American Photography 38 - Still / Here

WHY ENTER?

Whether you win or not, all ENTRANTS benefit through AI-AP’s continued focus of honoring, connecting and informing the photography, illustration and creative community.

ENTRANT REWARDS

Entrants receive the following benefits upon making their submission.

BE SEEN BY OUR JURY

When you enter, your work is seen by our editors and a jury made up exclusively of top creative professionals who assign and utilize photography and illustration, including art directors, designers, photo editors, art buyers, curators, editors and publishers.  ---

FREE PUBLICATIONS

All Entrants receive free subscriptions to our email newsletters with articles and features edited and written by David Schonauer and Peggy Roalf. You may unsubscribe from any individual newsletter at anytime and manage your subscriptions from your member account. • Pro Photo Daily

• DART: Design Arts Daily

• Motion Arts Pro

• Dispatches From Latin America • PROFILES ---

DISCOUNT BOOKS

AI-AP Entrants receive a 53% discount off the book when making their submission. Advance book orders are $35 plus S&H, a savings of $40 off the regular cover price of $75. This discount is only offered to entrants through the Call For Entries when making their submission. ---

THE PARTY

AI-AP Entrants and Winners receive an invitation with a discount ticket to attend The Party, our annual November launch event in New York City to celebrate the winners, the new AI-AP books, along with the Latin American and Motion Art shows. ---

SELECTED WINNER REWARDS

Selected winners receive the following exposure and promotion.

SLIDE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

The winning images will be presented in a preliminary slide show announcement to our 50,000 subscribers in November 2016.

THE ARCHIVE

The winning projects will be posted permanently on THE ARCHIVE in November 2016 with artist’s contact info, complete captions and creative credits.  THE BOOKS Selected winners are presented in the oversized, hardcover annual book, luxuriously printed one image per page. The award-winning AP and AI books are designed by a different designer each year giving them a distinctive and well-curated quality that hiring art directors appreciate. Known for their cutting-edge excellence and range, the AI-AP books present work by established and emerging artists and are objects of desire and debate.

NEWSLETTER FEATURES

Winners can submit projects, announcements and press releases too our popular newsletters Motion Arts Pro, DART: Design Arts Daily, Pro Photo Daily Our editors will also reach out to winners with requests for Q&As and interviews. The newsletters are published daily to our subscriber list of over 25,000 creatives.

THE PARTY

Selected winning entrants and artists receive discount ticket to The Party, our launch event that celebrates the winners and new books along with the Latin American and Motion Arts show.

AI-AP VISIBILITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM

As part of our commitment to promoting the winners, each year a number of extra books are produced by the printer (run-ons) that we send to a select group of art directors, editors and art buyers from recommendations made BY YOU, a winner. Send the name, company, address, telephone and email of a creative professional who’s in a position to hire you to info@ai-ap.com and we’ll include them on our list to receive an available copy of the AP or AI books for free.

AI-AP also provides consultancy service to art departments, publishers and ad agencies. All AI-AP winning photographers and illustrators are introduced to clients for stories, campaigns and projects. We then connect you directly to the client to discuss the assignment, fees and all details at no charge.

VISAS and GREEN CARDS

AI-AP is happy to provide letters of recommendation to winning international artists seeking visas and green cards for permanent residency in the U.S.