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$4,500 and $1,000 Grants - Fall 2026

The Hopper Prize

The Hopper Prize   /   Deadline: 11/17/26

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for their Fall 2026 artist grants.

For this open call, grant amounts have been increased to $4,500.

2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist, interviewed for their online journal, and receive promotion via their Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 175k.

Numerous past grant winners working in photography, including:

Recent/Past grant winners working in Photography include:
— Farren van Wyk, Cape Town, South Africa (2026)
— Luke Austin, Los Angeles, California (2025)
— Grade Solomon, New York, New York (2025)
— Jillian Freyer, Boston, Massachusetts (2025)
— Alex Bex, Berlin, Germany (2024)
— Ariana Gomez, Austin, Texas (2023)
— Ingmar Björn Nolting, Leipzig, Germany (2023)
— Abdulhamid Kircher, Los Angeles, California (2023)
— Ville Kansanen, Bay Area, California (2023)
— M'hammed Kilito, Casablanca, Morocco (2022)
— Eli Durst, Austin, Texas (2022)
— Galina Kurlat, Brooklyn, New York (2022)
— Jazmine Harris, Chicago, Illinois (2021)
— Akihiro Boujoh, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2020)
— Joey Solomon, Brooklyn, New York (2020)
— Christopher Desanges, Boston, Massachusetts (2020)
— Vikesh Kapoor, Sunset Pines, Pennsylvania (2020)
— Sydney Cook, Baltimore, Maryland (2019)
— Juan Giraldo, New York, New York (2018)
— Letitia Huckaby, Benbrook, Texas (2018)
— Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa (2018)

This is an open call, all visual art media is eligible.

Deadline: November 17, 2026

Fees

$40 to submit 10 photographs

E: info@hopperprize.org