Lucie Photobook Prize

Close on November 30, 2020

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Photobook - Several Categories

Eligibility: The awards will be presented to photographers, editors, curators, or publishers who have created such projects anywhere in the world within July 2018-July 2020.

Entry Fees: $35-$55

Prize: Cash Prize

The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography, in print and online and is pleased to introduce the Lucie Photo Book Prize. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to prototypes, hand-made books to zines. The awards are presented to photographers, editors, curators or publishers. The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer two cash prizes to the top two finalists for their outstanding work – one Traditional $3,000 cash prize and one Independent $2,000 cash prize. The Lucie Photo Book Prize will coincide with the Lucie Foundation's programming in New York City this fall, which includes the prestigious 17th Annual Lucie Awards, the 5th annual Lucie Technical Awards and our sister-effort, the International Photography Awards Best of Show. The top 30 finalists will have their work displayed in New York City in October 2019.

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