Competitions – Page 8 – Visual Journalism

November 28, 2012

Alexia Foundation Opens Applications for Grants

The Alexia Foundation’s web site is now taking applications for both the professional and student competitions. Deadline for the pros is Jan. 18; student deadline is Feb. 1. From their release: Study photojournalism in London Alexia Scholarship pays all tuition for fall semester at Syracuse University London Program in England Application deadline is Feb. 1, 2013. An all-tuition scholarship to...

Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

November 15, 2012

CPOY Winners Announced

Congrats to Magnus Holm on his first place finish in the College Photographer of the Year competition. Every student should spend some time on the CPOY site over break, lots of categories. Want to know where you need to be to succeed? There’s your answer. Some amazing stuff in there.

Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

November 12, 2012

Second-Annual Tim Hetherington Grant

Application deadline for the second grant in honor of Tim Hetherington has a November 15 deadline. From the announcement: The annual grant, worth € 20,000, will be awarded to a photographer to complete an existing project on a human rights theme. The judges will look for the qualities that defined Tim’s career when reviewing the applications: work that operates on...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

October 29, 2012

Maybe You Can’t Enter That Photo Contest

Michael Zhang at PetaPixel has the explanation on why if you liven Iran, North Korea, Vermont or New Jersey you can’t enter the National Geographic photo contest. True, there are a bunch of other places you can’t live and enter, but lumping North Korea and New Jersey is selective entertainment on my part …

Competitions/Photojournalism

August 23, 2012

Mountain Workshops Offers Scholarships

The Mountain Workshops are considered to be among the best in the country, but they can get a little pricey. This year, there’s a scholarship available that’s worth applying for. The Mountain Workshops is excited to announce the opportunity to win an all-tuition paid scholarship to attend the 2012 Mountain Workshops. Jonathan Woods photo editor of TIME.com, will be offering...

Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

July 10, 2012

Georgia Press Association Photo of the Year goes to UGA VJ Alum

Big congratulations go to Jon-Michael Sullivan for a stunning image that took the Photo of the Year award from the Georgia Press Association. Sullivan, a staff photographer at the Marietta Daily Journal made the fireworks-and-lightening image during the 2011 Fourth of July celebrations in Kennasaw, Ga. Sweet pic, Jon-Michael.

Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

July 10, 2012

NPPA Short Grant Application Deadline Approaching

If you haven’t done it yet, you’ve got less than a week left to apply for one of six $3,000 grants from the National Press Photographers Association.

Competitions/Photojournalism

June 26, 2012

New Alexia Foundation Grant

The Alexia Foundation has announced a new grant program that focuses on stories about issues surrounding the abuse of women. The Women’s Initiative In every country in the world, women are being abused, trafficked, bartered, sold, burned by fire and acid and killed, sometimes by their own families, for “honor” or anger. The Alexia Foundation, recognizing that most of the...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

June 5, 2012

New Alexia Foundation Site is Live

Wow … the new web site for the Alexia Foundation is up and it looks awesome. Well worth spending some time there.

Competitions/Journalism/Photojournalism

May 31, 2012

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards Announced

The National Press Photographers Association announced this year’s Best of Photojournalism awards. From the release: Ross Taylor of The Virginian-Pilot was named today as the National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2012 Photojournalist of the Year (Larger Markets), and David Weatherwax of The Herald, in Jasper, IN, was picked as the Photojournalist of the Year (Smaller Markets). Freelancer...

Competitions/Good Work/Photojournalism

Category: Competitions