DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 15th

The contest, First Person America: In These Hard Times, invites artists to document how this generation of Americans is coping with one of the hardest economic periods since the Great Depression.

First Person Arts seeks photographs that depict Americans from all walks of life. They are interested in stories that are unique to families, communities, towns, and regions that capture the idiosyncratic things that are happening – the slices of life that, taken together, will give us a First Person picture of America in 2009 – the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful.

Grand Prize: $500

Photography submissions may include up to five photographs, with or without accompanying text of up to 100 words per image. All entries must be original works that have not been previously published, exhibited, or screened in any media or format, or otherwise made widely available to the public excluding publication on the Internet.

Photography entries may be emailed to [email protected].  Upon selection, photography winners must mail a matted, framed copy of their entry by October 1, 2009.

Official web site: www.hardtimes.firstpersonarts.org