Organizer

Lucie Foundation

Location

Global (Winners will be part of a group exhibition in New York City and travel to House of Lucie Galleries worldwide)

Deadline

• Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
• Winners Announcement: October 2025 (exact date TBD)

Competition Category

The program offers four grants across two categories, each with a Professional and Emerging level :

• Fine Art
• Photojournalism/Documentary

Eligibility

• Open to professional and emerging photographers 18 years and older, worldwide .
• Professional: Any photographer who earns the majority of their income from photography .
• Emerging: Any photographer enrolled as a student, in the first five years of their photography career, or who does not earn the majority of their income from photography .

Entry Fee

Paid .

• Professional category: $25 per submission
• Emerging category: $15 per submission

Prizes/Awards

• Fine Art - Professional:$3,000cashprize+$500 PICTO NYC voucher .
• Fine Art - Emerging: $1,000cashprize+$500 PICTO NYC voucher .
• Photojournalism/Documentary - Professional: $3,000cashprize+$500 PICTO NYC voucher .
• Photojournalism/Documentary - Emerging: $1,000cashprize+SonyA7M4camerawithaFE24-70mmF2.8GMIIlens+$500 PICTO NYC voucher .
• All winners will be part of a group exhibition in New York City, which will then travel to House of Lucie Galleries worldwide .

Core Introduction

The Lucie Foundation supports professional and emerging talent with vision and dynamic ideas that challenge and progress the art form of still photography . The program aims to support photographers producing work that is at once gripping and original, offering cash grants, equipment, service vouchers, and valuable international exhibition opportunities .