THE JAMES ALAN COX FOUNDATION
FOR STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Mission Statement:
Founded in memory of James Alan Cox, a television photojournalist, The James Alan Cox Foundation
for Student Photographers aims to provide financial support to student photographers of high school
and college age. Through a variety of funding, including equipment purchases and scholarships for
college and technical school classes, the foundation’s mission is to expand educational and developmental
opportunities for student photographers demonstrating interest, talent and financial need.
Type of Awards:
- Five (5) Digital Cameras will be awarded to five (5) high school students.
- Five (5) $2,500 scholarships (an increase of $500 from the 2009 awards) will be awarded to five (5) college or technical school students, payable to their school. Four awards will be for video work while one will be for still photography.
Focus of work and entries: PHOTOJOURNALISM. (Please see the 2009 or 2010 scholarship recipients to view examples of winning photographs and videos.) Scholarships will be awarded to those students whose work
“tells a story”. This is a fairly broad topic and may include a variety of subject matter and approaches
(breaking news, sporting events, etc.) Jim Cox, who was a television photojournalist in Phoenix, always
“told a story” through his work, whether it was in video or still photography.
 THE DEADLINE FOR 2011 APPLICATIONS HAS NOW PASSED (AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2011). PLEASE COME BACK SUMMER, 2012, FOR OUR NEXT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION! ALL OF THE FORMS WILL THEN BE POSTED AGAIN ON THE SITE.
High school students applying for these scholarships must have completed one year at an accredited high school and should have taken at least one photography or related art class.
College or technical school students applying
for these scholarships must have completed one year at a recognized college, university or professional school,
and have taken courses in photography or photojournalism. Both high school and college-age students should have
at least one semester of school remaining at time of award.
Only college or technical school students may enter videos.
Important Notes:
- All submissions must be via the internet. We will not accept applications by mail.
- Label all files that will be submitted/e-mailed with the applicant’s name.
- The applicant must be a United States citizen.
- The applicant’s school must be in the United States.
- The scholarship award must be used at the beginning of the next semester.
Otherwise it will be forfeited and given to an alternate.
- A student may only receive one James Alan Cox Foundation scholarship in a given year.
- Note: Parental approval is required for students under 18. Please see accompanying form.
Digital Entry Rules: Please enter only 5 (five) images. Each image should be jpeg file format with a maximum of 800 pixels on the longer side and 1.5 MB file size. Images should be at monitor resolution. Photos submitted must be an honest representation of what happened in front of the camera during exposure. You may, if needed, post-process the images electronically -- but only in accordance with good practice. This may include cropping, color correction, etc. Post-processing, however, must preserve the image's original expression.
Video Entry Rules: Please enter only two (2) videos. Videos should be no longer than 3 minutes and no more than 12 MB file size. Videos may be in these formats: .mpg, .avi, .mov, .wmv, .mpeg, .divx.
Mac users: please make sure all file names have the proper file extensions.
THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE.
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