Enter art competitions by top organizations worldwide for chances to win cash prizes, exhibitions, features, and more.

Art Prizes & Awards

Hosek Contemporary

We would like to award selected artists with 3 prizes, which each include an opportunity to exhibit or perform at our gallery.

Petr Hosek

Linda Toivio

Keegan Luttrell

Marco Siciliano

Tomer Zirkilevich

for either an exhibition OR performance for up to 3 weeks

for either an exhibition OR performance for up to 2 weeks

for either an exhibition OR performance for up to 1 week

Hošek Contemporary Prize 2022

Puffin Foundation

We will be accepting new proposals in the Fine Arts, Music, and Photography for our 2022 grant cycle. Applications in other disciplines will not be considered.  Please note that the primary focus of your proposal must be one of these three genres.  For example, please do not apply for a Music grant if the music is simply an accompanying score for a video or dance project.  Music, Photography, or Fine Arts must be the focus of your project. One exception is that we will also consider arts-related projects focusing on Environmental Issues and the climate crisis confronting us all from other genres such as Theater. Towards the end of 2022 we will begin accepting proposals for our 2023 grant cycle. We anticipate accepting applications from the following genres: Theater, Flim/Video and arts projects focusing on Environmental Issues and the climate crisis confronting us all.

The application form cannot be submitted online or via email. We will ONLY be accepting requests sent by US Postal Mail. Upon receipt of your mailed request, we will create an online account for you. We will then email you with instructions on how to access it so that you can submit your grant application online. 

2022 Annual Artist Grant Program

£20 for 1st submission and £10 per additional artwork £15.00 for entrants under 24 years and £10 per additional artwork.

Visual Art Open

All UK & International artists are invited to apply for the Visual Art Open Award 2022. Presented by the Visual Artists Association, the prestigious VAO 2022 Award is now celebrating its sixth edition and offers an increased Prize Fund worth £10,000

Forgotten Heritage

Iain Holman

VISUAL ART OPEN AWARDS 2022 

The Competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, aged 18 or older, who has never been the author of any Published Novel (in any genre), as defined by the guidelines below, (except that authors of self-published works only may enter, as long as the manuscript submitted is not the self-published work) and is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a novel. Employees, and members of their immediate families living in the same household, of Minotaur Books or Mystery Writers of America (or a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of either of them) are not eligible to enter.  Only one manuscript entry (the “Manuscript”) is permitted per writer. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

The winner will receive an advance against future royalties 

2022 Crime Novel Competition

Volume Zero

 The worth of a civilization can be gauged from the place that it gives to women. Women today have distinguished themselves in various spheres of life as orators, doctors, diplomats and so on. There is no denying the fact that women all across the globe have made tremendous progress in this constantly developing economy.

While many have taken on the world with confidence there are still an awful lot of women trapped in the shackles of domestic violence and gender inequality. Violence against women need not refer to only physical violence. It is much broader and includes sexual, emotional, psychological and financial abuse.

The obstacle between violence and empowerment is often a lack of education. Education has the potential to help women seek employment opportunities and make them financially independent. It is this independence that empowers women to not only seek growth themselves but also acts as a catalyst to empower others around them.

It's imperative that we facilitate a sustainable environment for women; one that is empowering and opens up multiples avenues for them to thrive.

"There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women." Kofi Annan Former Secretary-General of the United Nations 

Women's Pavilion | Architecture Competition

No Title Gallery

No Title Gallery announces a competition for artists with the aim of promoting contemporary art.

All artists residing in the European Union aged 18 to 65 ( by January 1, 2022) can apply,  individually or in groups.

The competition is divided into 5 sections, which are:
- painting and graphics,
- sculpture and installation,
- photography,
- videos and performances,
- Hdemia: this section is reserved to visual arts students coming from academies, fine arts institutions and universities.

The works will be selected following these criteria: quality of the project, research, innovation,  authenticity. Mastery of the medium, resumé of the artist and the feasibility of the work will be  other influencing factors. There are no limits of subject, technique or style, as long as they fall into  one of the categories specified above.

Pier Paolo Scelsi

Francesca Mavaracchi

Federica Zianni

Carlo Sali

Viviana Carle

Nara Tomassini

We Art Open - Contemporary Arts Competition

Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen

Since the first linoleum factorywas built in Bietigheim in 1899, industrial history and urban development have been closely linked to the production of linoleum flooring. With the founding of the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen in 1989, the »Linocut today« competition was also launched. The aim of the competition is to support contemporary artists working in the linocut technique and to encourage others to use it.

Dr. Marina von Assel (Director of Kunstmuseum Bayreuth)

Stefan Benning (Head of Cultural office, City of Bietigheim-Bissingen)

Dr.Isabell Schenk-Weininger (Director of Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen)

Uta Zaumseil (award winner of the Graphic Arts Prize»Linocut todayVII«, 2007 und »Linocut todayVIII«, 2010)

Isabel Herda (Director of the Graphic Arts Collection, Städtische Museen Freiburg)

Linocut Today 2022

Artuminate | Archiol

Sensory Museum Design is an International design competition organized by artuminate | archiol.
Architecture is best experienced with the senses and so this competition aims at understanding the effect of architecture on human senses. How sensory architecture can resolve human mental issues. How architectural space can transform human senses.
Propose a museum that affects human senses. Create spaces that positively impacts the humans.

Lawrence Daykin

Sensory Museum Architecture Design Competition

The application fee may vary depending on the submition

Anna Konopacka

The Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) recognize, showcase, and promote globally the best educational ideas and implementations of architecture and design.

Design itself may provide an informative and educational layer that guides us through the increasing complexity of our environment. It can highlight specific possibilities and challenges, explain sociocultural factors and influences, or even outline new scenarios for future development. 

Toyo Itō

Jette Cathrin Hopp

BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

Design Educates Awards

World Photography Organisation

The 15th edition of the Sony World Photography Awards, the leading competition for photographers and artists, is now open for entries. Celebrating the very best in photography today, the Awards welcome photographers of all different skill levels and experience around the globe to submit their best work FOR FREE to the Awards’ Professional, Open, Student and Youth competitions. 