Winner Announced! Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence in collaboration with GOST Books

Laura Pannack wins the inaugural for her project ‘The Journey Home from School’.

Pannack will collaborate with GOST Books to have a book of her project published in 2026.

The Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence was founded to support an established photographer working in long form documentary with the production of a book. The award honours and promotes the legacy of the renowned late photographer Tom Stoddart @tomstoddphotos and his commitment to supporting photojournalism. The award is organised in parallel with the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant. The Call for Entries opened in July 2025 and in this first year of the award there were 184 submissions from 47 countries.

A huge thank you to all those photographers who entered this inaugural year of the award and congratulations Laura from all of us at @ianparrygrant, @gost_books & @tomstoddphotos 🌟

[1] Wakka and balloons [2] Black and white 35mm image taken by participant - Project Hope [3] Hugging at the courts [4] Ethan at the bus stop [5] Cyanotype made from drawing by participant [6] The bus stop boys

© Laura Pannack