This listing of photographic competitions everywhere is provided as a resource for Photographers

Deadline: February 2, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: 2010 The Sex Issue: Volume 5

Projekt30 will host its fifth annual sex themed exhibition, showcasing fine artists who comment upon gender and sex in our society. We are accepting work ranging from the personal, to the political, to the near-pornographic. The exhibition will be publicly juried: Artwork submitted will be presented prior to the exhibition so visitors may help select what will be included, unlike other juried exhibitions everyone receives exposure. The final exhibition will consist of work from 30 artists.

www.projekt30.com/tsi5_prospectus.html

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Deadline: February 7, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: The Julia Margaret Cameron Award

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards with the sponsorship of ZOOM Magazine open the call for entries for a Juried competition for women photographers only. The winner images will be published in ZOOM Magazine. As in other contest organized by WPGA a large portion of its revenue is donated to Save the Children.

The Julia Margaret Cameron Award is addressed to professional and non professional women photographers worldwide, who will compete separately in the following categories:

Portrait, People and Figure.
Street photography
Nude
Self Portrait
Children
Documentary - Reportage, Current affairs and Editorial
Fashion and Advertising (only Professional section)
Architecture and Interiors
Landscapes and Citiscapes
Nature
Abstract and Still
Fine Art

There are no age restrictions, as well as no restrictions regarding the date the images were taken.

Click here for prizes and submission guidelines.


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Deadline: March 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: PHOTOWORK '10

23rd Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition, April 17 - May 15, 2010. Juror: Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. Cash awards /exhibition opportunities. Photography and photo/mixed media.

For a prospectus, visit www.barrettartcenter.org/pdfs/photoworks%20prospectus%202010.pdf.

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Deadline: March 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Getty Images Grants for Good

Nonprofits need imagery to tell their stories effectively, which is why our Grants for Good provide two grants of $15,000 annually, to cover photographer, filmmaker and agency costs as they create compelling new imagery for the nonprofit of their choice.

Grants recipients may use the entire award to offset shoot expenses, or choose to donate all or part of it directly to their charity and contribute their own time and resources. The photographer and the nonprofit as well as the communications agency involved will be showcased to the media and to our customers.

To find out more, click here.

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Deadline: March 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Artists
Title: The Human Landscape

SlowArt Productions presents the group thematic exhibition, The Human Landscape. This exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from May 1 to 29. This show is open for entry to all artists working in any media. All interpretations of the theme, The Human Landscape, from the realist to the abstract and conceptual will be reviewed and considered.

To register, visit www.slowart.com/prospectus/human.htm

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Deadline: March 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Louisiana Road Trip

Juror: Nick Spitzer (producer/host of American Routes (American Public Media), Professor of American studies & anthropology (Tulane University), adjunct research professor of anthropology & urban studies (UNO) )

The New Orleans Photo Alliance and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell seek images that depict the beauty and diversity of Louisiana. Send images from the highways and cities that lead to New Orleans – the landscapes and architecture, people and culture that make Louisiana so special.

www.neworleansphotoalliance.org/CFE/callEntry.php?CFE=10

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Deadline: March 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: The Self Portrait Project

Be part of a massive exhibition of self portraits from artists all around the globe! All you need to do is sign up to get started. Create an 8x10 inch drawing, photo, collage, or anything that represents you. Send it back to us and we will cover our gallery walls with all of the portraits. We're not sure what the actual record is, but we think it will be one of the largest portrait exhibitions ever!

http://arthousecoop.com/projects/selfportrait

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Deadline: March 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Nostalgia

Photography is an art of the instant, of Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment.” But it is also an art of past moments—records of slices of time that no longer exist. In this juried exhibition, they are interested in photographs that investigate aspects of passing time, memory, and public or personal histories. For example, photographs can allude to the past through process, by using antiquated technologies such as the tintype; through subject, by focusing on objects or people with the aura of long ago; through place, by picturing places that have private or well-known memory associations.

Juror, Larissa Leclair is a photography writer and curator. Most recently she curated the exhibition Christopher Colville in conjunction with FotoWeek DC. Larissa is also a collector of photography and photography books. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis and a Masters from Yale University.

For details visit www.vtphotoworkplace.com or contact photos@vtphotoworkplace.com

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Deadline: March 8, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Bed Two

Umbrella Arts presented the exhibit BED in June of 2009. It was so successful that we decided to do an encore, BED TWO. The exhibit received glowing reviews from the New York Times Lens Blog to individual photographers and viewers. Of the 987 photographs submitted from over 230 photographers, Harvey Stein selected 44 for the show. We invite you to be a part of this second version, and hope that it will be even better than it’s predecessor.

What a wonderful exhibit. Amazing variety and approaches. It’s beautifully curated, really diverse and interesting. A great idea. ---Alex Harris, photographer

http://www.umbrellaarts.com/BEDTWO.pdf

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Deadline: March 31, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Artists
Title: Direct Art Magazine Annual International Competition

This competition is for Direct Art Magazine, Volume 17, Fall 2010 edition. The competition is for twenty publication awards. Artist winners of the competition will, at no cost to the artist, have their work appear Volume 17 of the Direct Art Magazine.

