The Guardian/Royal Photographic Societyeach year offers a bursary of £2,000 for the production of a photo essay on an overseas social documentary issue.Entry for the bursary is free of charge and is open to all photographers, of any age and nationality. Applicants should submit a written proposal outlining their photo essay subject, in a maximum of 500 words, along with 6-8 images, measuring 1400 pixels as the longest dimension at 72DPI, evidencing their approach to the medium and photographic ability.Applications should include their full postal address, e-mail address and a day time and evening telephone numberApplications are via e-mail ONLY and should be submitted to https://dropbox.yousendit.com/therps . Please insert ‘Wakelin 2013’ in the subject box.Closing date for applications Friday 26 JULY 2013Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in August at The Guardian offices, in London, and the winning photo essay will be published by Guardian News and Media, and The Royal Photographic Society Journal in the Spring 2014.Please telephone or email Jo Macdonald, Awards Manager, on 01225 325721 or jo@rps.org for further details.For further information please contact Jo Macdonald on 01225 325721 or jo@rps.org In addition to the Joan Wakelin Hon FRPS Bursary The Royal Photographic Society is very pleased to announce a major new initiative in offering a number of different bursary schemes for the benefit of young image makers. These have been made possible by funding from a number of different sources that include income from The Society's investments and legacies. They are available for members and non-members. Please click here for further information.