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OCTOBER 2016
Organization: Photographer’s Forum/PF’s Magazine
Theme: None
How to Enter: Online: http://pfmagazine.com/photography-contests/ , By Mail: Enter black & white or color prints or slides. Prints must be unmounted 9x12 or smaller. Label every photo with your name and address, and indicate which edge is the top. Make checks payable to Photographer’s Forum. All entries must include payment, entry form, and photographs. (If sending prints or slides, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of work. Work will be returned in April, 2017.)
Requirements: Subject Matter is Open
Submission Fee: Early Entry: $4.95 per photo, Final Entry: $5.95 per photo
Deadline: EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE: Must be uploaded or postmarked on or before October 17, 2016, FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: Must be uploaded or postmarked on or before December 5, 2016
Prize: First Place: $2,000 Best HIGH SCHOOL Color or BW + plus PENTAX K-3 II camera and lens system (MSRP $1,329.90), Second Place: $1,000 cash grant 2nd Place High School, Third Place: $500 cash grant 3rd Place High School, Fourth Place: Five $150 grants to 4th Place High School, Honorable Mention: 100 High School Honorable Mentions will be listed in the May 2017 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a certificate of outstanding merit.
Organization: Lensculture
Theme: up to 10 photographs that work well together either as (1) a visual narrative or (2) a group linked by theme or style
How to Enter: https://www.lensculture.com/emerging-talent-awards-2016#enter
Requirements: up to 10 photographs that work well together either as (1) a visual narrative or (2) a group linked by theme or style, winners will be judged on the strength of their submissions as unified groups of photos, not as individual photographs. Ten images are the maximum allowed—but fewer, more consistently edited photographs may be judged more highly than ten scattered images.
Submission Fee: $60 (30% off of $60 for students)
Deadline: Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Prize: a digital gallery exhibition at the International Center of Photography Museum in New York City, $20,000 in grants, opportunities for exposure at over 50 international photography festivals, inclusion in the upcoming photobook, The Best of LensCulture Today: 150 Contemporary Photographers, etc
NOVEMBER 2016
Organization: Las Laguna Gallery / small works – BIG TALENT
Theme: Open - Limited to 16 Inches
How to Enter: http://www.laslagunagallery.com/smallworks
Requirements: Las Laguna Gallery is looking for small works with big impact. There is no intended theme for the work; it just needs to fit the criteria of being “small art”. All mediums and subjects accepted. No works over 16 inches on either side, including frame, if framed. All local, national and international artists, professional and amateur and multiple art mediums will be considered in this call for art. From photography to fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, pastels, etc. The work must be able to be hung on a wall to be considered. No work that requires special installation or instructions will be accepted. (ARTIST GALLERY SPLIT - 75% Artist - 25% Gallery) Minimum:1, Maximum: 20, Artist Statement, Outside Dimensions
Submission Fee: Entry Fee: $25.00, Media Fee (Per Each Additional Image Fee): $3.00 (per sample over minimum)
Deadline: November 6, 2016
Prize: Commision of artwork sold (ARTIST GALLERY SPLIT - 75% Artist - 25% Gallery)
Organization: The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists
Theme: Photojournalism (narration/tell a story)
How to Enter: http://www.jamesalancoxfoundation.org/application.php
Requirements: Application, Essay, Teacher Mentor Form, 2 letters of reference, School Transcript, Financial Data, Photographer/Parental Release, 5 digital still images
Submission Fee: none
Deadline: November 15th, 2016
Prize: digital camera
Organization: Monochrome Photography
Theme: Abstract, Architecture, Conceptual, Fashion / Beauty, Fine Art, Landscapes, Nature, Nude, People, Photojournalism, Photomanipulation, Portrait, Wildlife
How to Enter: http://monoawards.com/page/how-to-enter/
Requirements: black and white,
Submission Fee: $15 for a photo
Deadline: November 20, 2016
Prize: 1st place - $1,000, online gallery, press coverage, certificate, inclusion in book.
JANUARY 2017
Organization: World Photography Organization
Theme: Beauty
How to Enter: https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards/2017/youth
Requirements: age 12-19
Submission Fee: none
Deadline: January 5, 2017
Prize: Winner - flights and accommodation to London, Sony equipment, exhibition at Somerset House, London. Shortlist - exhibition at Somerset House, London, publication in winner’s novel
Organization: Popular Photography
Theme:
Requirements:
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on January 7th, 2017
Prize:
Organization: Davidson Institute
Theme: Social Relevance
How to Enter: http://www.davidsongifted.org/Fellows-Scholarship/How-to-Apply
Requirements: NO HUMANS OR ANIMAL SUBJECTS, Table of Contents, Portfolio, Process Essay, Significance and Benefit to Society Essay, 10 minute video describing work, Nominating Forms completed by two nominators
Submission Fee: none
Deadline: 2017 (will be announced soon)
Prize: $10,000, $25,000, or $50,000 scholarship
Organization: Nikon Photo Contest (OPENS Monday, October 17, 2016 (opens at 1:00 p.m. Japan standard time))
Theme:
Requirements:
Deadline: Friday, January 27, 2017 (1:00 p.m. Japan standard time)
Organization: Photographer’s Forum/PF’s Magazine
Theme: None
How to Enter: Online: http://pfmagazine.com/photography-contests/ , By Mail: Enter black & white or color prints or slides. Prints must be unmounted 9x12 or smaller. Label every photo with your name and address, and indicate which edge is the top. Make checks payable to Photographer’s Forum. All entries must include payment, entry form, and photographs. (If sending prints or slides, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of work. Work will be returned in April, 2017.)
