Submissions are due next Thursday, July 16th for the prestigious Aperture Portfolio Prize, so head on over and check out the guidelines because the deadline is fast approaching! The judges (including Lesley A. Martin who is one of our very own Hey, Hot Shot! panelists) are looking for an innovative photography portfolio of up to 15 images created in the last five years. One caveat: you have to be an Aperture subscriber to enter.

Here's what's at stake:

First prize is $2,500. The first-prize winner and runners-up are featured in Aperture's website for approximately one year. Winners are also announced in the foundation's e-newsletter, which reaches thousands of subscribers in the photography community.

Be sure to check out last year's winners, which includes Runner-up Colin Blakely, a Winter 2007 Hot Shot and two-time 20x200 edition-maker. In fact, Colin won for the very same portfolio that was the source of his two wildly popular prints on 20x200!

P.S. Both of Colin's prize-winning 20x200 prints (below) have sold out in the smaller sizes. But don't worry, they're both still available in our 30"x40" size for $2000!

Recollection of the Battles Fought Maintaining the Home Front by Colin Blakely

The Seeming Impenetrability of the Space Between by Colin Blakely