Contests & Awards

June 1, 2025, 1 pm - 2:30 pm PST (90 minutes)

Now available as a video recording.

This is part five of a six-webinar series to help raise the career of any emerging artist. Webinars will be recorded and available to preregistered attendees. Save by preregistering for any three (under $40 each) or all six webinars (under $32 each).

Contests & Awards
We'll dive deep into the world fee-based contests, both the good and the bad, and the downright useless ones. Since COVID, many new contest companies and related awards have popped up. Most supply no marketable value to the artists paying to participate. We'll offer practical, objective advice to determine which contests are worth the fees and your time. Additionally, we'll cover portfolio reviews, pay-to-play exhibitions and paid consultants.

Additional webinars in this series:

Part 1: Who are you?

Part 2: How to Communicate with Collectors, Galleries and Museums

Part 3: Museums and how to get into their exhibitions and collections

Part 4: The importance of books and catalogs of your fine art photographs

Part 6: The current market: What collectors are buying and why

Comments about past seminars:

“We hosted Daniel Miller’s lecture at The Annenberg Space for Photography and it was one of our most popular events yet! His lecture was well-organized, informative, easy to understand, and applicable not just to photographers but really to any artist looking for inside information about the gallery world. Daniel spent extra time with our guests after his lecture to answer their specific questions and took many questions throughout the lecture. I’m confident our guests left happy and with great information to take back and apply to their careers.” – Eva Vieyra Osmand, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA

“We had excellent feedback on your seminar and your way of telling the artists how to move in this world of art. Thank you.” – Cristina Manasse, MIA Photography Fair, Milan, Italy

“Daniel has given several seminars at Foto Care on how to get your work into a gallery. He is always a huge draw for us. Attendees always rave about his unique and effective presentation and ask when he will be back. He is definitely one of our favorite speakers and we look forward to his next seminar.” – Linda Drummond, General Manager, Foto Care, Ltd., NYC

“Daniel’s seminar was a perfect follow-up especially for participants of the Eyes On Portfolio Review that was held just three months before. I personally enjoyed his entertaining and interesting presentation, which offered me also an inside view of the difference between the art world in the US and Europe. We had great feedback from the audience and sincerely hope to welcome Daniel back during our festival.” – Thomas Licek, Managing Director, Eyes On – Month of Photography Vienna, Austria

“Daniel brought an unprecedented crowd to RayKo Photo Center for his presentation of ’15 Things to do to Get Represented by a Gallery.’ Not only was his lecture informative and inspiring, full of insider tips and priceless advice, but he also stayed after the 3-hour presentation to further answer questions, both to the crowd and then even later to individual artists. I received many thank you notes afterwards for bringing him to the San Francisco Bay Area. I would have him return for another talk any day, absolutely worth the price of admission.” – Ann Jastrab, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

“Terrific presentation! We are very happy you came to Madrid to give this seminar.” – Enrique Polanco, Madrid Foto