Open Calls Ending This Week
February 17 - February 13, 2025
- Photoworks’ Writers in Residence 2025 (Digital Residency) | Deadline: 2/17, Fee: FREE, Submission: Bio, links to prior work, other personal info, Selection Includes: Two writers in residence will contribute to Photoworks’ Photography+ quarterly magazine from April 2025 to March 2026 and receive £300 per article.
- Magnum Foundation’s Spring 2025 New York City Fellowship | Deadline: 2/17, Fee: FREE, Submission: Project images, cover letter, project proposal, resume, reference, project description, Fellowship Includes: $5,000 production grant, plus additional pay of $25/hr for the 16 hrs/week spent at the Magnum Foundation office. Restriction: This call is open to photographers based in New York City.
- The Photographer’s Eye Collective’s “Imperfect Union” (Online Exhibition + Awards) | Deadline: 2/17, Fee: $35+, Submission: Up to 10 images, Awards: Various awards total $600 in value, Exhibition Dates: March 3 through May 31, 2025.
- Dummy Award’s Dummy Award 2025 | Deadline: 2/18, Fee: €36+, Submission: A complete photobook dummy, as well as relevant information about the project. Award Includes: 50 books are selected for a shortlist to be exhibited at international photography events, then 5 finalists are selected; one finalist is produced and published free of charge, and the other four receive production grants toward printing. Restriction: This call is open to unpublished photobooks, as well as photobooks published in editions of less than 100.
- PhMuseum’s 2025 Photography Grant | Deadline: 2/20 (Extended), Fee: $45, Submission: Between 5-20 images, Awards Include: Several cash prizes ranging up to $5,000, three different solo exhibitions, print publication, portfolio reviews, and more.
- New Orleans Photo Alliance’s Déjà Vu: Double Exposure (Exhibition) | Deadline: 2/20 (Extended), Fee: $25+, Submission: Up to 5 images, Exhibition Dates: March 20 through May 4, 2025, Exhibition Location: New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA, USA. Restriction: This call is open to double exposure photography (the double exposure can be created either in camera or digitally).
- Decode Gallery’s “Color” (Exhibition) | Deadline: 2/21, Fee: $40+, Submission: Up to 10 images, Exhibition Dates: April 5 through April 26, 2025, Exhibition Location: Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA. Note: Accepted artists will have their work printed, matted, and framed free of charge by the gallery for the exhibition.
- Phillips’ Mill Community Association’s 2025 Call for Photography (Exhibition + Awards) | Deadline: 2/22, Fee: $45+, Awards: Between 7-10 awards of various cash amounts are given out, Exhibition Dates: March 30 to April 18, 2025, Exhibition Location: Phillips Mill Community Association, New Hope, PA, USA.
Upcoming Calls
February 24, 2025+
- Center for Book Arts’s Research Fellowship | Deadline: 2/28, Fee: FREE, Submission: CV, project proposal, project timeline, Fellowship Includes: $1,200 stipend and 2-3 weeks of access to the Center for Book Arts’s holdings for the completion of the proposed project.
- Society of Photographic Education’s SPE Online 2025-6 Proposals | Deadline: 2/28, Fee: FREE, Submission: proposed course/presentation, bio statements for each presenter, CV, plus 3-5 jpg images, Selection Includes: Inclusion in SPE Online’s Conversations or Summer School 2025-6 programming. Note: Course instructors for SPE Summer School will be provided with a modest honorarium.
- The Independent Photographer’s 2025 Visual Story Award | Deadline: 2/28, Fee: $15 for 1 image, $30 for 3 images, $40 for 6 images, Submission: Up to 6 images, Awards: Ranging between $100 to $1,000, as well as exhibition in London, UK.
- RI Center for Photographic Arts’s International Open Call (Exhibition + Awards) | Deadline: 3/1, Fee: $35+, Submission: Up to 15 images, Awards: Various awards range from $125 to $500, Exhibition Dates: May 15 to June 13, 2025, Exhibition Location: RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, USA.
