The Kassel Dummy Award is the international competition for the best unpublished photobook dummy of the year.

Since 2010, the Kassel Fotobook Festival has been inviting photographers worldwide to take part in the competition, and year after year many photobooks have been submitted from all over the globe. Over this period of time, a lot of highly interesting photobook dummies have been created, produced and published thanks to our award. Hundreds of books from our shortlist have been presented in numerous international exhibitions and participating photographers have been able to establish contacts with galleries, publishers and festivals and present their work to an international audience.