Eligibility

• The Hutchison/Wheeler Advanced Storytelling Award and NPPF's Advanced Video Storytelling  Workshop Awards are open to professional photojournalists who are legally residing in Puerto Rico, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands.

Intellectual property

• Submitted materials and ideas are confidential and will be used only for judging purposes.

Ethics:

• Recipients understand that they must adhere to the highest professional, ethical and personal standards for visual journalists. At its sole discretion, violations of these standards will result in withdrawal of funding by the NPPF.
• An entry may not contain images that have been manipulated digitally in violation of generally accepted professional photojournalistic standards. Applicants should review and adhere to the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Code of Ethics concerning image manipulation.
• The NPPF, in its sole discretion, retains the right to disqualify any entry found to include manipulated images or staged situations.
• The NPPF, in its sole discretion, may exercise its right to rescind the entire award amount if the recipient of the award is found to have manipulated images beyond what is professionally accepted, as noted in the NPPA Code of Ethics.

Financial:

Payment of all taxes and expenses are solely the responsibility of the scholarship recipient. A completed IRS Form W-9 will be required upon acceptance of the award

• The NPPF will pay two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon award of the Hutchison/Wheeler Advanced Storytelling Award to assist in covering costs of attending the workshop.
• The NPPF will pay one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon award of NPPF's Advanced Storytelling Workshop Award, workshop registration fees will also be waived for the recipient of this award.