Mission Statement:
Founded in memory of James Alan Cox, a television photojournalist, The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists 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 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. 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.
Scholarship applications must be submitted between July 15, 2012 and November 15, 2012.
Application Requirements and Forms:
Please click on the highlighted lines below to access the various forms. (You may also use this as a checklist for completing your application.)
YOU MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT EACH FORM TO BE ELIGIBLE.
Application Form
Brief Essay
Teacher Mentor Form
2 Letters of Reference
School Transcript
Financial Data
Release by the Photographer
Portfolio:
five (5) digital images for still photography submissions
two (2) videos, with a maximum duration of 3 minutes each, for video submissions
Parental Release Form for high school students (or those under 18)
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.