Open until 1 April 2012, 23:59 MST. Approximately 57 days remaining to apply. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Photocrati.

You can enter or apply for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Winners Announcement Expected: June 2012

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The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. The goal is to identify outstanding photographers and to provide the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world.

The 2012 Photocrati Fund competition is open from January 2012 through 1 April 2012. The 2012 Photocrati Fund award will be announced at the Look3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia in June 2012.

The grant winner will become a Photocrati Fellow for the calendar year from the announcement of his/her award until the announcement of the following year’s award.

$5000 Photography Grant for Professional and Emerging Photographers Worldwide!

This grant is intended for both pro and emerging photographers.

The grant is open to photographers over 21 years of age from any country worldwide, but applicants should have a proven ability to produce outstanding imagery and coherent photo essays, as well as the background necessary to carry out the proposed project. This means that for photographers planning to complete a project in a country other than their own country of origin, there should be a clear demonstration of preparation for work in that country (i.e. proper visas, contacts, language training, etc.).

Each submission may contain only one project proposal and each applicant may apply only once per submission cycle.

All applications must be submitted in English, online to the following email address: fund [at] photocrati.com (please replace [at] with @).

The application consists of just two items: a one-page project statement and bio, and a link to your online portfolio submitted via email.

Hop to the official website for further info and detailed guidelines.

No Entry Fee!

It's free to enter.

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The Aftermath Project is now accepting applications for the 2012 regular grant for conflict photography.

The Aftermath Project’s mission is to support photographic projects that tell the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace. Grant proposals should reflect an understanding of this mission.

The Aftermath Project will be giving one $20,000 grant, as well as naming four finalists.

Target Group

The 2012 Aftermath Project Grant is open to working photographers world-wide who are interested in creating work that helps illuminate aftermath issues, and encourages greater public understanding and discussion of these issues.

Grant Requirements

Proposals may relate to the aftermath of numerous kinds of conflict, not just international wars. The conflict may have been at the community level — for example, violence between rural ethnic groups or an urban riot in an industrialized country. It may have been a regional one, such as a rebel insurgency, or it may have been a full-scale war.

There is no specific time frame which defines “aftermath,” although in general The Aftermath Project seeks to support stories which are no longer being covered by the mainstream media, or which have been ignored by the media. In general, conflict should be over for a situation to be deemed an “aftermath.” There are specific cases, however, where conflict may have continued for so long, or be the result of an aftermath situation, that they will be considered to be within the scope of The Aftermath Project.

Grant Value

The Aftermath Project will be giving one $20,000 grant for a photography project on war and conflict. The Aftermath Project will also be naming four finalists.

The winning proposal will become part of the book “War is Only Half the Story, Vol Six.”

Application

Completed and signed application forms and supplementary materials must be received, via Dropbox, no later than 1 November 2011.

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WorldNomads.com and National Geographic Channel are giving one exceptional individual the chance to go on assignment with renowned wildlife photographer Jason Edwards to South Africa!

This is your chance to photograph in Kruger National Park on an 8-day trip with Gap Adventures!

A selection of your best photos will be published on National Geographic Channel where they will be viewed by thousands of travellers worldwide, offering you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get your foot in the door of one of the most revered exploration organisations in the world!

Target Group

This opportunity is open to any non-professional trying to start a career in Travel Photography - photography students or keen amateurs/pro-amateurs looking for a foot in the door.

• Minimum age 18 with a good level of physical fitness.
• This is a global opportunity - you may be a resident of any country.
• You should be an exceptional photographer with a lust for adventure, have a strong desire to be mentored and grow your photographic knowledge and skills, an ambition to forge a career in Travel Photography, and of course a desire to travel to South Africa.
• Remember this is a scholarship, a learning experience, and therefore will not be suitable for professional or semi-professional photographers.

Number of Scholarships

This is an opportunity for an individual.

Duration

Eight (8) days

Scholarship Value

WorldNomads.com and National Geographic Channel are taking you to South Africa on an 8-day trip, for a chance to photograph in Kruger National Park. You'll also photograph Cape Town in all its vibrant colour and visit a pre-school community project on the outskirts of Cape Town.

Application

In short, here is what you need to do:

1. Shoot a series of photos (maximum of 5)
2. Add your photos to WorldNomads.com.
3. Tell the organizers in 300 words or less about your photos and why you should be chosen.

More details can be found on WorldNomads.com.

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Kaman Art Foundation is calling visual artists, performing artists and art critics to apply for the international artist village residency - Sowing Seeds 2011.

Sowing Seeds is a project that intends to create dialogues and exchanges amongst artists beyond their national identity and serves as an opportunity for rural artists to meet, share and exchange ideas, visions, and diverse views in order to create a deeper understanding of art.

