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Application Information

2024 Applications are Closed

DEADLINES:
Early Discount Deadline: January 28, 2024 – 11:59 PM Mountain Time
Final Submission Deadline: February 25, 2024 – 11:59 PM Mountain Time

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
Includes discounted entry fees to this Calls for Entry, invitations to special exhibitions and events, VIP passes to select Art Fairs, and more! Sign up below and discounts apply immediately.

HOW TO SUBMIT:
1. Fill out the below application form and select your desired categories.
2. You will then be prompted to pay.
3. After payment you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to access our online submission system which is separate from our website. Follow the instructions in your email to upload your images and statement.

ELIGIBILITY:
We accept submissions from photographers and lens-based artists around the world. Work can have been made at any time and work that has been submitted previously may be re-submitted as we invite new jurors each year. Work derived from all photographic processes is accepted, as well as mixed media that is photo-based. Please note, only the Multimedia Award, Review Santa Fe, and Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship categories accepts video and multimedia files for submission.

Please visit our Calls for Entry or application FAQs pages for more information. Have additional questions? Feel free to contact us directly by email at programs@visitcenter.org.

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Early Discount Application Fee: $195 Member // $255 Non-Member
The All-Inclusive Package includes submission to ALL categories listed below to which you are eligible:

// Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium
// Project Development Grant
// Project Launch Grant
// Me&Eve Award
// Multimedia Award*
// The 3 CENTER Awards: Personal, Socially Engaged, & Environmental*

*For submission of more than 6 files/images to the Multimedia, Personal, Socially Engaged & Environmental Awards, please select the amount below:

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Early Discount Application Fee • $55 Member // $65 Non-Member

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Selection Committee • Two industry professionals and one CENTER Alum

Requirements:
• 15 – 20 images or files
• Project Statement of 400 words

Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • Gregory Harris – Keough Family Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art
 
Requirements:
• 7 – 10 images from a work in progress
• Project Statement of 400 words

Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • Jehan Jillani – Visuals Editor, The Atlantic
 
Requirements:
• 15 – 20 images from a project or series
• Project Statement of 400 words
Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • Eve Schillo – Associate Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
 
Requirements:
• 15 – 20 images from a project or series
• Project Statement of 400 words
Early Discount Application Fee • $70 Member // $80 Non-Member

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Selection Committee • Blue Earth Council Members
 
Requirements:
• Project Proposal PDF – 2 pages or less
• Your Resume – including physical address, phone number, and email
• Proposed Project Schedule
• Proposed Budget – including a line item for your pay
• Sources – a list of funders you plan to approach
• References – (3) with email address and phone number
• Up to 20 images and/or videos from a recent body of work
Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • David Barreda – Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic
 
Requirements:
• Up to 6 files* from a project or series. *Additional files are $5 each
• Project Statement of 400 words

*Select number of files below.

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Early Discount Application Fee • $85 Member // $115 Non-Member

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Personal Award Juror • Kristen Gresh – Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Socially Engaged Award Juror • Noelle Flores Théard – Senior Digital Photo Editor, The New Yorker
Environmental Award Juror • Sabine Meyer – Photography Director, National Audubon Society
 
Requirements:
• Up to 6 images*, can be singular or from a project or series. *Additional files are $5 each
• Project Statement of 400 words

*Select number of files below.

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Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • Kristen Gresh – Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 
Requirements:
• Up to 6 images*, can be singular or from a project or series. *Additional files are $5 each
• Project Statement of 400 words

*Select number of files below.

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Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • Noelle Flores Théard – Senior Digital Photo Editor, The New Yorker
 
Requirements:
• Up to 6 images*, can be singular or from a project or series. *Additional files are $5 each
• Project Statement of 400 words

*Select number of files below.

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Early Discount Application Fee • $45 Member // $55 Non-Member

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Juror • Sabine Meyer – Photography Director, National Audubon Society
 
Requirements:
• Up to 6 images*, can be singular or from a project or series. *Additional files are $5 each
• Project Statement of 400 words

*Select number of files below.

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