Photography.Book.Now Call for Entries: Self-published Photography Book Competition

The Photography.Book.Now International Juried Competition seeks entries for its second annual competition celebrating self-published photography books and the photographers behind them.

The grand prize is $25,000 to finish - or start - a photography project of the winner's choice.

Entries will be accepted in three categories - Fine Art, Editorial, and Commercial.

The grand prize and first-prize winners will receive a private portfolio review with members of the judging panel in the category in which they submitted.

The Photography.Book.Now International Juried Competition is presented by Blurb, the creative publishing and marketing platform that enables anyone to design, publish, share and sell bookstore-quality books.

Noted photography book expert Darius Himes will serve as lead judge for the second year.

In this role, Himes will lead a panel of editors, gallery curators, publishers, and photographers who will jury the Photography.Book.Now competition.

In 2008, more than 2,000 photography books were submitted for consideration to the inaugural Photography.Book.Now competition.

Beth Dow, a professional photographer from Minneapolis, MN, was awarded the $25,000 grand prize for her project, "In the Garden," a book-length presentation of a portfolio of large platinum-palladium prints that examine tensions of mass, light, and perspective in highly cultivated landscapes.

Deadline for submissions is July 16, 2009.