The artist residency will bring together 15 international artists practicing in a wide variety of media, collaboration, outdoor sculpture, documentation, or performing to bring benefit to a specific site and share ideas and methods for a period of 14 days in the village of Barmer, Rajasthan (India).

Target Group

• Young and emerging visual artists, performing artists and critics - Artists who are able to stay at village Gelavas for the designated period of time
• Artists who are able to produce results of his or her residence activities, e.g. exhibitions, performances, concerts or presentations
• Artists who are able to communicate and collaborate with local people and participate in the exchange program

Number of Residencies

A total of 15 artists will be selected.

Duration

14 days (20 December 2011 - 2 January 2012)

Residency Value

The artists residency will provide the selected artists with full lodging and food, work space, local transportation and a small material stipend.

Application

Fill out the application form and send it together with all other required materials (see below) to: kamanartfoundation [at] gmail.com (please replace [at] with @).

Application checklist:

1. Residency Application form
2. Current resume / curriculum vitae.
3. Max. 10 images/ 5 video links with a clear description of the works.
4. Artist Statement (200 word max)
5. What is motivating you to come to Rajasthan, India (200 word max)
6. Project Proposal (200 max) will be relative to environmental, social development to village(with whom you are interested in collaborating)
7. Copy of passport

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It's time for another edition of the Lens Culture International Awards. Lens Culture is one of the most popular and influential online magazines about contemporary photography today.

Lens Culture is looking for exciting work from every continent, and from diverse points of view: documentary, fine art, nature, photojournalism, activism, street photography, sports, fashion, poetic, personal, abstract and human.

The International Exposure Awards discover, reward, and promote talented, new, emerging and established photographers and multimedia creators from around the world.

Objective

Lens Culture is accepting entries in three separate categories, one from which is introduced for the first time this year.

• Multimedia Awards ^new
  Presentations that combine photography, video, graphics and sound are becoming prominent headline features in the world of social networking, activism, fine art, and online news. Multimedia from all genres and categories will be considered, including, but not limited to: current events / photojournalism / social issues / activism / fine art / conceptual / cinematic / fiction / storytelling / nature / other.
• Portfolio Awards
  Submit 10 to 15 photographic images that work well together as a group — thematically, aesthetically, as a story, or simply as a range of your photographic talent.
• Single Image Awards
  A great photo can stand on its own, demonstrating a remarkable level of visual perception, sensitivity, and creativity. Photographs of all genres and all categories are welcome.

Prizes

Award winners receive:

• Cash Prizes
• Worldwide Exposure and Feature Articles in Lens Culture
• Publication in International Exposure Award Winners Book
• Potential for exhibitions and screenings around the world
• Fame, Global Recognition, and more...

The following cash prizes will be awarded to the best entries:

• Multimedia Awards
  • Grand Prize: $1500
  • 2nd Prize: $500
  • 3rd Prize: $250
• Portfolio Awards
  • Grand Prize: $1500
  • 2nd Prize: $500
  • 3rd Prize: $250
• Single Image Awards
  • Grand Prize: $1000
  • 2nd Prize: $250
  • 3rd Prize: $100

Rules

• To qualify to enter the competition, you must be over 18 years of age.
• The competition is open to professional and amateur photographers and multimedia creators. However entries will be disqualified if they have already won major international awards, or have been previously featured in extensive international press coverage.
• Entries consisting of whole or partial series that have already won Lens Culture International Exposure Awards will be disqualified.
• You need to be the sole owner and author of the photographs and/or multimedia.
• All entrants must be able to supply high resolution digital files and/or multimedia suitable for projection, printing in media, and for public exhibition.

How to enter?

Submit your entries online at: http://lensculture.slideroom.com. After you have uploaded your entries and information, you will be asked to pay your submission fee.

Entry fee

• Multimedia Awards: $75
• Portfolio Awards: $75
• Single Image Awards: $35

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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces another monthly Juried Competition. This time the theme is "Seasons". 2D artists (Including Photography & Excluding Video) from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for inclusion into the Gallery's September 2011 online group art exhibition.

The gallery would like to be able to show the best art that an artist can create related to the given theme. Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field.

Awards will be for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition, Honorable Mention and Special Recognition awards will also be awarded.

Objective

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts monthly art competitions and monthly art exhibitions for new and emerging artists. The theme for the August juried art competition is Seasons".

Submit up to five 2D works on the this theme. Experimental and mixed techniques are also welcome.

Prizes

Winners of the Seasons Art Exhibition will receive extensive publicity in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements, social media marketing and website traffic in order to make the art world aware of the artist's accomplishments. There will also be links back to the artist's website as part of this achievement.

Rules

• The Seasons juried competition is open to all amateur and professional 2D artists worldwide.
• Only 2D work is eligible and each file may not exceed 1MB and must be in a jpeg format.
• No images from previous Light Space & Time competitions are allowed to be entered again.

How to enter?

