Call for Photozine and Photobook Dummy Award 2025

The Photobook Dummy Award is one of the highlights of the Hong Kong Photobook Festival, which aims to support emerging artists and provide them with opportunities to showcase their work at international festivals.  This year photographers, artists and creative talents from all over the world are as usual invited to submit their works. Thanks to the support of various partners, the winning and shortlisted dummies from previous year have been toured and exhibited in numerous places, included but not limited to New Zealand, Germany, India, Taiwan, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy.

All the finalists’ works will be exhibited at the Hong Kong Photobook Festival 2025.  Winners can utilise this opportunity to have professional exchange with the jury and also share their creation process with the participating audience.

Prize Information

• Photobook Dummy Award
  • The winner of the First Prize of Photobook Dummy will be granted a maximum subsidy of HKD$20,000 for participation in the visit of the international photobook festival; or self-published photobooks.
• Photozine Award (General and Student Category)
  • The winner of the First Prize of Photozine will be granted a maximum subsidy of HKD$3000 (per category) for participation in the visit of the international photobook festival; or self-published photozines.

Eligibility Criteria

• Photobook Dummy Award
  • The Award is open to photographers, artists, designers and all the creative talents from worldwide.
  • There is no specific age and nationality limit for entering the Award.
  • The photobook dummy can be done individually or collectively.
  • The photobook dummy must be original.
  • The photobook dummy must be self-published or unpublished. It cannot be published by any registered publisher or has never been committed to being published by any other publisher.
  • ISBN and is not a requirement for the Award.
  • The photobook dummy can be presented in any language.
  • The photobook dummy must be created on or after the 1st of January 2022.
• Photozine Award (General and Student Category)
  • The Award is open to photographers, artists, designers and all the creative talents.
  • The theme of this year’s Photozine Award is “Hong Kong”
  • Applying for Open or Student Category: There is no specific age and nationality limit for entering the Award, while the Student Category is open to full-time students only. Please upload your student identity card or other proof in your application.
  • The photozine can be done individually or collectively.  All candidates in a group must be students if they are submitting jointly under the Student Category.
  • The photozine must be original.
  • The photozine must not exceed 32 pages.
  • The photozine must be self-published or unpublished. It cannot be published by any registered publisher or has never been committed to being published by any other publisher.
  • The photozine can be presented in any language.
  • The photozine must be created on or after the 1st of January 2024.

Application Requirements

• Step One – Online Registration
• Fill in the online submission form below. Upload the PDF file including all pages of the book/zine and the image of the book/zine cover. Please provide the photos of book/zine cover as shown in the instruction below:
  • Book/line Cover (Both Front Angle & Front Side Angle).
  • PDF File with your book/zine content Student ID Card (Only applicable for Student Category of Photoine Award).
  • Upload all the required documents to google drive, and put them in one folder.
  • Submit the physical copies by post or in person after online registration.
  • Clean white background 300ppi, longest side minimum 3840px, ‘peg / TiFF.
  • The form must be completed either in Chinese or English.
  • The form must be submitted before the submission of the physical copy.
  • Print the acknowledgement of receipt or confirmation message as a proof of successful registration.
• Step Two – Submission of Physical Copy – Pack your photobook dummy/photozine
  • Your submission should include:
    • A physical copy of your photobook dummy/photozine.
    • A registration proof.
  • All the items for submission must be packed in a sealed envelope.
  • Mark “Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2025” or “Hong Kong Photozine Award 2025” on the envelope.
• Step Three – Submission of Physical Copy – By Post or In Person
  • Submission by Post
    • For submission by post, the package must arrive at the following address.
  • Submission in Person
    • For submission in person, the applicant should submit the physical copy within the opening hours of Lumenvisum.

For more information, visit Hong Kong Photobook Festival.