By submitting your work to the PhotoBook Awards, you are found to be in agreement of the terms and conditions listed below.

The following terms and conditions apply to all entries in all three award categories:

No exceptions will be made for late submissions. Physical books, with submission summary forms, must arrive at Aperture’s offices in New York on or before the listed deadline. The postmark date does not qualify—the book must PHYSICALLY arrive at Aperture by the listed deadline.

The judges’ decisions shall be final. No correspondence shall be entered into by either Paris Photo or Aperture, nor its representatives, regarding the decisions of the judges.

Entries must be made by the photographer(s)/artist(s) responsible for the given book, by the publisher responsible for the given book, or by a third party acting with consent of the photographer(s)/artist(s) or publisher (the “Entrant(s)”).

Paris Photo and Aperture reserve the right to reject entries that are submitted without the required information, or that do not meet the criteria of eligibility, without any obligation to enter into any further discussion regarding their decisions, and without obligation to refund the Entrant’s entry fee.

Paris Photo and Aperture accept no responsibility for entries that are lost in transit. Representatives of Paris Photo and Aperture are not available to review unsolicited materials received, except as entered via the Awards.

Aperture is not responsible for the return of submissions. All books submitted to the Awards shall become property of Aperture.

Books published and/or co-published by Aperture or by Paris Photo are ineligible for entry.

The Entrants acknowledge that should they be shortlisted for the Awards and the shortlist exhibition, they are willing to supply to Aperture or Paris Photo up to three extra copies of the shortlisted book, for display and presentation purposes.

Details of particular entries may be, at the discretion of Paris Photo and/or Aperture, released to the press as part of marketing the Awards, including before the announcement of the Awards.

While copyright of all work submitted for the Awards remains with the respective Entrants, each Entrant grants to Paris Photo and Aperture a worldwide, irrevocable, and perpetual license to reproduce representative examples of the submitted entries in any of their publications, websites, and/or in any promotional material, strictly in connection with the Awards, and with reference to the photographer(s)/artist(s) and publisher, as relevant in each case; and to exhibit the books entered anywhere in the world for public display.

Entrants warrant that their submission is original and they are the sole and exclusive owners and rights holders of the submitted work, or have such owner’s consent and approval, and that they have the right to submit the work to the Awards and grant all required licenses. Each Entrant agrees not to submit any entry that (1) infringes any third party’s proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or confidentiality obligations; and (2) otherwise violates the applicable state, federal, provincial, or local law.

Entrants agree to receive news and promotional emails from Aperture.

Each Entrant agrees to give permission to Aperture and Paris Photo, their parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, successors, and assigns, and those acting under their authority to use, and to authorize others to use, the Entrant’s name, bio, and likeness, throughout the world in all media (including print, digital, internet, social media, and websites) for advertising, marketing, publicity, and promotion of the Awards.

Entrants agree to hold harmless on behalf of themselves, and their heirs, executors, and assigns, Aperture and Paris Photo, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, expenses, injuries, losses, damages, and any other liability of any kind, of or to them or any other person, their property, or their rights of privacy or publicity arising out of or in connection with the Awards (including, but not limited to, the conduct of the Awards, the awarding of any prizes, the Entrants’ participation in the Awards, the acceptance, use, misuse, loss, or damage of or to the awarded prizes, if any, and use of the Entrant’s name, bio, and likeness as provided above), even if due to the negligence, omission, or other fault of Aperture and Paris Photo.