Insight Award Nomination Form
The Society for Photographic Education offers the SPE Insight Award to recognize achievements of
significant distinction made by individuals to the photographic education field. Measured from when
careers first begin, to days when standing ovations erupt spontaneously in lecture halls, SPE’s Insight
Award symbolizes the realization of a national or international career or the launching of future
endeavors to new challenges, ideas, and horizons. Photographers (in the broadest sense of the word
today), as well as scholars, curators, writers, and visionaries—be their achievements rapid fire or
accumulated over time—are eligible for this mark of recognition and distinction.

The Insight Award is an honorary designation without monetary stipend granted annually to an SPE
member. (Membership is defined by five years of cumulative membership.) The Insight Award
recipient shall demonstrate excellence in two or more of the following ways:

          • Innovative teaching
          • Sustained mentoring of colleagues or students
          • Broad contribution to technical, critical, pedagogical, or visual aspects of the field
          • Breadth or depth of exhibition or publication
          • Sustained presence in the field

The designation will be conferred with the calendar year (e.g. 2021 SPE Insight Award) in which it is
awarded. The honor carries no end date, and anyone so honored will be included in all subsequent
lists of Insight Awardees.

The award recipient will be selected by SPE’s Board of Directors and announced at the annual
conference. Conference attendance is not a requirement to receive the award, though the winner will
be informed of the honor in advance.

Members of the organization’s Board of Directors are not eligible to be nominated during their tenure
on the Board, but may nominate or provide support letters. Members of SPE’s Awards and
Recognition Committee may not nominate nor provide support letters.
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Insight Award Nomination Procedure
The selection process for the Insight Award is as follows:

     • A candidate must be nominated by a professional (non-student) member of the Society using the Insight Nomination Form.
     • A candidate must be an SPE member for at least five cumulative years.
     • No member may nominate more than one member a year.
     • Nominations are accepted year-round, but July 1st at 5:00 PM EST is the cut-off for the following year’s award.
     • The SPE office confirms eligibility of all nominators and nominees and determines that the nominations are
        accurate and complete. The SPE office will in turn prepare a ballot and distribute it with supporting nominations
        to Board members for an electronic vote.
     • Announcement of the Insight Award recipient will occur before the announcement of the Honored Educator Award
        at the annual conference.
The SPE Insight Award Nomination Form
Nominator's Name *
Position / Title *
Organization / Affiliation *
Address *
Phone / Email *
Nominator must be a professional (non-student) member of SPE *
Yes
No
I am a professional member of SPE
Candidate's Name *
Position / Title
Organization / Affiliation
Address *
Phone / Email *
To be considered, candidate must be or have been a professional (non-student) member of SPE for a cumulative total of at least five years.  (SPE Office will confirm) *
Required
How long and in what capacity have you known the candidate? *
Statement:  In the box below, please describe (in 500 words or less) how the candidate demonstrates excellence in two or more of the five key areas of consideration:
          • Innovative teaching
          • Sustained mentoring of colleagues or students
          • Broad contribution to technical, critical, pedagogical, or visual aspects of the field
          • Breadth or depth of exhibition or publication
          • Sustained presence in the field
Statement: *
Please include a link to the Candidate's summary CV
Please complete nomination form and support materials by SEPTEMBER 1 at 11:59 PM EST
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