Community Grant Shortlist
We received hundreds of applicants for the grant and choosing just 5 for you to vote on is always difficult. Once the new submission window closes at the end of February 2026 we will shortlist the projects here for your vote.
Shortlist
The first award of 2025 went to Sebastian Machado Batenero fro his 'Ashed from the Riverbed' project.
We ar in the process of shipping his prize and will cath up with him later in the year to see how the project is progressing.
Other shortlisted projects were:-
Tom Porter - Carrot Crunchers
Jeff Slater - Dirt Roads
Gray Parsons - The Secret Life of Lepodoptera
Corey Joon Clarke - It's Back, Batteries Included
The first award of 2025 went to Jessi Bowman for her project FLATS Teen Summer Camp
Her prize has been shipped and we'll be hearing from her soon on her progress.
Other projects shortlisted this time were:-
Adrian Piedra - Nijar's Two Sides
Dasha Lavrinienko - Meadows
Phil Cantor - Alter Egos
Weiting Zhang - Futbol Callejero
The second award of 2024 went to Marta Arjona for her project ePhemeral
Her prize was shipped last year and we'll be hearing from her soon on her progress.
Other projects shortlisted this time were:-
Reed Mattison - Jackson Nights, Walking
Alana Garces Punset - Japan Legacy
Karim Khourrou - Kan ya Makan (Once upon a time....)
Susnata Karmakar - Homeless - a series Inspired by Suella Braverman
The first 2024 grant was awarded to Lucho Davila for Fanesca which studies how immigration alters traditional folklore
You can read more about the progress that he is making with this project here
Other projects shortlisted this time were:-
Mountains: The Inner Path - Eduardo Almeida
Our Kids - Portraits of people with LGBTQ+ parents.- Paula Smith
The Places I (Long To) Go - Megan Sinclair
I am not an embarrasment - Xoliswa Ngwenya
The Q3 2023 Grant was awarded to Anni Kay and her project Hulme Loonies.
Annie shared an update with us on this project, which you can watch here
Other shortlisted project were:-
Gary Dougherty - Lifesavers
Alan J Kent - The Afghan Street Camera
Emillio Daniel. - Hikayat Kain (Tale of Cloth)
Mia Kraitsowits - Loved Skins
The Q2 2023 Community Grant was awarded to Federico Pestilli for his project Extinct
Read more about how his project is going in our online magazine
The other projects shortlisted for this award were:-
Jack Moyse - What it's like (being me)
Megan Henderson - Locos Non Profit
Yang Zhou - Mapping J. R. R. Tolkien's England
D. M. Terblanche - I Should Have Burnt More Cars
Our Q1 2023 Winner was India Mae Alby with her project on the London Rollerskating Scene.
We shipped her prize in April 2023 and in August 2024 she shared this post with us showing how the project was coming to life.
The other projects shortlisted for this award were:-
Asian Representation in Hollywood - Marcus Ubungen
Black Women Rising UK - Noam Friedman
The Woman: Veiled - Jason and Amanda Ray
Don't Touch My... (DTM) - Zai
Our Q4 2022 Winner was SAM BATLEY with his project 'One Day at a time boys'.
His prize shipped in January and he updated us at the end of 2023 about his project working with a community of men from a recovery centre in Liverpool.
The other projects that you voted on for the 2nd award were:-
Dogs from Darkness - Ted Smith
Cost of Living Crisis - Kieran Doherty
Queering Rural Spaces - Sarah Stellino
The resistance of native corn in rural Mexico City - Diego Hernadez
Untie the Knot - Clare Park
Our Q3 2022 Winner was ANDILE BHALA with his project 'Related to the Pavement'.
We shipped his prize to him in November. You can read more about his project capturing faces of Soweto/JOZI in our magazine and check out some of his work on his Instagram
The other projects that you voted on for the 1st award were:-
Tragically beautiful - Anna Melnykova
f.64 - Savannah McCauley
Accessible Landscapes - John Emery
Just Sitting - Kasia Murfet
A Role Model for Me - Molly Kate