Awards include Grand Prize: Front Cover and six page feature display.
Second Prize: Back Cover and four page feature display.
Awards 3-4: Four page feature.
Awards 5-6: Double page feature display.
Awards 7-20: Single full page display.

For more info, visit www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm.

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Deadline: March 31, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Artists
Title: First Street Gallery 2010 National Juried Competition

Show dates: June 23 - July 17, 2010. Juror: Lance Esplund - art critic for the Wall Street Journal, senior art critic City Arts, NYC; former chief art critic of the New York Sun. Eligible entries: paintings, pastels, graphics, prints, sculpture. Fee: $30/3, $5 each additional image.

www.firststreetgallery.net

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Deadline: March 31, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: FotoDocument - Environment

Each year FotoDocument will commission documentary photographers worldwide to produce photo essays on a social, cultural or environmental theme designed to educate and inspire the viewer. Whilst the stories will expose the hard facts related to the issue, there will be an emphasis on solution-focused projects and positive outcomes. Through exposure to innovative projects happening in different countries around the world, the viewer will feel part of a growing global community who want to effect positive change. FotoDocument's aim is to create a visual dialogue between the local and the global.

FotoDocument will produce a collection of world-class images with dynamic story lines, which have the power to motivate. The final collective of photo essays will be displayed on-line enabling worldwide exposure. They will also be exhibited in public spaces in the UK and in the country where the photographs have been taken. In addition, the photo essays will be used to create a framework for our extensive education programme.

FotoDocument's theme for 2010 is the Environment, one of the most pressing issues of our time. For more info, visit www.fotodocument.org/commissions.htm.

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Deadline: April 12, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: PhotoPlace Gallery Open 2010

PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT, is honored to announce that Keith Carter be the juror for our first annual PHOTOPLACE OPEN exhibition.  Portraits, landscapes, still life, documentation:  Send us your best photos on any theme and in any style.  Forty photographs will be chosen for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery in May and in PhotoPlace's on-line gallery.  An additional group will be selected for on-line exhibition only.  All accepted work will be included in a full-color small book publication that will be available for purchase.  To help defray artists' expenses, we provide free matting and framing of accepted photographs for the duration of our exhibitions, providing they are sized to fit our pre-cut mats.

Juror: KEITH CARTER. Internationally revered as a photographer and educator, Keith Carter has shown his remarkable work in over 100 solo exhibitions in thirteen countries.  He has also produced thirteen books, including Ezekiel's Horse, From Uncertain to Blue, A Certain Alchemy and, most recently, Fireflies.   Among his numerous honors are grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, the University Professor Award from Lamar University, and the Texas Medal of Arts.

For details, see www.vtphotoworkplace.com or contact photos@vtphotoworkplace.com

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Deadline: April 15, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum International Photography Competition

Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum promotes creativity and community and provides educational programs and activities to photographers of all levels.
The competition has five categories: people, places, still-life,
nature, and alteration of reality. There are more than $8000 in prizes and winning photos will be displayed in a print exhibit at Morpho Gallery in Chicago in June 2010 and on the Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum website.

For details, see www.chicagophotoforum.org/IPC2010.html.

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Deadline: May 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: A Million Little Pictures

Artists from all over the world will attempt to create an accurate representation of the world in 2010. The goal of the exhibition is to create a physical wall of photos that creates an alternate world of our lives in 2010.
On the 9th of July, we will host an exhibition where at least one photo from each artist will be displayed. The walls of the gallery will be completely covered with the photos, creating a massive photographic installation.

Participation is easy. All you need is a camera (digital or film). After you sign up to participate, you can start shooting immediately. In the end, you'll be sending us up to 24 4x6 inch prints of your photos.

http://arthousecoop.com/projects/amlp

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Deadline: May 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Grants for Editorial Photography

"We believe that photojournalism is a powerful tool for telling compelling social, political and cultural stories. We also understand that creating and managing world-class photography assignments requires time, freedom, support and considerable resources.

Since 2005, we have awarded five Grants for Editorial Photography annually to professional photojournalists. Each grant provides $20,000, plus editorial, logistical and promotional support. We also award four student grants of $5,000 per year to photojournalism students at accredited schools.

We congratulate all of our recipients on the powerful and insightful work they created through our grants program, and thank our distinguished judges for elevating our competition."

Feel free to contact Getty Images with questions about Grants for Editorial Photography at grants@gettyimages.com.

http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx

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Deadline: June 1, 2010
Eligibility: Open to All Photographers
Title: Exhibit A

Exhibit A is an international competition that aims to showcase exceptional new talent. Juried by leading editors, curators, gallery owners, creative directors, and art directors, Exhibit A sees that emerging photographers are publicly recognized in the presence of known and respected art buyers, curators, galleries, magazines, and advertising agencies from around the world.

Submit your work by February 1 and receive a 10% discount on all entry fees.

Visit www.exhibitacomp.com for more info.

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