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October 2025
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September 2025
$800 USD ($200 USD per week) stipend. Residency includes the opportunity to participate in a group exhibition in Tokyo.
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Link: https://www.hayamaresidency.com/
With a generous prize pool of £5,000, the Zari Art Prize is awarded across three categories: painting, sculpture, and photography.
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Link: https://zarigallery.co.uk/zari-art-prize/
Non specificato
Deadline: 22 September 2025
Link: https://marbleheadarts.org/2025-youth-photography-exhibit-call/
Non specificato
Deadline: 21 September 2025
Link: https://www.nvfaa.org/
Non specificato
Deadline: 10 September 2025
Link: https://www.loosenart.com/pages/calls
Will present $10,000 in prize awards funded by Wayne Art Center.
Deadline: 9 September 2025
Link: https://craftforms.org/
A $250 check, juror’s award ribbon, recognition certificate, and the show catalog will be awarded to three works that express the most imaginative interpretation of the theme.
Deadline: 8 September 2025
Link: https://www.arc-sf.com/call-for-artists.html
SOMETHING WICKED 12… – Elgin, IL, USA
Non specificato
Deadline: 7 September 2025
Link: https://www.sidestreetstudioarts.org/callsforart
Non specificato
Deadline: 5 September 2025
Link: https://artassociation.org/artist-opportunities/
August 2025
Prizes range from €300, €500, and €1,000.
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Link: https://anthology-magazine.com/
Open to emerging-to-established visual artists residing in U.S. Artists must have enough work for a solo exhibition.
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Link: https://artdeadline.com/ops/penn/
Through the generous donations of our supporters, View is able to offer over cash prizes.
Deadline: 22 August 2025
Link: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14943
We’re inviting artists from around the world to submit their work for Future Stars—our exclusive annual exhibition in Athens!
Deadline: 16 August 2025
Link: https://www.theholyart.com/futurestars
Grand Prize: $1,000 USD for overall Winner, 2nd Place Prize: $500 USD, 3rd Place Prize: $200 USD
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Link: https://philophoto.org/
Photos must be displayed in the exhibition to be eligible for prizes. Award amounts of $2,000.
Deadline: 10 August 2025
Link: https://fohrefuge.org/nature-in-focus-2025/
Please submit clear images of 3-5 pieces for consideration. Include your name, a brief bio, sizes and prices of each work.
Deadline: 9 August 2025
Link: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13965
All NEWS Gallery exhibits will be juried for 3 $100 Awards of Merit as noted.
Deadline: 7 August 2025
Link: https://newenglandwatercolorsociety.org/documents/2025%20Gallery%20Trifold%20Prospectus.pdf
Free entry Photographers, visual designers and video artists are invited to submit 1 up to 3 works addressing the theme.
Deadline: 7 August 2025
Link: https://www.loosenart.com/pages/calls
There will be a $500 Juror’s Choice Award given to an artwork demonstrating high levels of skill and merit.
Deadline: 1 August 2025
Link: https://www.chesapeakegallery.org/new-page-2
July 2025
$5,250 in prizes.
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Link: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14523
10,000€ total awards prize.
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Link: https://artelagunaprize.com/20th-edition-2025/
10’x10’ $700, 15’x15 $1,000 or 20’x20’ $1,400. Or bring your own logo-covered tent $450 (this only applies to Spirits and Wineries).
Deadline: 30 July 2025
Link: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=13212
Over USD $70,000 worth of cash and product prizes.
Deadline: 17 July 2025
Link: https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/about-beautiful-bizarre-art-prize
1st Place: £500, 2nd Place: £300, 3rd Place: £100
Deadline: 14 July 2025
Link: https://intl.international/posters/
This $5,000 acquisitive art prize invites South Australian artists to interpret the dual meaning of Horizon.
Deadline: 14 July 2025
Link: https://www.chapelhillwine.com.au/horizons-art-prize/
Monochrome Photographer of the Year: $2,000 cash. Monochrome Discovery of the Year: $1,000 cash
Deadline: 6 July 2025
Link: https://monoawards.com/
PRIZE – INTERVIEW for TopPhotoAwards
Deadline: 1 July 2025
Link: https://topphotoawards.com/contest/wonder-landscapes/f6bfc223-d50e-4f1e-9a8c-3c3d6cf1d4b2
With over $100,000 in prizes and grants available in 2025.
