Deadline Roundup: Photography Awards, Grants & Open Calls Closing June 2026
A comprehensive list of photography awards, grants, and open calls with deadlines in June 2026 has been published by FotoRoom. Notable awards include the Paula Riff Award for alternative processes, the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war photography, and the Paris Photo Students Prize for European students. Grants include the Critical Mass portfolio review by Photolucida, the Diane Dammeyer Fellowship for social issues, and the Deloitte Photo Grant for social documentary. Open calls range from themed exhibitions like 'Transforming Landscapes' at the 20/20 Photo Festival to portfolio reviews and residencies such as the Artist-in-Residence Program at Light Work. Deadlines span from June 1 to July 1, 2026.
Key facts
- Paula Riff Award for alternative photographic processes closes June 1.
- Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war photography closes June 5.
- Paris Photo Students Prize for European students closes June 8.
- Critical Mass by Photolucida has early bird deadline June 9 and final deadline June 9.
- Deloitte Photo Grant for social documentary closes June 14.
- Women Photograph + Leica Project Grants close June 30.
- Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize closes July 1.
- 101st Annual International Competition by The Print Center closes June 18.
Entities
Institutions
- Center for Photographic Art
- Lenscratch
- Lisbon Street Photo Fest
- Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award
- Paris Photo
- Museum of Contemporary Photography
- Bowness Photography Prize
- L'Infinit Photographic Award
- LensCulture
- reFocus Awards
- Epson Pano Awards
- Denis Roussel Awards
- Life Framer
- Working Assumption
- Photolucida
- Diane Dammeyer Fellowship
- Kult Books
- Women Photographers International Archive
- Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère
- Deloitte Photo Grant
- Hariban Award
- Visual Arts International Festival
- Académie des Beaux-Arts
- Innovate Grants
- Photoworks
- Metamorfosi
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga
- Women Photograph
- Leica
- Alpine Fellowship
- Light Work
- Stanley Greene Foundation
- Ninety-Seven Modern
- SHOTS Magazine
- 20/20 Photo Festival
- Texas Photographic Society
- All About Photo
- Der Greif
- Hamburg Portfolio Review
- Circulation(s) Photo Festival
- PhotoPlace Gallery
- Encontros da Imagem
- Verzasca Foto Festival
- Photo Trouvée Magazine
- Filter Photo Festival
- The Print Center
- The Image Flow
- American Photographers Association
- Side
- Southeast Center for Photography
- FotoRoom
- Global Peace Photo Award
- Annual Photography Awards
- Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award
- PhotoVogue
- Prix Françoise Demulder
- Educating the Eye
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Atlanta Photography Group
- Encontros Da Imagem
- Meitar Award
- Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Grant
- Visual Studies Workshop
- Fonds Régnier pour la Création
- Agence VU
- Art Fluent
- Inland Stories
- FELIFA
- PhMuseum
- DongGang Photo Festival
- Manifest Gallery
- LoosenArt
- PhEST Photography Festival
- Los Angeles Center of Photography
- Der Greif Magazine
- Rencontres de la Photographie Marrakech
- Festival OFF Arles
- American Photographic Artists
- Glasgow Gallery of Photography
- Street Macadam Awards
Locations
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Bayeux
- France
- Paris
- Australia
- Crete
- Greece
- Prague
- Czech Republic
- Hamburg
- Germany
- Arles
- Verzasca
- Switzerland
- Houston
- Normandy
- Tokyo
- Marrakech
- Glasgow
- Los Angeles