Submit your entries on the official website by filling out the online entry form.

Entry fee

The entry fee is $10 for two (2) entries or $15 three or more, up to five (5) entries.

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The Juried Book Competition of Photography, Poetry and Prose - Open to Interpretation has another international open call for entries. This time the call is themed: Intimate Landscape.

Landscapes conjure images of vast, sweeping scenes, but the details captured by a photograph can turn a seemingly impersonal setting into an intimate story. It's up to the artist to define what constitutes an intimate landscape, be it representational, non-representational, urban, suburban or rural.

Each volume of Open to Interpretation represents a unique collaboration between photographers and writers.

Objective

Submit images related to the call theme, which is: Intimate Landscape.

All images created will be accepted for consideration, including but not limited to film, digital, alternative process, mixed media, digital manipulations, old world processes, pinhole, solar etchings, iPhone, etc.

Either color or black & white is acceptable.

It is also possible to enter with Poetry & Prose submissions.

Prizes

• $300 Juror's Selection Award Photography
• $300 Juror's Selection Award Writing or Poetry

Being selected to be part of this publication puts you in great company with other photographers, writers, and poets. This publication is dedicated to providing a place for artists to gain recognition and exposure for their work. All participants chosen, if so desired, will have their name, web page and/or mailing address indexed in the book so as they can be contacted directly regarding their work.

Rules

• Any amateur or professional photographer is welcome to submit work for consideration.
• The image must be original and created by the person entering the work.
• All images must be submitted electronically.
• For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must secure a model release from the subject and provide upon request.
• Mailed/emailed submissions will not be accepted.

How to enter?

Submit your entries online through Smarter Entry.

Entry fee

• $30 for 5 images ($10 each additional) before 23 August 2011;
• $40 for 5 images ($10 each additional) 23 August - 18 October, 2011

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Launched in 2007, the Freedom to Create Prize is a celebration of the courage and creativity of artists, and the positive influence of their work to promote social justice and inspire the human spirit. The Prize is open to all forms of art, in any creative field and any individual or group of any gender, religion or nationality.

In 2010, nearly 2,000 artists entered from more than 100 countries.

In 2011, a total prize fund of US $100,000 will be awarded to the winning artists and their nominated advocacy organisations to further the cause their artwork has highlighted.

Objective

The Freedom To Create Youth Prize encompasses all forms of art in any creative field.

The Prize has two categories: the Main Prize, open to individuals or artistic groups in all creative fields over the age of 16 and the Imprisoned Artist Prize, focusing on artists who are currently imprisoned for their artwork.

Entries for the Freedom to Create Main Prize and Imprisoned Artist Prize will be evaluated by a panel of distinguished judges based on the following criteria:

• The creativity of the artist in pursuing the freedom to create and conveying their message for social justice.
• The courage and/or personal risk the artist has demonstrated in pursuing the freedom to create while promoting their work.
• The subject matter of the artwork and its relevance to a particular social issue.
• The creativity the artist has displayed to demonstrate how art can influence change.
• The extent to which the artist embodies the vision, mission and values of Freedom to Create.

Prizes

In 2011, a total prize fund of US $100,000 will be awarded to the winning artists and their nominated advocacy organisations to further the cause their artwork has highlighted.

• Main Prize
  The first place winner will receive US $50,000 which will be shared with an organisation nominated by the winning entrant to further the cause the artwork has highlighted. The first runner up will receive US $15,000. The second runner up will receive US $10,000.
• Imprisoned Artist Prize
  The prize of US $25,000 is awarded to one winner, to be directed towards securing the artist's release, advocating on behalf of them and their cause and offering support to their family.

Winners of the 2011 Freedom to Create Prize will be unveiled in November 2011, at the Freedom to Create Award Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa.

Rules

• The Freedom to Create Prize is open to any individual or group of any gender, religion or nationality.
• The Freedom to Create Prize is open to all art forms and we welcome submissions from any of the creative arts.
• Artists may nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party.
• Only submissions entered on this website or on official entry forms will be considered.
• Past applicants can submit applications for the Freedom to Create Prize again but must submit a different art work.
• The Freedom to Create Youth Prize is now combined with the Freedom to Create Main Prize which is open to any individual or group of any gender, religion or nationality, above 16 years of age.

How to enter?

Please Register to apply for the prize online or if you already registered, please Sign in to access to your application.

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The aim of the [HONG KONG] Alternative Car Park Tower International competition is to design an iconic and Alternative Car Park Tower in the heart of Hong Kong. This is an open international competition hosted by [AC-CA] to generate progressive contemporary design ideas.

The new tower will include several possibilities for events such as concerts, art exhibitions, fashion shows, ceremonies dinners, cinematic projections, etc.

Architects, Engineers and Students are eligible. Interdisciplinary teams are also encouraged to enter the competition. There are cash prizes for competitors finishing first, second and third.

