Aperture Portfolio Prize
Aperture Remote · open worldwide
Annual international competition spotlighting new talent in contemporary photography; the winner is published in Aperture magazine with a cash prize.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your nomination packet for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: $5,000 first prize; $1,000 for each shortlisted artist.
Also: publication in Aperture magazine; feature on aperture.org.
Who can apply: Requires an Aperture magazine account number; artists featured by Aperture in the past three years are ineligible.
Annual (2026 call closed Jan 11, 2026).
How to apply: through picter (you need an account there).
What to prepare: portfolio, statement.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “An annual international competition to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Requires an Aperture magazine account number; artists featured by Aperture in the past three years are ineligible.
What you will need
- PortfolioUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Artist statementOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (picter), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your nomination packet for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Aperture without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.