- Atlanta Photography Group’s Portfolio 2025 (Exhibition + Award) | Deadline: 3/1, Fee: $85+ (APG membership required), Submission: Up to 20 images from one cohesive body of work, Award: Eight artists will be selected for exhibition, and one artist will receive a $4,000 cash award and have work purchased for acquisition by the High Museum of Art, Exhibition Dates: April 15 through May 17, 2025, Exhibition Location: Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Oranbeg Press’s Confirmed (Printed Zine) | Deadline: 3/1, Fee: FREE, Submission: Any amount of images via email, Selection Includes: Publication in a small, printed photo zine published by Oranbeg Press.
- NJ Pinhole Club’s Open Call for Pinhole Photographs (Exhibition) | Deadline: 3/1, Fee: FREE, Submission: A single image, Exhibition Dates: April 1 through May 30, 2025, Exhibition Location: Unique Photo, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Note: Selected photographs will be professionally printed at no cost to the artist. Restriction: This call is open only to pinhole photographs.
- Los Angeles Center of Photography’s Thresholds 2025 (Exhibition + Awards) | Deadline: 3/3, Fee: 25$+, Submission: Up to 35 images, Awards: Various awards range between $250 and $1,000, Exhibition Dates: May 1 through May 31, 2025, Exhibition Location: Virtual, as well as via projection at the Helms Bakery, Los Angeles, CA.
- ASmith Gallery’s “Unique: Alternative Processes” (Exhibition) | Deadline: 3/3, Fee: $40, Submission: 5 Images, Exhibition Dates: April 25 through May 31, 2025, Exhibition Location: Creek Road Homestead, Dripping Springs, TX, USA.
- Foto Forum Santa Fe’s 2025 Photography Award | Deadline: 3/5, Fee: $25+, Submission: Between 6 and 12 images, Award: Various awards range from between $500 to $1,000 cash, as well as $1,000 credit to a photo lab, a two month solo exhibition, and more.
- Passepartout’s Photo Prize | Deadline: 3/10, Fee: €25, Submission: Up to 3 images from a single project, Awards: Various awards range between €500, exhibition in Rome, portfolio reviews, photography workshops, and more.
- F-Stop Magazine’s Issue #130 (Digital Publication) | Deadline: 3/15, Fee: FREE, Submission: Up to 12 images, Selection Includes: Publication in F-Stop’s digital issue #130.
- PhotoWork Foundation’s Senior Fellowship | Deadline: 3/15, Fee: $35, Submission: Artist bio, artist statement, statement of intent, history of relevant experiences, description of process, references, project in PDF form, Fellowship Includes: A $10,000 grant, six months of photobook publishing guidance, and more.
- CENTER Santa Fe’s 2025 Grants | Deadline: 3/15, Fee: $35+, Submission: Variable amount of images depending on the grant, plus a project statement, Grants Includes: Two separate grants include $5,000, admission to Review Santa Fe, exhibition at CENTER, professional development seminars, and more.
- CENTER Santa Fe’s 2025 Awards | Deadline: 3/15, Fee: $35+, Submission: Variable amount of images depending on the grant, plus a project statement, Awards Include: Several awards are categorized by theme and include exhibition at the CENTER, participation in Review Santa Fe, online publication, and more, with one award granting $1,000.
Jobs
- Art Collection Management Intern (Paid, Hybrid), Harpo Foundation, South Royalton, VT, USA (Posted: January 17).
- Exhibitions and Special Projects Coordinator, New Art Center, Newton, MA, USA (Posted: January 24).
- Full Time Faculty (Photography), City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (Posted: January 30).
- Intern, Bailey’s Studio, UK (Posted: February 9)
- Administrative Assistant, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York City, NY, USA (Posted: February 11).
- Education Intern (Paid), Art21, New York City, NY, USA (Deadline: February 17).
- Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, Photography Foundation, London, UK (Deadline: February 24).
- Café Manager, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK (Deadline: February 24).
- Communications Manager (Remote), TASCHEN, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Deadline: February 28).
- Social Enterprise Manager, Las Fotos Project, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Deadline: February 28).
- Internship Program (Paid), Fujifilm/Penumbra Foundation, New York City, NY, USA (Deadline: February 28).