Deadline September 8th: Honickman Book Prize Now Accepting Applications

July 24, 2010 at 8:12 pm · Filed under APPROACHING DEADLINE, MVS PHOTO FAVORITES, READING MATTERS

From the website:

	First Book Prize Overview Guidelines Application Materials Frequently Asked Questions Biennial Winners: 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009
	The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University and The Honickman Foundation (THF), based in Philadelphia, co-sponsor this prestigious biennial prize for American photographers. The only prize of its kind, the CDS / Honickman First Book Prize competition is open to American photographers of any age who have never published a book-length work and who use their cameras for creative exploration, whether it be of places, people, or communities; of the natural or social world; of beauty at large or the lack of it; of objective or subjective realities. The prize will honor work that is visually compelling, that bears witness, and that has integrity of purpose. Renowned photographer and writer Robert Adams was the prize’s inaugural judge. Maria Morris Hambourg, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, judged the second biennial competition. The judge for the third competition (2006) was Robert Frank, one of America’s most important and influential photographers. Celebrated photographer Mary Ellen Mark was the judge of the fourth prize competition in fall 2008. The fifth prize judge (2010) is William Eggleston. The winning photographer receives a grant of $3,000, publication of a book of photography, and inclusion in a Web site devoted to presenting the work of winners of the prize. The judge also writes the introduction for the book, which will be published by Duke University Press in association with CDS Books of the Center for Documentary Studies. Guidelines Eligibility The prize is open to American citizens of any age who have yet to publish a book-length work (a publication which focuses on the photographer’s work, contains more than thirty of the photographer’s images, and is sold through conventional book distribution channels). Deadline All required materials must be submitted under one cover between June 15 and September 8, 2010. Materials must be postmarked no later than September 8, 2010. Entry Fee The entry fee is $50. Make checks or money orders payable to the Center for Documentary Studies / Honickman First Book Prize. Selection and Notification A panel of photographers and editors will review all submissions and select 12 to 25 finalists by November 15, 2010. Finalists will be asked to submit ten sample prints from the body of their submitted work for the judge’s review. The winner will be publicly announced in January 2011. All applicants will be notified by postcard of receipt of their materials. Materials will be returned to nonfinalists by January 1, 2011. The award will be reported to the winner on a 1099-Miscellaneous tax form. It is the responsibility of the winners to file their tax liability.

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