September 2026 Deadlines: Photography Awards, Grants, and Open Calls
The September 2026 FotoCal from FotoRoom highlights various photography competitions, grants, and open calls. Important upcoming deadlines feature the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards on September 4, the Lucie Foundation Photobook Prize and The Manifest Prize on September 15, the Arnold Newman Prize on September 23, and the Foundwork Artist Prize on September 25, along with additional opportunities on September 30. Grants available include the New York City Fellowship at the Magnum Foundation and the VMFA Aaron Siskind Award due on September 1, the Cite the Past Residency on September 6, and Brave New Visions at PhotoVogue on September 11. Open calls comprise the Call for Solo Artists at the Copenhagen Photo Festival (September 1, extended to September 13), Folio Friday on September 4, and others until September 30, with opportunities available globally and some specific to certain regions.
Key facts
- Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards close on September 4.
- Lucie Foundation Photobook Prize and The Manifest Prize close on September 15.
- Arnold Newman Prize closes on September 23.
- Foundwork Artist Prize closes on September 25.
- New York City Fellowship @ Magnum Foundation closes on September 1.
- PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant closes on September 24.
- Play @ FORMAT27 open call closes on September 7.
- Field Notes from the Middle @ Filter Photo Festival closes on September 30.
Entities
Artists
- Marco Pesaresi
- Susan McLaughlin
- Ian Parry
- Aaron Siskind
Institutions
- Paris Photo
- Aperture Foundation
- Lucie Foundation
- Manifest Gallery
- Arnold Newman Prize
- Foundwork
- Life Framer
- CitiesToBe
- Gaze: The Queer Photo Award
- Center for Photographic Art
- Tom Stoddart Award
- Magnum Foundation
- VMFA
- The Photographers' Gallery
- PhotoVogue
- SITE Toronto
- Innovate Grant
- PhMuseum
- Eidolon Grant
- WORTHLESSSTUDIOS
- Camargo Fellowship
- Copenhagen Photo Festival
- Southeast Center of Photography
- FORMAT International Photography Festival
- PhotoPlace Gallery
- VSCO
- Colorado Photographic Arts Center
- The Halide Project
- Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
- Martin Parr Foundation
- PhotoSC
- Dear Dave, Fellowships
- Der Greif
- The Glasgow Gallery of Photography
- Decode Gallery
- College Photographer of the Year
- The Image Flow
- Los Angeles Center of Photography
- A Smith Gallery
- All About Photo
- Filter Photo Festival
- FotoRoom
- OD Photo Prize
- LensCulture
- Charta Festival
- Penumbra Foundation
- Ian Parry
- Source
- Treat Gallery
- BBA Prizes
- Artdoc Photography Magazine
- Macadam Awards
- Fotografiska
- Estée Lauder Companies
- Preus Museum
- Southeast Center for Photography
- Open Eye Gallery
- German Photographic Society
- Soft Publishing
- Rethinking Eastern Europe
- Photography+
Locations
- Paris
- France
- New York City
- United States
- Toronto
- Canada
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
- London
- United Kingdom
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- Middle East
- North Africa
- American Midwest
- Europe