation in support of Fine Art Photographers.

This scholarship is open to both emerging and established artists.

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