Requirements: Subject Matter is Open
Submission Fee: Early Entry: $4.95 per photo, Final Entry: $5.95 per photo
Deadline: EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE: Must be uploaded or postmarked on or before October 17, 2016, FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: Must be uploaded or postmarked on or before December 5, 2016
Prize: First Place: $2,000 Best HIGH SCHOOL Color or BW + plus PENTAX K-3 II camera and lens system (MSRP $1,329.90), Second Place: $1,000 cash grant 2nd Place High School, Third Place: $500 cash grant 3rd Place High School, Fourth Place: Five $150 grants to 4th Place High School, Honorable Mention: 100 High School Honorable Mentions will be listed in the May 2017 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a certificate of outstanding merit.
Organization: Lensculture
Theme: up to 10 photographs that work well together either as (1) a visual narrative or (2) a group linked by theme or style
How to Enter: https://www.lensculture.com/emerging-talent-awards-2016#enter
Requirements: up to 10 photographs that work well together either as (1) a visual narrative or (2) a group linked by theme or style, winners will be judged on the strength of their submissions as unified groups of photos, not as individual photographs. Ten images are the maximum allowed—but fewer, more consistently edited photographs may be judged more highly than ten scattered images.
Submission Fee: $60 (30% off of $60 for students)
Deadline: Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Prize: a digital gallery exhibition at the International Center of Photography Museum in New York City, $20,000 in grants, opportunities for exposure at over 50 international photography festivals, inclusion in the upcoming photobook, The Best of LensCulture Today: 150 Contemporary Photographers, etc
NOVEMBER 2016
Organization: Las Laguna Gallery / small works – BIG TALENT
Theme: Open - Limited to 16 Inches
How to Enter: http://www.laslagunagallery.com/smallworks
Requirements: Las Laguna Gallery is looking for small works with big impact. There is no intended theme for the work; it just needs to fit the criteria of being “small art”. All mediums and subjects accepted. No works over 16 inches on either side, including frame, if framed. All local, national and international artists, professional and amateur and multiple art mediums will be considered in this call for art. From photography to fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, pastels, etc. The work must be able to be hung on a wall to be considered. No work that requires special installation or instructions will be accepted. (ARTIST GALLERY SPLIT - 75% Artist - 25% Gallery) Minimum:1, Maximum: 20, Artist Statement, Outside Dimensions
Submission Fee: Entry Fee: $25.00, Media Fee (Per Each Additional Image Fee): $3.00 (per sample over minimum)
Deadline: November 6, 2016
Prize: Commision of artwork sold (ARTIST GALLERY SPLIT - 75% Artist - 25% Gallery)
Organization: The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists
Theme: Photojournalism (narration/tell a story)
How to Enter: http://www.jamesalancoxfoundation.org/application.php
Requirements: Application, Essay, Teacher Mentor Form, 2 letters of reference, School Transcript, Financial Data, Photographer/Parental Release, 5 digital still images
Submission Fee: none
Deadline: November 15th, 2016
Prize: digital camera
Organization: Monochrome Photography
Theme: Abstract, Architecture, Conceptual, Fashion / Beauty, Fine Art, Landscapes, Nature, Nude, People, Photojournalism, Photomanipulation, Portrait, Wildlife
How to Enter: http://monoawards.com/page/how-to-enter/
Requirements: black and white,
Submission Fee: $15 for a photo
Deadline: November 20, 2016
Prize: 1st place - $1,000, online gallery, press coverage, certificate, inclusion in book.
JANUARY 2017
Organization: World Photography Organization
Theme: Beauty
How to Enter: https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards/2017/youth
Requirements: age 12-19
Submission Fee: none
Deadline: January 5, 2017
Prize: Winner - flights and accommodation to London, Sony equipment, exhibition at Somerset House, London. Shortlist - exhibition at Somerset House, London, publication in winner’s novel
Organization: Popular Photography
Theme:
- Objects and Still Life
- People
- Action and Sports
- Cities and Architecture
- Animals
- Nature and Landscapes
Requirements:
- 16 years of age or older at time of entry
- Original owner of the photo and hold all rights to the photo
- All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply; void where prohibited.
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on January 7th, 2017
Prize:
- One grand prize winner will receive $1,000. The winner will also be published in a future issue of Popular Photography Magazine.
- Six (6) FIRST PRIZE CATEGORY WINNERS: $250 (A check valued at two hundered and fifty dollars). The winners will also be published in a future issue of Popular Photography Magazine.
Organization: Davidson Institute
Theme: Social Relevance
How to Enter: http://www.davidsongifted.org/Fellows-Scholarship/How-to-Apply
Requirements: NO HUMANS OR ANIMAL SUBJECTS, Table of Contents, Portfolio, Process Essay, Significance and Benefit to Society Essay, 10 minute video describing work, Nominating Forms completed by two nominators
Submission Fee: none
Deadline: 2017 (will be announced soon)
Prize: $10,000, $25,000, or $50,000 scholarship
Organization: Nikon Photo Contest (OPENS Monday, October 17, 2016 (opens at 1:00 p.m. Japan standard time))
Theme:
- Nikon 100th Anniversary Award Theme: "Celebration" Entry format: single photo Limited to Nikon equipment No age restriction
- Next Generation Award Theme: "Future" Entry format: single photo, photo story (two to five images), video Any equipment can be used *Entrants must be under the age of 30
- THE OPEN Award Theme: "Future" Entry format: single photo, photo story (two to five images), video Any equipment can be used No age restriction
Requirements:
- REFER TO “Theme”
- Entrants under 18 years of age require the permission of a parent or guardian. By entering the contest, entrants under 18 years of age indicate that they have obtained the permission of a parent or guardian.
- The contest is not open to employees of Nikon (the "organizer") or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Deadline: Friday, January 27, 2017 (1:00 p.m. Japan standard time)
