2nd Annual Sheed Award - 2011

Deadline: December 10, 2011. Check Sheed Award website for more information (in Farsi).

About the Sheed Award: Founded in 2010 the award is created to encourage and promote social documentary photography among Iranian photographers with highest standards in photojournalism.

Jury for 2011: Shahidul Alam, Manoochehr Deghati, Kaveh Kazemi, Mohsen Rastani and Hossein Fatemi

Website: www.sheedaward.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/sheedaward
Sheed Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheed_Award

China Int'l Press Photo Contest 2010

Congratulations to Iranian photographers Behrouz Mehri, Majid Saeedi, and Fatemi Hossein for winning in this year's China International Press Photo contest. Click on the images to see the full view.

FotoEvidence Award 2011 - Majid Saeedi

Congratulations to Majid Saeedi, a finalist in 2011 FotoEvidence Award.

Behrouz Mehri Winning Photographs in HumanKind by NYPH

Congratulations to Behrouz Mehri for his work in Pakistan.
To see the entries click on the image.

UNICEF photo of the year - 2nd Place Majid Saeedi

Congratulations to Majid Saeedi for winning the 2nd place in UNICEF photo of the year.

Aks Online 2010 Photography Competition

Aks Online, a nonprofit organization established in 2009 by a group of young photojournalists in Iran presents its first annual photography competition. The award is called 'Sheed' which means light in Farsi. For more information please check www.aksonline.ir.

Sony World Photography Award

Congratulations to Iranian photographer, Mohammad Golchi, for a winning photograph in this year's Sony World Photography award.
Here is a link on Guardian. Here is a link for the award.

Best of Photojournalism - NPPA BOP 2010

NPPA BOP Winners are being announced. Click on the image for the link.

News from WHNPA

News from White House News Photographers Association. Click on the image for the link.

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for 'Feature Photography' goes to Damon Winter of The New York Times and the prize for 'Breaking News Photography' to Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald.

Related Links:
Damon Winter slide-show on The NY Times
Damon Winter website
Patrick Farrell story on Miami Herald
The Pulitzer Prize

Eyes of History 2009 - White House News Photographers Association

Click on the image to view the winners of White House News Photographers Association, Eyes of History 2009.

NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009

Check NPPA's Best of Photojournalism here as the winners are announced daily.

On-Line Magazine

Vewd is an on-line documentary magazine with some very interesting work. They also have contests for students. It is worth checking it from time to time.
www.vewd.org

Inge Morath Foundation

If you are a female photographer under the age of 30 this is for you:

The Magnum Foundation and the Inge Morath Foundation announce the sixth annual Inge Morath Award. The annual prize of $5,000 is awarded by the Magnum Foundation to a female documentary photographer under the age of 30, to support the completion of a long-term project. One award winner and up to two finalists are selected by a jury composed of Magnum photographers.
Please note all submissions must be postmarked or delivered by April 30th, 2009.

for more information click here:
http://www.ingemorath.org/

Picture Of the Year International - POYi 66 - Goes live

You can watch POYi judges as they select the best images for each category here. Please note, there is room for only 100 people to watch the live event. If you don't get in keep trying.

See the winners here as they are posted each day. The names of the winners are withheld, till all the categories are judged.

You can also chat live with other photographers.