After much careful deliberation, we're thrilled to announce the five winning photographers from the last round of competition in 2011. Please join us in heartily congratulating the Second Edition 2011 Hot Shots:

Meike Nixdorf
Michael Cappabianca
Phillip Jung
Cristina De Middel
Brendan George Ko

Each of the photographers has won a $500 honorarium, participation in a Hey, Hot Shot! group show at Jen Bekman Gallery (later this year) and are now in the running to win the Grand Prize:

+ A $10,000 honorarium
+ A solo show at Jen Bekman Gallery
+ Two years of gallery representation from Jen Bekman Gallery

We'd like to also congratulate five photographers who have been selected to win $200 in credits from Blurb, the self-publishing service, to put towards creating their own photo books.The Blurb-prize winners are:

Gregg Segal
Megan Carney
Dave Wyatt
Brianna Treleven
I-Hsuen Chen

Congratulations are also in order for the Honorable Mentions for having submitted exceptional work and raising the bar, making it challenging (but oh, so worth it) to select the last round of Hot Shots for 2011.

The Honorable Mentions are:

Eran Gilat
Daan Brand
Judith Stennekken
Paccarik Orue
Gregg Segal
Megan Carney
Dave Wyatt
Brianna Treleven
I-Hsuen Chen
Zhang Kechun

Many thanks to our panel of exceptionally talented professionals who dedicated their time, energy and critical eyes in helping our curatorial team select the final Hot Shots of 2011.

The next round of competition will be opening soon! Stay tuned to find out when you can submit your entry.

Special thanks to our friends at Blurb.