Deadline: 15-May-23

Women Photograph is excited to announce the 2023 project grants for women & nonbinary photographers.

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• Women Photograph Project Grants
  • Thanks to support from Nikon USA and MPB, these $5,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. Five grants are available, at least one of which will be earmarked for a nonbinary or transgender photographer.
  • Funding may be used to cover the hard costs of reporting, photographers’ creative fees, and any other expenses that support the production of new work. This grant is not meant to support the production of books, exhibitions, workshops, or other secondary materials.
  • Applicants are encouraged to submit a story, rather than singles, as part of the grant application. The images need not be related to the project proposal.
• Women Photograph + Leica Grant
  • Women Photograph has partnered with Leica USA to award a $10,000 grant to a photographer focused on an ongoing documentary project. The Women Photograph + Leica Grant is open to photographers who can demonstrate a long-term commitment to their story.
  • Applicants should submit portfolios of 20 images indicating that a substantial amount of work has already been completed, and that the photographer has a clear vision of what further work is needed to complete the project. Additional consideration will be given to applicants who are engaged with the communities they cover beyond traditional journalistic documentation.
  • Funding should primarily be used to support the production of new work, including the hard costs of reporting, and photographers’ creative fees, but may also partially fund community engagement programming.

Eligibility Criteria

• These grants are open to women, nonbinary, transgender, and intersex documentary photographers of any nationality. Central to Women Photograph’s mission is to be inclusive of and support work from photographers who represent a diverse range of identities, geographies, and experiences. You do not need to be a member of Women Photograph to apply.
• There is no fee to apply.
• You may apply to both the Women Photograph Project Grants and the Women Photograph + Leica Grant. Only one submission per open call is permitted.
• Applications must be submitted in English, but we welcome applications translated using services like Google Translate.
• There are no restrictions on camera equipment used for either grant.
• Grantees will retain full ownership of all work completed.
• Women Photograph, Nikon, Leica, and MPB will ask for the use of promotional images to be used explicitly in conjunction with promoting the photographer, the work, and the grants.

For more information, visit Women Photograph.