DEADLINE: JANUARY 23, 2013
http://www.centeryourcareer.org/2013/center/awards/guidelines.html
Directions
1. Read the Submission Guidelines and FAQ's (visit links in the right column).
2. Complete Application
3. Payment
Pay via Paypal
Mail a check, payable to CENTER. Please include on the memo of the check the names of the competitions awards to which you are applying. Send to: CENTER, PO Box 2483, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
4. Submit images, Artist Statements and Résumés
Artist Statements and Résumés not required for CENTER's Choice Awards.
Upload images and statements online via VisualServer
About
CENTER once annual international Call for Entries is a high quality and worthwhile photographic submission process. Often judges will show interest in work that is not selected for the awards but that may be relevant for their other programming.
To help encourage your work and provide feedback, we inform applicants whose images have made it to the final rounds. The jurors write a juror's statement, to shed some light on the judging process and selection criteria.
Who Can Enter
The Awards, Grants and Review Santa Fe are open to all photographers, national and international. CENTER employees, board members, advisory council members, contest sponsors, and family members of the aforementioned may not apply. Previous CENTER cash award winners may enter but are ineligible to win first, second, third, or Juror's Choice again for up to 3 years. Honorable Mention and finalists may enter and are eligible to win.
Grant recipients will be required to sign a contract and must fulfill contractual obligations in order to receive full funds. A grant report will be due at the end of the contract. Submission to the Project Launch and/or Project Development Grant indicates acceptance of the terms.
Eligible Work
Work derived from all photographic processes are accepted, as well as mixed media work that is photo-based (only still images are accepted, no multimedia components). Work can have been made at any time and work that has been submitted previously may be re-submitted.
We understand that sometimes photographic projects are a work in progress but may also be considered as a cohesive body of work. You may choose to submit to both the Project Launch and Project Development Grant. However, if the situation arises that the project is awarded from one grant, it would be disqualified from the other.
If you have a question about your eligibility for an award or grant, please email programs@visitcenter.org before submitting your application.
Preparing Your Submission
PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT
Projects that have been published in book form with a photographic publishing house or university press are not eligible for the Project Launch Grant.
- Complete the online application
- Pay via Paypal ($35 member / $45 non-member) or with a check
- Submit 20 digital files demonstrating a cohesive body of work
- Upload an artist statement limited to one page
- Upload a résumé limited to two pages
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT
The Project Development Grant is designed to help a photographer complete a work in progress. Work is ineligible if (5) or more images have been exhibited at a commercial gallery, a formal showcase, any curated showing, or a commissioned space that sells art. Work is ineligible if (5) or more images have been published online or in print in more than (2) publications. This requirement does not include publishing images on your own personal blog or website. We will review other web publications such as blogs and online magazines on a case-by-case basis.
- Complete the online application
- Pay via Paypal ($30 member / $40 non-member) or with a check
- Submit 8-10 digital files demonstrating a cohesive body of work
- Upload an artist statement limited to one page addressing where the project is headed and how the funds will be used
- Upload a résumé limited to two pages
- Complete the online application
- Pay via Paypal ($45 member / $55 non-member) or with a check
- Submit 20 digital files demonstrating a cohesive body of work
- Upload an artist statement limited to one page
- Upload a résumé limited to two pages
- Complete the online application
- Pay via Paypal ($30 member / $40 non-member for up to 6 images) or with a check
- Submit images
- Include titles of the images, including project title and dimensions. Example: "from the project Borderline, His Name is Juan; 30 x 40 in"
- If you are submitting the same images to all three categories, VisualServer will only prompt you to upload one set of images. If you are uploading different images to each category, you will need to upload your images into their respective category in VisualServer.
(Not required for the Choice Awards)
The first sentence of your artist statement should include a short synopsis of the project.
Please limit your statement to a single page, double-spaced, and indicate the process or medium used and the final exhibition size, ex. 8x10 black and white negative, 20x24 gelatin silver prints, or 35mm slides. Artist Statements must be submitted in .PDF format.
Please structure your statement as follows:
DIGITAL FILES
All images must be uploaded through our online system after payment has been received. Files must be in jpeg format, sized 1000 pixels on the long side at 72 dpi. (When submitting a horizontal image, the width of your picture should be 1000 pixels, with your height adjusted proportionately. If you are submitting a vertical image, the height of your image should be 1000 pixels and your width should be adjusted proportionately.)
There is a 500k limit to the file size of each image uploaded. Use a jpeg quality level of 10 and high. Do not check the progressive jpg or optimized checkbox. If you follow these guidelines, the size of your images will typically fall between 100-500k. Each image must be submitted as a separate file (no Powerpoint or iPhoto presentations). Please save images as RGB, ICC profile Adobe RGB (1998) or Grayscale, ICC profile Dot Gain 20%. The process for uploading files requires no special software.
TITLES
Please title your digital images in the VisualServer by double-clicking on the image after upload. A dialog box will come up with instructions. Repeat for all images.
For the Choice Awards, please include a project title (if relevant) as well as dimensions of the works.
Example: "from the project Borderline, His Name is Juan; 30 x 40 in""
LIABILITY
International submissions are welcome. International winners are responsible for duties and shipping of the prizes.
USAGE
By completing the application, the photographer grants CENTER permission to reproduce works from their submitted materials in connection with the administration, judging and promotion of CENTER, the CENTER Awards, Grants and portfolio review events. Permissible uses of the images submitted shall include their reproduction, distribution and display in CENTER exhibitions, multimedia presentations, and printed materials related to promotion of CENTER and the CENTER Awards and events. CENTER shall have the right to grant permissions to the press and publicity agents in connection with the promotion of the CENTER Awards, exhibitions, and related events. All Grant recipients, including the Juror's Choice as well as the winners of the CENTER's Choice Awards are asked to donate a print to CENTER. Submission of an entry to this awards, grants or portfolio review, signifies acceptance of all conditions stated.
