The LUMENS Award
One photograph a year, chosen with the same silence we ask of our readers.
€10,000 · a printed portfolio · the cover of the winter issue
Entries close 30 November
The LUMENS Award is given once a year to a single photographic story that best embodies what this magazine is for: images given room, sequenced with intent, read in silence.
There is no theme. There is no fee. The only rule is the one that governs everything here — the work must be yours, and it must be quiet enough to hold a reader still.
Submissions pass first through the same three-juror gate as every community entry. The shortlisted stories are then read by a rotating guest editor, and one is chosen.
Winners are paid, printed, and given the winter cover. Enter through the community submission desk.
Entries close October 1, 2026.
Winners are published in Issue 04, shown in a print exhibition, and awarded a cash prize drawn from the entry pool.
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