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Deadline: March 25, 2024
2024 traditional post-conflict grant
Looking ahead at a new year – which I always welcome – I have to say I feel a twinge of regret announcing that the application cycle for our traditional post-conflict grant is now open.   Because this announcement always means that somewhere in the world a war is going on.   But the twinge of regret quickly gives way to gratitude that we are able to offer this $25,000 grant to help illumine the cost of war and the price of peace. It’s a privilege to support photographers who are tell
Deadline: April 04, 2024
Visa pour l’image festival 2024
As a professional photographer, you may wish to submit your work for an exhibition at the next Visa pour l'Image Festival or have a report screened as part of an evening program. How to participate? As a professional photographer, you may wish to have an exhibition at the next Visa pour l'Image Festival or have a report screened as part of an evening program. For exhibitions and evening screening feature, please send between 50 and 150 photos on ONE SINGLE STORY. You may send mor
Deadline: April 11, 2024
National Geographic Explorers Grants
The recipients of these grants, who we call National Geographic Explorers, are a diverse community of changemakers from around the world working to support our mission to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. Our Explorers are people of all walks of life from all over the world. They don’t just venture to the tops of mountains or the bottom of the ocean. They’re also in the lab diving deep into the microscopic world, in their local communities capturing the stories of a fi
Deadline: April 29, 2024
Viviane Esders Prize 2024
A prize that each year rewards the career of an independent professional European photographer over sixty years of age, always looking for a creative approach. A major player in the world of photography, Viviane Esders is pursuing her commitment by creating this eponymous prize. The prize rewards a career that has already been recognised, but whose importance now deserves to be highlighted and included more clearly in the history of photography. Each year, a prestigious jury wi
Deadline: May 07, 2024
Prix Virginia 2024
Awarded every two years since 2012, The Prix Virginia is the first photography prize exclusively reserved for a woman photographer, regardless of her age or nationality. The work submitted must never have yet been exhibited in France and must not be the result of an editorial assignment or advertisement commission. The work submitted must never have yet been exhibited in France and must not be the result of an editorial assignment or advertisement commission. The candidate must submit 12-1
Deadline: December 31, 2024
The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants
Applications include the following: - A description of the proposed project in no more than 250 words. - A thorough publication plan. Letters of interest or commitment from editors and news outlets should be included. - A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs. Travel grants cover hard costs associated with the reporting; please do not include stipends for the applicants. Local reporting partner/translator/driver fees are acceptable. Three samples of published
Deadline: December 31, 2024
Gender Equality Grants
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for investigative data-driven projects on issues related to gender equality and the empowerment of women & girls. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by global crises and face discrimination and violence worldwide. In the fight against the dispar
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AAP Magazine #39 Shadows
Publish your work in AAP Magazine and win $1,000 Cash Prizes

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