Submissions for the 2027 Awards are now welcome!

Deadline: 31 January 2027

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The annual Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards recognise individuals or groups of individuals who, in the opinion of the Judges, have made an outstanding original or lasting contribution to the literature of or concerning the art and practice of photography or the moving image. Two winning titles are selected; one in the field of photography and one in the field of the moving image (including film, television and digital media).

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Books are required to meet the following criteria:

• The book must be published between the 1 January and 31 December 2026. The copyright date on the colophon determines the publication year.
• The book must be published, distributed or available to buy (including online) in the UK.
• Non-English language books must be accompanied by an English language translation of all text. English language translations first published within the qualifying period are eligible.
• Submissions in the Photography Book award category must contain a significant textual element (image-only books are not eligible).
• Submissions are welcome from publishers, authors, collectives and individuals self-publishing their work. Self-published titles must have been released in a minimum print run of 100 copies.
• Publishers may submit up to six different titles.
• An artist/editor/writer may submit their title separately if their publisher has already used their allotted six entries.
• New editions of books are eligible. However, reprints or revised books should have a significant amount of new material, and the original or earlier editions should not have been previously long-listed for the awards.

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Submissions for the 2027 Awards are now welcome and are invited from publishers, authors, collectives and individuals self-publishing their work. There is no entry fee.

The link to the entry form and details about what to submit can be found below. If you would like to enter a book, you will need to do the following:

• Complete the Google submission form below
  (you do not need to log in to a Google account to complete the form)
• Supply a digital sample or pdf of the book
• Supply 5 high resolution files from the book
• Supply a high resolution file of the book cover
• Send 3 hard copies of the submitted title (once eligibility is confirmed). These are non-returnable

The book sample and image files can be shared via a cloud folder (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.), or a file transfer link (such as WeTransfer or SwissTransfer), and the link then pasted into the relevant box in the submission form.

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If you have any questions about the Awards or how to enter, please get in touch:
info@kraszna-krausz.org.uk

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• The deadline for submissions of the entry form and digital files is Sunday 31 January 2027
• The titles longlisted for the 2027 Awards will be announced in late Spring 2027
• The shortlisted and winning titles will be announced in early and late June 2027 (dates tbc)
• Events celebrating the 2027 awards will take place in Autumn 2027. The date and format of the Award events will be confirmed here so please check back or sign up to our newsletter to receive updates.

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The judging panel will consist of three internationally recognised experts in their specialist fields. There are separate panels for the photography and moving image awards. Previous judges have been drawn from the worlds of fine art, photography, film, galleries, museums, academia and publishing. The 2027 Award Judges will be announced in the new year.

The names of previous judges can be found here.

In the opinion of the judges, winning books should make a significant contribution to the art, history, research, criticism, science or conservation of photography or the moving image. In addition to the visual and written content, submissions are judged on the standards of production, format and design.

From the total submissions, a long list of ten books is selected in each category by the judges. This is then reduced to shortlists of three, from which two final winning publications are chosen. The author/s or editor/s of each winning book receive a £5,000 cash prize.