A Guide to August 2025 Photo Awards & Open Calls

PhMuseum 2025 Women Photographers Grant, KBr Photo Award III, Eidolon Grant, Lucie Photo Book Prize, The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, POY Latam, and Premio Internacional FELIFA are among the opportunities we selected this month.

PhMuseum 2025 Women Photographers Grant

Open 26 August / With entry fee

Now in its 9th edition, the Grant aims to empower the work and careers of female and non-binary professionals of all ages and from all countries working in diverse areas of photography. The main recipients will share a total of €10,000 in cash. First place will receive €5,000, second place will receive €2,000, and third place will receive €1,000. Additionally, the New Generation category will be awarded €2,000. Among the prizes is a solo exhibition at PhMuseum Lab in Bologna, Italy, in 2026, with travel, accommodation, and production costs included. Lucija Rosc, Rita Puig-Serra, Sara Bastai, and Sayuri Ichida are among the exhibited artists in the past editions.

In addition, up to 40 shortlisted works will be screened at PhotoVogue Festival 2026, in Milan, Italy, while the Vogue Italia photography department, led by Alessia Glaviano, will further select a work among all of the submissions for an online featured interview. PhMuseum's team will also select 6 photographers from all the applicants, who will be granted a 60-minute online portfolio review with a mentor of their choice from the PhMuseum Education program.

The jury composed of Amak Mahmoodian (Artist and Educator), Katy Hundertmark (Curator and Managing Editor of FOAM Magazine), Mónica de Miranda (Visual Artist and Researcher), and Diana Markosian (Photographer) will also assign honorable mentions to highlight projects they highly took into consideration.

The application period will open on 26 August. Discover more on PhMuseum's website.

KBr Photo Award III

Deadline 1 September / No entry fee

Promoted by Fundación MAPFRE, the biennial KBr Photo Award aims to foster a critical and in-depth understanding of the defining social, political, territorial, and environmental issues of our time. The award supports established international photographers with unpublished projects that honor the rich tradition of documentary practice. The winning photographer will receive a €25,000 prize, an exhibition of their project at the foundation's two galleries (KBr and Madrid), and an accompanying published catalogue. Previous prize recipients include Anastasia Samoylova and Felipe Romero Beltrán.

This year, the jury is composed of Diane Dufour (Co-Director of LE BAL), Ramón Reverté (Editor at Editorial RM), Krzysztof Candrowicz (Independent Curator), Gabriela Urtiaga (Chief Curator of the Museum of Latin American Art – MOLAA in Los Angeles), and Carlos Gollonet (Chief Curator of Photography at Fundación MAPFRE).

You can submit your work until 1 September, with no entry fee. Learn more on KBr's website.

Eidolon Grant 2025

Deadline 31 August / No entry fee

The Eidolon Grant offers a total of €25,000 across two categories for projects that explore, promote, and conserve vernacular photography—from analogue archives to contemporary image cultures. This year’s call focuses on 19th–20th-century everyday photography and 21st-century digital visual practices, supporting proposals that critically engage with the social, aesthetic, and cultural significance of how we’ve photographed, and continue to photograph, our daily lives. Whether drawing from family albums, forgotten archives, or Instagram feeds, selected projects will contribute to Eidolon’s mission to reframe the meaning of everyday images through innovative research, artistic interpretation, or curatorial practice. Among the jurors are Nathan Jurgenson, Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey, Lev Manovich, Marcel Top, and Róza Tekla Szilágyi.

Find out more on their website.

2025 Lucie Photo Book Prize

Deadline 22 August / Entry fee €35-55

The 2025 edition of the Lucie Photo Book Prize is now open for submissions, offering two cash awards. The Traditional Prize includes a $3,000 cash prize and will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator, or publisher whose book is commercially produced and distributed. The Independent Prize, consisting of a $2,000 cash prize, will be awarded to a photographer, editor, curator, or publisher whose book is published and distributed independently. Additionally, selected artists and finalists will exhibit their work in a group show at Picto in New York City this fall. This jury includes experts such as Gwen Lee, Kira Pollack, Mikki Takkunen, Dean Brierly, Karen Williams, Nicola Motta, and Daniella Zalcman.

Applications are open until 22 August. Discover more on their website.

The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant 2025

Deadline 1 September / No entry fee

The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant supports emerging photojournalists aged 24 and under, or anyone who is studying in a full-time photographic course, with a £10,000 award to fund a proposed project. In addition to the grant, the recipient will receive a year-long loan of Canon equipment, conflict training and body armour, a personal mentorship with an industry expert, and an assignment from photojournalist Giles Duley. Their project will also be featured in The Guardian and included in the Hamburg Portfolio Review. Judges will prioritize proposals that address pressing issues tied to the human condition—ranging from social change and humanitarian concern to environmental, cultural, or political significance.

Learn more on their website.

POY Latam 2025

Deadline 26 August / No entry fee

The POY Latam award is open to photographers from Ibero-America (Latin America, Portugal, and Spain) or to those who have resided in an Ibero-American country for at least one year. It believes in the power of documentary photography and its unwavering commitment to the stories it tells. With this in mind, the competition aims to celebrate excellence in documentary and artistic photography across Ibero-America. Photographers can submit their work in 15 different categories, each with specific criteria. The prize recipient of the "Photojournalist of the Year" category will receive a $1,000 USD cash prize, and selected photographers in other categories will receive a certificate.

Read more on their website.

Premio Internacional FELIFA 2025

Deadline 24 August / Entry fee €22

The FELIFA International Award seeks to highlight the stages of the editorial process and recognize the multiple skills required to create a photobook. The prize recipient in each category—Editing, Graphic Design, and Graphic Production—and the overall recipient of the FELIFA International Award will be announced during the 19th edition of the festival at an event taking place on 18 October 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The winning and finalist books will be featured in a traveling exhibition that will visit partner festivals and institutions throughout Latin America in 2026. This exhibition will also serve as a study of the selected books, analyzing their unique characteristics and the specific editorial, design, and production decisions behind them to showcase the richness and complexity of the editorial process.

You can submit your book until 24 August. Read more on their website.

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