Deadline: 1 July 2025
Link: https://brisbaneportraitprize.org/2025-prize/key-dates-and-entry-info/
Cash prizes totaling $6,000 will be awarded.
Deadline: 1 July 2025
Link: https://www.embracingourdifferences.org/clientuploads/docs/2025/2026call_artists_web.pdf
June 2025
More than 29,000€ in cash awards, 16,000€ in products and other prizes.
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Link: https://www.thealmenaracollection.com/page/40769/2025-rules
Best Presentation, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Fine Craft, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Fine Art, 2 Honorable Mentions.
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Link: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=13222
Scientific Drawing: 1st prize: 500€, 2nd prize: 200€, 3rd prize: 100€
Nature Drawing: 1st prize: 250€, 2nd prize: 100€, 3rd prize: 50€
Deadline: 20 June 2025
Link: https://www.fiin.pt/en/drawing-contest/
The winner will receive a cash prize of 1,000€.
Deadline: 20 June 2025
Link: https://www.certamendecortossoria.org/bases/751-poster-competition-rules-2025.html
One artist will be awarded a solo exhibition.
Deadline: 19 June 2025
Link: https://www.ferrarashowman.com/call-for-artists
1st prize: CHF 2,000, 2nd prize: CHF 1,500, 3rd prize: CHF 1,000, Public prize: CHF 500
Deadline: 16 June 2025
Link: https://bdfil.ch/concours/prix-bdfil-caran-dache-2025/
$2,000 in awards.
Deadline: 15 June 2025
Link: https://hifico.shop/define-your-vibe-art-contest/
Over $130,000 in cash awards.
Deadline: 12 June 2025
Link: https://www.artrenewal.org/arc-salon-application#/
5,000 GBP
Deadline: 4 June 2025
Link: https://www.artgeminiprize.com/
May 2025
The Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize of $100. The cash prize will be paid via PayPal in U.S. dollars.
Deadline: 27 May 2025
Link: https://lightspacetime.art/15th-landscapes-online-art-competition-2025/
$20,000 in cash and merchandise awards anticipated. $6,000 First Prize.
Deadline: 18 May 2025
Link: https://www.sdws.org/userfiles/file/I-Show/2025%20I-Show%20Prospectus%20FINAL.pdf
Grand Prize winners will receive the following: $3,000 cash prize for Black and White Series of the Year. $2,000 cash prize for Black and White Photo of the Year.
Deadline: 18 May 2025
Link: https://monovisionsawards.com
Cash prize total of 10.000 €
Deadline: 15 May 2025
Link: https://premionocivelli.it/
Over $5,000 in cash prizes.
Deadline: 13 May 2025
Link: https://www.artleaguehhi.org/biennale/
Total awards prize $22,000.00. : $3,500.00 x 4 Artists. Will each receive $3,500.00 USD, $1,000.00 x 8 Artists. Will each receive $1,000.00 USD
Deadline: 13 May 2025
Link: https://hopperprize.org/
$6,000 in prizes, including a Best in Show Award of $1,000.
Deadline: 8 May 2025
Link: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=15128
Grand Prize (1 winner): 60,000,000 KRW, Gold Prize (1 winner): 20,000,000 KRW, Silver Prize (2 winners): 10,000,000 KRW, Bronze Prize (3 winners): 6,000,000 KRW, Citizen’s Choice (1 winner): 2,000,000 KRW
Deadline: 2 May 2025
Link: https://ccbcompetition.com/
One or more of your photographs will be showcased in a Virtual Online Exhibition. Participants will receive a free PDF copy of the Exhibition Catalogue. Participants will receive a free Certificate of Recognition.
Deadline: 1 May 2025
Link: https://www.carlottagallery.co.uk/
April 2025
The 11 Category winners in the Professional Categories will each receive a $1,000 cash prize, and the 11 Category winners in the Non-Professional Categories will each receive a $500 prize.
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Link: https://www.photoawards.com/
Best of Show will get much media coverage and showcase.
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Link: https://www.teravarna.com/budapest-international-art-show-3
Cash prize for the first selected artist: €3,000. Cash prize for the second selected artist: €1,000.
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Link: https://www.yicca.org/
Select your best work, submit your photos, and have a chance to win over $7,500 in awards.
Deadline: 27 April 2025
Link: https://ndawards.net/
Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize.
