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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2016 Deadline: 5.07 | Entry fee: £28.00 Submissions are now being invited for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2016, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography. Entry is open to photographers from around the world, aged 18 and over. The winner of the competition will receive £15,000. In addition the judges, at their discretion, will award cash prizes to one or more shortlisted photographers. All selected photographers under the age of 35 will also be eligible for the John Kobal New Work Award. The winning photographer will receive £4,000 and a commission from the Gallery to photograph a sitter connected with the UK film industry. Pride Photo Award Deadline: 5.07 | Entry fee: Free Pride Photo Award is an annual international contest for photos about sexual (LGBT) and gender diversity. The winner of the 2016 Pride Photo Award (the main prize) will be flown to Amsterdam to attend the opening weekend. The opening and Award Ceremony will take place on Friday September 16th, at Amsterdam’s historic Old Church. Ian Parry Scholarship Deadline: 7.07 | Entry fee: Free The award is open to all full-time students from any country of any age including recently (within the last year) graduated students and BA, MA and MFA students. It is also open to photographers (not attending a course) from any country who are 24 years old or younger. Two winners (The Award for Achievement and the Award for Potential) will receive $3,500 towards their chosen project. The winner of the Award for Potential will receive one-year personal Mentorship. Canon provides equipment to the winners. World Press Photo automatically accepts the winner of the Achievement Award into its final list of nominees for the Joop Swart Masterclass in Amsterdam. Reportage by Getty Images adds the winner of the Achievement Award to its online Emerging Talent group. Howard Chapnick Grant Deadline: 15.07 | Entry fee: Free In 1996 the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced a new award, the Howard Chapnick Grant, to encourage and support leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism, such as editing research, education and management. The annual $5,000 grant may be used to finance any of a range of qualified undertakings, which might include a program of further education, research, a special long-term sabbatical project, or an internship to work with a noteworthy group or individual. Blue Earth Deadline: 20.07 | Entry fee: Free Blue Earth sponsors documentary projects that educate the public about critical environmental and social issues. International Photography Award Emergentes dst Deadline: 24.07 | Entry fee: €25 The International Photography award EMERGENTES dst is an initiative by Domingos da Silva Teixeira group, organised by the Festival ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM, with a prize money of 7500€ that will be granted to the best 2016 Contemporary Photography Portfolio. Firecracker Photographic Grant 2016 Deadline: 31.07 | Entry fee: £10 The Firecracker Photographic Grant is an annual award providing funding for a female photographer born or residing in Europe to aid with the completion of a documentary photographic project. The Grant fund is a minimum financial contribution of £1,000 plus £1,000 credit of professional printing, mounting and framing services from Genesis Imaging. Begira Photo Festival Call Deadline: 31.07 | Entry fee: Free On its sixth edition, Begira Photo Festival opens to the public to focus on a specific theme: The forest. The call is open to all those who wish to participate in a collective photography exhibition. The selected artwork will be exhibited in large format and included within the official programme of the festival. Royal Photographic Society Photobook Exhibition Deadline: 31.07 | Entry fee: £10 - £25 Send in your book for review by three world class selectors. Entry is open to books created since January 2014 (one per entrant) and can be self-published, book dummies and artist books. Short-listed entries will be exhibited in London next Autumn, winner will get a prize of £1000.