Objective

The architecture of this new building should reflect contemporary design tendencies, standing out for its uniqueness as a car park design, while meshing in with the surrounding Hong Kong urban tissue. The [HONG KONG] Alternative Car Park Tower competition hopes to achieve the following:

• Encourage and reward design excellence on a large scale, which integrates function, structure, details, etc.
• Research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing an original car park incorporat- ing an alternative program.
• To generate the discussion of ideas regarding car park security and all the phobias associated with it such as fear of dark, dirty, cold, etc.
• Encourage the employment of sustainable design in all aspects of the proposal.

Entries will be evaluated based on the following 5 main criteria:

• Intelligent and appropriate use of all design principles.
• Use of space and perceive traffic flow within the space.
• The Design’s aesthetics and originality.
• The use of sustainable material.
• Clarity and comprehensibility of the design.

This is an open international competition hosted by [AC-CA] to generate progressive contemporary design ideas. There are no plans for the Alternative Car Park Tower to be built.

Prizes

Winning participants will receive prizes totaling US $5,400 with the distribution as follows:

• 1st Prize: US $3,000
• 2nd Prize: US $1,600
• 3rd Prize: US $800

There will also be 7 honorable mentions

Rules

• The [HONG KONG] Alternative Car Park Tower International Competition is open to anyone aged 18 and over.
• Entrants may either make a submission individually or as a team (4 people max.).
• Competition entrant are prohibited from sale, assignment or transfer of any of their submission rights a third party.
• Student entrants would be required to proof their status for any student only competitions and the same would be true for professional only competitions should the submission be selected as one of the winning entrants.

How to enter?

Register on the official website and submit your entries. Please make sure you download the competition brief and read all additional guidelines.

Entry fee

• Early Bird Registration: US $80 from 1st July to 12th August 2011
• Late Registration: US $120 from 13th August to 15th October 2011

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Selection Announcement Expected: October 2011

Art Moves Africa (AMA) aims to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continent.

AMA offers travel funds to artists, arts professionals and cultural operators living and working in Africa to travel within the continent in order to engage in the exchange of information, the enhancement of skills, the development of informal networks and the pursuit of cooperation.

Once every four months, a selection committee of the Mobility Fund of artists and cultural operators within Africa, reviews and selects the applications.

Target Group

Art Moves Africa supports all artists and cultural operators living and working in Africa for travels within and between the African regions. Art Moves Africa encourages individuals to continue applying even if previously rejected.

Art Moves Africa supports the travel of artists and cultural professionals working in the following artistic fields:

• Performing arts : theatre, dance, story telling...etc
• Music
• Visual arts
• Cinema
• Literature

Art Moves Africa encourages participation at any event which enables:

• Collaborations with other professionals
• Exchange of information and activities
• Elaboration of projects, practices and ideas
• Improvement of artistic or technical skills
• Discovery of different artistic fields through: cultural professional network meetings, festivals, artists’ residencies, workshops, seminars, lectures, work sessions
• Artists to demonstrate the long term effect of their project
• Artists to share their experience by encouraging networking in their own country
• Professionals seeking wider access to international networks to enhance their careers.

Grant Value

AMA (Art Moves Africa) supports mobility within the African continent by providing the costs of travel, visa and travel insurance for the duration of stay. AMA doesn’t support fees, accommodations, or per-diem.

Please note that:

• flight tickets (economy class) are booked and paid directly by AMA office. Visa and travel insurance expenses are transferred after the return of grantee and upon providing all original receipts.
• you must contact the Embassy of the destination country at least two months before departure to know the procedures for the visa. In case you get an AMA grant, please don’t hesitate to ask our office, for an AMA support letter to facilitate your visa application
• the grant will be cancelled if the grantee and/or the Host Organisation fail to fill the grant guidelines and deadlines.

How to apply?

To request a travel support, you must fill in carefully an application form (available for download on the official website) and explain the objectives of their travel.

• Application forms have to be sent by email only to the following address: applications [at] artmovesafrica.org (please replace [at] with @) before a deadline (Please see below for deadlines)
• Applications are individual, they must be sent by the person planning to travel. Companies are welcomed to apply, with a limit of three persons maximum; each person should fill an application form. However, the three applicants could provide similar motivation as the two other members, but within their own application form.
• Please do not send any other attachments with the application, except for the invitation letter
• Please send the application in Word format
• Are automatically rejected: Applications sent after deadlines, Collective applications, Hand written, scanned and PDF format Applications, Applications that doesn’t respect AMA format.

Application deadlines:

• 1 January (before 06:00 PM West Africa Time): for the travels planned from 1st March onward
• 1 May (before 06:00 PM West Africa Time): for the travels planned from 1st of July onward
• 1 September (before 06:00 PM West Africa Time): for the travels planned from 1st of November onward

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