Deadline: 27 April 2025
Link: https://lightspacetime.art/15th-seascapes-2025-art-competition/
All work will be for sale unless the artist informs the gallery to the contrary. All proceeds from sales will go to the artist.
Deadline: 22 April 2025
Link: https://bowerygallery.org/juried-shows
All cash prize $1,000.
Deadline: 15 April 2025
Link: https://www.all-about-photo.com/all-about-photo-contest.php?cid=136
First Place: $750, Second Place: $500, Third Place: $250.
Deadline: 14 April 2025
Link: https://www.eventeny.com/events/applications/application/?id=4714
Worth €100,000, is intended for works of art that will enrich the Fondazione Fiera Milano’s collection.
Dates: 5 April 2025
Link: https://www.miart.it/manifestazione/premi.html
Total prize amount of approximately €18,000.
Deadline: 3 April 2025
Link: https://www.concorsointernazionalefotografia.it/the-competition-2025/regolamento-rules-2025/
Choice of cash prize or one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members Gallery for Best in Show winners.
Deadline: 1 April 2025
Link: https://www.fusionartps.com/colors-2025-art-competition/
First place: £3,000, Second place: £1,000, Third place: £1,000
Deadline: 1 April 2025
Link: https://www.photocontestcalendar.com/alpine-fellowship-visual-arts-prize-2025/
March 2025
1st Prize: £750 in each of the three categories, Runner-up: £300 in each of the three categories, Honourable mention: £150 in each of the three categories, People’s Choice Prize: £750
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Link: https://sites.google.com/view/anomalousmathematicalpatterns/home
These two grants support book-length academic publications based on completed dissertations or by first-time authors seeking to publish a scholarly work, as well as book-length publications tied to collections, exhibitions, and conferences.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Link: https://decorativeartstrust.org/publishing/
About ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH: This well-established fair is an excellent opportunity to reach Swiss private collectors as well as corporate clients and institutions.
Deadline: March 23, 2025
Link: https://art-zurich.com/en/apply/index.html
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Writing Fellowships program offers $50,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Deadline: March 12, 2025
Link: https://www.arts.gov/grants/creative-writing-fellowships
This residency offers a $175/week stipend and a private studio. Established and emerging visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world are eligible to apply. Application fee: $35.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Link: https://www.khncenterforthearts.org/residencyresident-application/how-apply
The London Art Biennale celebrates artistic excellence with a total of £13,000 awarded across multiple cash prizes, alongside additional prestigious accolades. This is a unique opportunity for artists to gain recognition and reward for their outstanding creativity and talent.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Link: https://appurl.io/WWaRMJjVmM
February 2025
The selected curator will be given an honorarium of $3,000 for their work on the exhibition and $2,000 for their essay in the accompanying catalog.
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Link: https://www.midatlanticarts.org/opportunity/usartists-international/#
The goal of Pathways is to utilize Artspace’s decades of expertise as a real estate developer for the creative sector.
Deadline: 28 February 2025
https://www.artspace.org/pathways
Recipients will be provided $3000 as a stipend and $2000 towards materials**. We support each residency with a liberatory land orientation, a photography session, and an interview with a videographer.
Deadline: 24 February 2025
This fellowship is designed to offer a creative home to emerging artists as they transition and deepen their professional careers and artistic practice. Artists are provided room, board, a private studio, and a $250 stipend per week.
Deadline: 19 February 2025
Link: https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/callforemergingartists/
Financial support: A stipend of $1,000 to support their creative work—use it to offset childcare, research, rent, groceries, supplies, or anything else connected to life as an artist.
Deadline: 15 February 2025
Link: https://atlouisplace.com/cohort
Event dedicated to contemporary photography with interactive exhibitions and workshops.
Deadline: 1 February 2025
Link: https://rotterdamphoto.eu
January 2025
An Art competition and exhibition with a focus on painting, photography, and sculpture.
Deadline: 24 January 2025
Here is the link for the official site: https://www.itsliquid.com/call-romeartfair-13th.html
An international competition focused on portraiture, with cash prizes anche publication.
Deadline: 15 January 2025
Here is the link for the official site: https://www.lensculture.com/winners-galleries
An exhibition of finalists’s works from the renowned internatiouinal photography competition.
Deadline: 10 January 2025
Here is the link for the official site: https://www.worldphoto.org
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