Awards and Bursaries: Visual Arts - Photography
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Below is a list of organisations which offer awards or bursaries in photography. Click on the title for more details.
See also:- Competitions and Prizes: Visual Arts - Photography
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UK
AOP Open Awards
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further information: The competition from the Association of Photographers is open to
all - the aim is simply to celebrate the diversity of photography and
embrace beautiful images from professionals and amateurs alike.
Chrisi Bailey Award
Deadline: March
Award: £1000 first prize
Further Information: For children under the age of 10.
Fujifilm Distinction Awards
Deadline: see website
Award: £1000
Further Information: Merits awarded quarterly.
Fujifilm Student Awards
Deadline: January
Award: £1000
Further Information: Up to 20 merit prizes in each category available.
Fujifilm/PPLA Colour Printer Awards
Deadline: February
Award: £700
Further Information: Rewards the skills of pro-lab hand printers and digital retouchers.
Jerwood Photography Awards
Deadline: September
Award: £2000
Further Information:Open to Uk-based artists who have graduated from visual art degree courses in the last three years.
John Kobal Book Award
Deadline: see website
Award: £1000
Further Information: Award created to encourage new photographic publications in the UK.
Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Grants
Deadline: May and October
Award: £5 000 (maximum)
Further Information: Grants available to assist in the development and completion of new or unfinished projecs, work or literature in the fields of photography.
London Photographic Awards
Deadline: rolling programme
Award: various
Further Information: Offers various awards and competitions.
The Observer Hodge Photographic Award
Deadline: see website
Award: £7000 (total value of five awards)
Further Information: Aims to give creative and young photographers the opportunity to bring their work to a wider audience.
Ian Parry Award for Photographers
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further Information: Contested on the basis of both words and pictures.
The Picture Editor's Awards
Deadline: see website
Award: £4000 + smaller prizes
Further Information: Open to photographic journalists from the British Isles
Rhubarb-Rhubarb Bursaries
Deadline: March
Award: see website
Further Information: Rhubarb is the UK's international Festival of the Image. 8 one day bursaries are available for photographers to attend the festival.
Site Gallery Commissions Programme
Deadline: see website
Award: £1000 commissioning fee plus a production budge.
Further Information: Aimed at showcasing innovative and experimental practice across the broad definition of lens-based media.
SUN Awards
Deadline: see website
Award: various
Further information: an independent not-for-profit
event highlighting the best images and best practice achieved by professional
photographers based in the northern regions of the british isles, working
within the areas of Advertising
• Design • Editorial • Fashion
The Times/Tabasco Young Photographer of the Year
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further Information: For young photographers aged between 19 and 25
International
The Ansel Adams Research Fellowship (USA)
Deadline: October
Award: $2500
Further Information: Intended to provide research time for scholars needing to use the Centre for Creative Photography
Alexia Foundation (USA)
Deadline: various
Award: various
Further Information: Offers various professional grants and awards.
Arcimboldo Award for Digital Creation (France)
Deadline: February
Award: 10,000
Further Information: Organised by Foundation d'entreprise HP France
The Association of Photographers Awards (USA)
Deadline: February
Award: 10,000
Further Information: Offers various awards and bursaries
The Howard Chapnick Grant (USA)
Deadline: July
Award: $5000
Further Information: Encourages and supports leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism.
Commonwealth Photographic Awards (International)
Deadline: July
Award: $2000 (first prize)
Further Information: Open to all Commonwealth residents
Deutsche Gesallschaft fur Photographie e.V. (Germany)
Deadline: various
Award: various
Further Information: Offers various awards and prizes
Epson Art Photo Award
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further information: see website
European Publishers Award for Photography (Europe)
Deadline: various
Award: 12,000 (minimum)
Further Information: Offers publication of the winning work of six European publishers (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Greece)
Fifty Crows (USA)
Deadline: various
Award: $5000
Further Information: Supports documentary photographers whose outstanding ability in visual storytelling leads us to a better understanding of our common humanity.
The Hasselblad Foundation (Sweden)
Deadline: various
Award: see website
Further Information: Offers The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography; Stipends and Grants in Photography; The Victor Fellowship; Th eGrez-sur-Loing Stipend; and the San Michele Stipend.
Humanity Photo Awards (International)
Deadline: March
Award: see website
Further Information: Biennial international contest aiming to record, explore and study folk culture and traditions.
Leica Medal of Excellence (International)
Deadline: not open for entries
Award: Medal
Further Information: Presented by the international Leica galleries.
The Maine Photographic Workshops (USA)
Deadline: various
Award: various
Further Information: Offers the R.I.P.E Benefactor Scholarship Fund; Karen Van Allsburg Memorial Scholarship; The Golden Light Awards and the Annual Yarka Vendrinksa Memorial Photojournalism Scholarship.
PhotoMuseum Awards (Greece)
Deadline: April
Award: see website
Further information: The theme is People in work, people in training. The winner will be selected by an international jury. Further details are to be found in the application forms which are available for downloading below in English, French, German, and Greek. The deadline for participation is 13 April 2007. The winner of the 5000 Euro award will be announced during the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2007, to be held in April 2007.
The Polaroid International Photo Awards (International)
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
Further Information: The contest provides the opportunity to recognise and acknowledge the inspirational work of photographers using Polaroid cameras.
W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography (International)
Deadline: July
Award: $30 000
Further Information: Presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project follows the tradition of W Eugene Smith's compassionate dedication.
Spider Awards (International)
Deadline: March, August, October
Award: see website
Further Information: International competition recognising excellence in black and white photography.
Vois Off (France)
Deadline: May
Award:$1340
Further Information: Open to all photographers.
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