Daniel Stewart Memorial Award
of Underground Railroad Education Center

Deadline for submissions is 11:59pm, September 30, 2022.
Announcement of awards will be in November of 2022.
All applicants will be notified of the review committee’s decisions.
The decision of the review committee will be final.

If you are in the early stages of actively building a career as a professional photographer and not enrolled in an academic program leading to a degree in photography, consider applying for a one-time grant of $500, to be awarded after a juried application review.

This award is sponsored by the Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund, created by friends to honor the memory of Daniel Stewart, a promising photographic artist whose life ended far too early in a motorcycle accident. He was a native of Albany, NY, and had moved to Portland, Oregon just weeks before his death. The Fund is operated under the auspices of Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, NY, a 501(c)(3) organization to whom Daniel donated his photographic skills and talent.

Rules and other information here: Daniel Stewart Memorial Award – Underground Railroad Education Center (undergroundrailroadhistory.org)

Underground Railroad Education Center researches and preserves the local and national history of the Underground Railroad movement, its international connections, and its legacy for today’s social justice issues, thereby empowering people of all ages to become agents of change toward an equitable and just society. More information about Underground Railroad Education Center is available at UndergroundRailroadHistory.org.