
Guidelines
Eligibility
The prize is open to American citizens of any age who have yet to
publish a book-length work (a publication which focuses on the photographer’s
work, contains more than thirty of the photographer’s images,
and is sold through conventional book distribution channels).
Deadline
All required materials must be submitted
under one cover between June 9 and September 5, 2008. Materials must
be postmarked no later than September 5, 2008.
Entry Fee
The entry fee is $35. Make checks or money orders payable to the Center
for Documentary Studies / Honickman First Book Prize.
Selection and Notification
A panel of photographers and editors will review all submissions and
select 12 to 25 finalists by November 15, 2008. Finalists will be
asked to submit ten sample prints from the body of their submitted
work for the judge’s review. The winner will be publicly announced
in January 2009.
All applicants will be notified by postcard of receipt of their materials.
Materials will be returned to nonfinalists by January 1, 2009.
The award will be reported to the winner on a 1099-Miscellaneous tax
form. It is the responsibility of the winners to file their tax liability.

banner image:
Allen Miller drags a young doe from the woods while hunting with
family and friends, Kalona, Iowa, 2005.
From Driftless: Photographs
from Iowa by Danny Wilcox Frazier, winner of the third biennial
Center for Documentary Studies / Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
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