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CALL FOR ENTRIES: 28TH LUIS VALTUEÑA INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Application Deadline: Friday, 4th October, 2024

LOCTION: Spain

Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 28th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, aimed at recognizing and disseminating the best images that singularly demonstrate social inequities, injustices, and/or human rights abuses, or the situations that either foster or fight them.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is free

The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: health, natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and/or migrant populations.

This year, entries must be submitted exclusively in digital format via the Picter website. If you are not yet registered on the platform, you will need to create an account in order to participate. You will only be able to submit a single application. Once your submission is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.

Each entrant must submit the following documentation:
Personal and contact details
Biography (max. 1500 characters)
A series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) photographs, in color and/or in black and white
Description of the project presented, including captions

Important: The author’s name must not appear in the description of the project, in the captions or in the name of the files.

For entry requirements or further information, please refer to the contest rules.

BENEFIT:

Winner: €6,000 award.

Winner and finalists:

Receive a plaque

Participation in the annual and itinerant exhibition produced by Médicos del Mundo.

Publication of the photo series on the exhibition catalog, available in Spanish, English, and French. Each author will receive five copies.

Publication in the online collection on Premio Luis Valtueña’s website.

Travel and accommodation (two nights) to attend the Luis Valtueña International Award ceremony and the exhibition opening in 2025 in Madrid.

Press release and newsletter announcement to over Médicos del Mundo community. Winner and finalists are often featured in major publications in Spain.

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WIJHAT GRANT PROGRAM FOR ARTIST OF ALL ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE

Application Deadline: September 17, 2024

LOCATION: Arab

Artists of all artistic disciplines (performing arts, visual arts, literature, music, etc.), Cultural actors (working independently or members/staff of cultural initiatives/organizations), Individuals or groups are invited to apply for Culture Resources Wijhat Grants.

ELIGIBILITY:

Eligible country: From a country in the Arab region to another country in the Arab region, or From a country outside the Arab region to a country in the Arab region, or From a country in the Arab region to a country outside this region

Applicants must be from an Arab country
(regardless of ethnic affiliation and citizenship status). They may reside in the Arab region or abroad.

The country of departure or arrival for an intended travel must be in the Arab region.
The grant is available for individuals as well as for groups (bands, folk troupes, associations, work teams, theatre/dance companies, etc — see the section on applying as a group).

The grant targets:
Artists of all disciplines: live arts, visual arts, literature, music, etc.
Cultural actors, whether working independently or as members or staff of cultural initiatives or organizations.
Examples of potential grantees: playwrights and theater directors, musicians, creative writers, cultural managers, cultural researchers, curators, etc.

The host may not apply on behalf of the invitee. Every artist/group must submit their own application along with the required supporting documents. The host may help an artist/group fill out the application. However, the form itself must be completed by the artist/group, express their point of view and be submitted by them as well.

Applications from individuals under 18 years old will be accepted on the condition that the application is accompanied by a written letter of consent from a parent or guardian.

Recipients of a Wijhat grant may not apply again for the mobility grant until at least 16 months (the equivalent of four rounds) have passed since receiving a grant. This period is calculated from the date on which that grant was announced.

Recipients of any other type of grant from Culture Resource (apart from another mobility grant) may still apply for a grant from the Wijhat program.

BENEFIT:

Up to €7,000 to cover: 

Travel tickets

Visa costs

Accommodation

Partial coverage of living expenses

Internal transportation

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