Joan Wakelin Bursary 2009

The Guardian/Royal Photographic Society Joan Wakelin Award each year offers a bursary of £2,000 for the production of an overseas photo essay. Entry for the bursary is free of charge and open to all photographers. Anyone wishing to apply for the award should submit up to 12 images evidencing their approach to the medium along with a proposal for their chosen photo essay by 31 July 2009. Shortlisted candiates will be invited for interview early in September, and the winning photo essay will be published by Guardian News and Media and Royal Photographic Society Journal next spring.  Please send your prints, or images on a CD, to ‘The Joan Wakelin Bursary', The Guardian Picture Desk, King's Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.

Click on link below to access entry form:-

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Media/documents/2006/05/17/JoanWbursaryform.pdf 

To see Jackie Dewe Mathews' photo essay (last year's Joan Wakelin winner) please click on link:-

http://www.jackiedewemathews.com/stories/zeru_zeru/zeru_zeru.html

For further information please contact Jo Macdonald on 01225 325721 or jo@rps.org.

 In addition to the Joan Wakelin Bursary The Royal Photographic Society is very pleased to announce a major new initiative in offering a number of different bursary schemes for the benefit of young image makers. These have been made possible by funding from a number of different sources that include: income from The Society's investments, legacies and a generous donation from the photographic industry (Genix Imaging). They will be available for members and non-members and three types are currently on offer Please click here for further information.