Source Writing Prize 2026 is looking for new writers to contribute to Source. New writers can send an article; the winning entry will receive 500 GBP/570 EUR and they will either publish it or commission an article in the future. All short-listed entries will also be considered for publication or for future paid commissions.
Most of the writing in Source takes a specific form: book reviews, exhibition reviews or texts introducing sets of pictures. But they are also interested in others forms of writing.
Their interest in photography is not only about the photographs that appear in books and exhibitions; it touches most aspects of life and they like to read about those encounters too. This could be an article about a particular photograph of historical, aesthetic or biographical interest. It could be about some cultural or philosophical aspect of photography. It could be something they’ve not thought about.
They enjoy writing that is thoughtful, funny, well researched and surprising. It could be personal or dispassionate. It could be fun, or deadly serious. It might shed new light on something they thought they knew or an introduction to something they’ve never heard of before.
The rules:
Writers should not have written for Source before.
The article must be no more than 700 words.
The article should not have been published previously.
Source Writing Prize 2026 applications
deadline: 1 August 2026
more info: https://www.source.ie/writingprize2026/
