In the continuance of Flash Forward and its proactive leadership on artist encouragement and support, this grant will enable all photographers, in all mediums, to fulfill the goal of a larger scale of project. This monetary grant is for all photographers who need the essential seed money to work on long-term projects in progress.

All photographers who submit to Flash Forward will be considered. Five semi finalists will be contacted and asked questions about their work, after which a winner will be chosen. The Flash Forward publication will have a chapter set aside for the selected project.

The 1st place cash prize of $8,000 (approx. £4800) will be awarded to the 2017 Bright Spark, an emerging photographer whose submitted body of work is identified by the jury as being extraordinarily accomplished. The 2nd place winner will receive a $2000 (approx. £1200) cash prize. In addition one photographer will receive the $10,000 (approx. £6000) Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Project Grant.

The Flash Forward group show, made up of a selection of photographs from the accompanying annual catalogue, in Toronto Autumn 2017. Selected artists get chosen to show their portfolio in Magenta Magazine. All artists that are part of the Flash Forward selected winners will get promotion through all of the Flash Forward social media outlets and platforms. All work submitted will be seen by leaders in the industry.

More information can be found here.

Photo Credit: From the series 1000 Islands © Anne Snyder, Canada Winner 2016