Open Calls Requiring a Portfolio
Open calls asking for a portfolio, cohesive series, or body of work rather than a fixed image count.
Penland Resident Artist Program
1-year and 3-year residencies at Penland School of Craft — private studio, housing and meals; photography included.
Queer Quintessential 2026 · Der Greif
Pride Month open call for LGBTQIA+ lens-based artists. Online exhibition + Face-to-Face critique. PWYC; deadline 15 June 2026.
Prairie Ronde Artist Residency — Fall 2026
5–6 week residency at a historic paper mill in Vicksburg, MI. All media incl. photography. $2,000 + travel + housing + gallery show.
Fotografiska Emerging Portfolio Review 2026
Free one-on-one online portfolio review with two senior Fotografiska curators. Apply by June 15; review day July 3, 2026.
Jean Giono Photography Contest 2026 · Les Amis de Jean Giono
Free contest by Les Amis de Jean Giono and Regards Alpins. Photos inspired by Giono's Noé. Awards at Rencontres Giono, Manosque.
Queer|Art|Mentorship 2027 · Queer|Art
Year-long mentorship pairing LGBTQ+ photographers and artists 1:1 with an established queer mentor. $2,500 stipend, US-based, free.
TOKAS International Creator Residency Program 2027
Three-month Tokyo residency. Airfare, accommodation, 4,200 JPY/day per diem, 300,000 JPY creative fee. Free to apply.
TOKAS Research Residency Program 2027
Five 6–12 week research residencies in Tokyo between May 2027 and March 2028. Accommodation provided, free to apply.
Der Greif Issue 19 — I Am Because of You, Mother Earth · Der Greif
Print issue guest-edited by Zanele Muholi. Theme: "I Am Because of You, Mother Earth" — environment as inseparable from body and breath.
URBAN Photo Awards 2026
Trieste Photo Days' 17th urban photo contest. Mark Power & Christopher Morris jury. Single image free; project €40. Festival exhibition.
Metamorfosi Residency 2026 · Italian Cultural Institute Prague
Prague residency for Italian artists from IIC Prague & MUNAF. €5,000 grant covering travel, subsistence, and production. 3–4 weeks.
Women Photograph + Leica Project Grants 2026
Three $10,000 grants from Women Photograph + Leica for women, nonbinary, trans, intersex documentary photographers. Free, international.
2027 Artist-in-Residence Program · Light Work
One-month residency in Syracuse for photographers. $7,500 stipend, apartment, 24-hour darkroom/digital access. Published in Contact Sheet.
Illuminations Grant 2026 · Queer|Art
Annual $10,000 grant for Black trans women visual artists including photographers. Four finalists get $1,250 each. US-based, early-career.
Pine Meadow Ranch 2027 Artist Residency
Funded 2–4 week multidisciplinary residency on a high-desert Oregon ranch. Photography eligible. $200/week stipend, no fee.
Grand Prix de la Photographie Paris Match 2026
Paris Match's first national photo Grand Prix for the Bicentenary of Photography — submit a 4-image series capturing contemporary France.
Camera Clara Photo Award 2026
Exclusively for large-format camera photographers. Unpublished series of 5-10 images. Prize money + exhibition.
Les Photographiques 2027 — Open Call
Free open call for the 2027 Les Photographiques festival in Le Mans. €500 fee + travel. General + landscape strands (200LUX bicentennial).
Living Space — Artdoc Magazine Open Call · Artdoc Photography Magazine
Artdoc's themed call on the spaces of everyday life — interiors, cityscapes, the built environment. Publication and online exhibition.
Lanesboro BIPOC Artist Residency 2026/27
1–2 week residency in rural Minnesota for MN-based BIPOC artists. $1,250/week + $500 supplies + housing. Lottery-based, free.
Künstler*dorf Schöppingen Fellowship 2027
2–6 month funded residencies at the Münsterland artists' village. €1,500/month; applications for 2027 open June 27 – August 31.
La Napoule Art Foundation — International Artist Residency Spring 2027
One-month residency at a château on the French Riviera. Accommodation, meals & private studio included. All disciplines welcome.
Jentel Artist Residency — Winter/Spring 2027
Wyoming ranch residency for visual artists, writers and composers, Jan–May 2027 session. Private studio, $300 stipend; US-based, 25+.
Numéro+ Flux et Forma
Numéro Switzerland's themed call on flow and transformation. Winner gets a print article and cover feature in Numéro.
Emerging Artists 2027 · Fotografiska Tallinn
Fotografiska Tallinn open call for emerging photographers from the Baltics & Finland — autumn 2027 group exhibition plus mentorship.
Burn Magazine — Open Submissions
Photography magazine founded by David Alan Harvey (Magnum). Photo essays and multimedia on any subject.
Phases Magazine — Open Submissions
International contemporary photography magazine publishing 3 portfolios per issue.