*The Dummy Award is the international competition for the best unpublished photobook dummies of the year.
Deadline 31 Jan 2024
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Entry fee 36€
Contact for questions: lilli@dummyaward.org
About the Award:
Since 2010, the Kassel Fotobook Festival has been inviting photographers worldwide to take part in its „Kassel Dummy Award“. Since 2023 the PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne and its sponsor and partner MAS Matbaa; Istanbul is organizing the award. Each year we invite photographers worldwide to take part and send us a physical copy of an unpublished photography book.
Timeline
Registration is open between 1st of October 2023 and 31st of January 2024
The Shortlist Jury will meet in the beginning of March 2024 and the shortlist will be announced shortly after.
The world tour spanning 18 venues and festivals in 15 countries will kick-off with a first presentation of the shortlist at the PhotoBookMuseum in Cologne in March 2024
The winners will be announced mid January 2025
Prizes:
Shortlist: From all entries, around 50 books are selected for a shortlist to be exhibited at international photography events. Together with the votes of the shortlist jury each exhibiting venue has a vote — either determined by public vote or by curators choice. With these votes 5 winning books will be selected from the shortlist.
1st Prize: One of these books will receive the PBM/MAS Prize. The book that wins the PBM/MAS Prize will be produced and published by the leading Turkish photobook printing and binding house MAS Matbaa in cooperation with the PhotoBookMuseum. The costs will be fully covered.
2.-4th prize: The other 4 winning books will receive a production grant for printing their books at MAS Matbaa.
website link: http://www.dummyaward.org/
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