Open Calls Requiring a Photobook

Open calls and awards asking for a photobook, book dummy, or zine. Submissions for photobook makers and publishers.

Book prize for innovation in photography scholarship. Project grant for emerging scholars and curators.

Free photobook open call at Visual Arts International Festival in Thessaloniki. Group exhibition in November 2026. No thematic restriction.

Photobooks featured in Der Greif's Articles section with editorial write-up. Self-published and small-edition welcome.

Juried photo book exhibition at Filter Space, Chicago (Sept 4–Oct 31), juried by Nick Larsen of Radius Books. $500 Juror's Choice.

Inaugural photobook award for HE students and recent grads. Open to any format including zines and handmade books. Free entry.

Aperture + Paris Photo's photobook prize. First PhotoBook ($10k), PhotoBook of the Year, Catalog of the Year. Shortlist at Paris Photo.

Celebrating innovative photographic books. Three categories. $3,000 Book of the Year. Open worldwide.

Photobook award from F/262 Festival, Portugal. Winner gets full local production of a 262-copy hand-numbered limited edition.