Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information, April 1943.
Okey doke, we all know nothing in life is accomplished without a little elbow grease, so take a look at these calls for entry and do your worst. And make sure to check back to this list as well, especially if you're a photojournalist.
ADC Young Guns
The ADC Young Guns competition, hosted by the Art Directors Club based in New York, has made it their mission to recognize and rally around the brightest young professionals working internationally across a multitude of creative disciplines.
Entries to Young Guns 6 are now open to creative professionals under 30 who are producing work of a high standard and have at least two years of professional experience under their belts.
Fifty winners, as selected by a panel of Young Guns alumni, will have their work showcased in a gallery exhibition in New York later this year, published in a limited edition ADC book and will receive a 1 year membership to the premiere creative collective organization.
The 24th Annual PDN/Nikon Self-Promotion Awards
All Winners in first, second and third will be featured in /PDN/'s October 2008 issue, on PDNonline and at the Awards Ceremony during PDN's PhotoPlus Expo International on October 23 to 25, 2008.
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a Nikon Digital SLR Camera and a portfolio on PhotoServe.com
First Place winners will receive a Nikon camera and a portfolio on PhotoServe.com.
The Camera Club of New York's National Photography Competition
-Each entry to consist of 6 digital images.
-Application fee is $40.00.
-Deadline for receipt of entry is (postmarked) June 30, 2008.
-Chosen artist will receive a one-person exhibition in our gallery and a cash award of $300.00.
-Other finalists will participate in a group show.
The West Prize
The West Prize will be awarded to ten international emerging artists in 2008. The prize will award $100,000 in acquisitions between the finalists and host a finalist TEN exhibition with accompanying publication. A grand prize winner will be chosen from among the finalists to receive a $25,000 cash prize in addition to a West Collection Acquisition.
National Portrait Gallery Competition
The National Portrait Gallery invites artists all over America to investigate the contemporary art of the portrait for the second Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, to be held in 2009. The competition and resulting exhibition will celebrate excellence and innovation, with a strong focus on the variety of portrait media used by artists today. The National Portrait Gallery welcomes single figures, groups, or self-portraits--from classical drawing and painting or hyperrealistic sculpture to large-scale photography to prints and new media. The competition is named for Virginia Outwin Boochever (1920-2005), a former Portrait Gallery volunteer whose generous gift has endowed this program.
The Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards
The Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards seeks photographers for their international photography competition. Winners will be invited to attend the Lucie Awards, presented by Pilsner Urquell, where the grand winner will be announced, earning the coveted Lucie and a cash prize of $10,000 provided by AtEdge.
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Thanks for the heads up! I thought I already knew about most of what is out there but once again, the internet is vast.
West and Pilsner "get it". National Portrait Gallery, not so much.
National Portrait Gallery - Winner's Benefit
"The winning artist will be required to transfer ownership of, and assign all rights, including copyright, in the commissioned portrait to the National Portrait Gallery, but the National Portrait Gallery will grant the artist a license to reproduce the portrait for use in his or her portfolio for noncommercial, portfolio purposes. "