Kari Stober

The PleinAir Salon $33,000 Art Competition awards over $33,000 throughout the year. The Annual Grand Prize winner receives $15,000 and is featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine. An additional $6,500 is awarded to the annual winners and $1,100 is awarded in each monthly cycle. 

The PleinAir Salon Art Competition has been awarding cash prizes and promoting artists for 12 years. In the spirit of the French Salon created by the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, this annual competition, with 11 monthly cycles, leading to the annual PleinAir Salon winners, is designed to stimulate artistic growth through competition.   The PleinAir Salon $33,000 Art Competition is a monthly online competition that culminates into the Annual Competition each spring. Our monthly competitions consist of 19 categories in a variety of subject matter and mediums. Artists can enter as many paintings as they want, in as many categories as they want.   Each month we award $1,100 to the First, Second and Third Place Winners, and the People's Choice Award winner and select a winner for each category. All of these monthly winners are then entered into the running for the Annual Awards held at the Plein Air Convention & Expo in the spring. In addition, we highlight an honorable mention winner in each category, and all winners are included in promotion through PleinAir Magazine’s print, digital and social media.   The Grand Prize winner of the Annual Competition will receive a check for $15,000 and their winning painting will be featured on the cover of PleinAir magazine. We award an additional $6,500 to the annual award winners and all will be featured in PleinAir magazine’s print, digital and social media.    Because this competition is created by PleinAir magazine, which features not only plein air paintings, but also studio paintings, all types of paintings are eligible and do not need to have been completed in plein air. As we know, many studio paintings start with plein air sketches, and many plein air painters paint figures and still life. Our interest is in rewarding great paintings.

December PleinAir Salon $33,000 Art Competition

RUTH BORCHARD COLLECTION IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF THE MUCH-ESTEEMED SELF-PORTRAIT PRIZE
THE 2023 PRIZE WILL BE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST MARCH 2023.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE. https://ruthborchard.org.uk/self-portrait-prize/ 


Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2023

The 2023 Stevens Competition is a co-operation between the Glaziers’ and Mercers’ Companies to source two architectural glass panels to be installed in the reception area of a major office development that the Mercers’ Company is currently constructing in the City of London. 

 The panels will form a key design element in the reception area to the new complex which will be finished to a high standard of contemporary design. Entrants will be free to offer a design solution using any form of architectural glass. The Glaziers’ Company will award a range of prizes for the design solutions. The Mercers’ Company will select their chosen solution and work with the artist or architect to finalise the design before commissioning the fabrication and installation of the panels as an integral part of the construction programme.

Architectural Glass Artist of the Year

Since 2014, Permafrost Magazine has held an Annual Book Prize contest for the best manuscript (genre alternating each year). 

The winner of the contest receives $1000.00 and publication through the University of Alaska Press. Each year, the book prize genre alternates through poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.  Prizes:  The winner will receive $1,000 and publication of their manuscript through the University of Alaska Press.

We welcome manuscripts from all writers writing in English. We will not consider manuscripts that have already been published elsewhere including self-published works. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. No past or present student or paid employee of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is eligible to enter. Affiliates of UAF and their spouses are not eligible for entry. 

2023 Poetry Book Prize!

The Adachi Foundation was established in 1994 to preserve the techniques of Japanese woodcut printing and pass on such distinct techniques for the future generations. “The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyoe Award” is the project of the Adachi foundation to explore ukiyo-e artists in 21st century who work for Japanese traditional woodcut printing to introduce its very unique techniques and new possibilities to the world. 

Ukiyo-e existed as one of mass communication methods like newspapers or magazines in the Edo era (1603-1867). Ukiyo-e artist (Eshi) needed to know current trends and popularities among the people to draw what could make people get excited. We expect to discover the contemporary artists who can draw now on their works through this award and the prize winners will be given an opportunity to produce their works into a woodcut print with contemporary carvers and printers!

The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyoe Award

The Elk River Writers Workshop embodies the idea that deep, communal experiences with the wild open the door to creativity. 

We bring together some of the most celebrated nature writers in the United States with students who are serious about fostering a connection with place in their writing. 

 Faculty lead a small cohort of students through the week in Paradise Valley, Montana.  This year’s faculty include Jamie Ford, Debra Magpie Earling, Sean Hill, Laura Pritchett, and Sean Singer. Join us August 13 – 19, 2023. 

Scholarships available.  

What do we mean by a "diverse writer”? Diversity includes a range of experiences from things like gender, sexual orientation, and race, to religion, abilities, and economic background — anything that lends a different lens through which a writer might view (and therefore respond to) the world.  How much of an offset do you need in order to attend? Applicants may request financial assistance in any amount up to $2,000.

You must submit a workshop application BEFORE applying for a scholarship! 

if you do not receive the scholarship, costs of the workshop will apply. 

Scholarships Available! Writers workshop

Inspired by the search for Goldilocks Zone planets, Sunspot Lit is looking for one short story, essay, novel excerpt, artwork, poem, graphic novel, or script that combines excellence with appeal. Literary and genre works accepted; feedback available. Winner receives $200 plus publication. See guidelines for submission details. Closes December 19, 2022. 

The Goldilocks Zone

The World Press Photo Contest rewards photographers for the best single exposure pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism. Whether entered as singles or stories, these pictures are judged in terms of their accurate, fair, and visually compelling insights about our world. 

There are four categories: Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects and Open Format.

Entries will be judged in six worldwide regions – Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia and Oceania. Pictures can be submitted whether or not they have been published. 

Team entries of two or more photographers are allowed. Proof of professional status must be provided for each team member.

World Press Photo Contest 2023

Writers from around the world are invited to submit their scripts for the 28th International Radio Playwriting Competition, which is now open for entries. 

The global competition, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, offers the unique opportunity for writers from outside the UK to use the medium of audio drama to tell stories for an international audience. 

 We are looking for entries in two categories: English as a First Language and English as a Second Language. The two first prizes can come from either category.

Both winners will attend an award ceremony in London and see their plays being recorded for broadcast and streaming on BBC World Service. A Special Commendation will be made for the runner-up in honour of the BBC World Service journalist and writer Georgi Markov (1929-1978).

"The Trip": a trip to London (standard airfare and accommodation for one person) to see the winning play being recorded and attend a prize-giving event

International Radio Playwriting Competition

The Pink Bison Prize goes to the artist with the most exceptional artwork posted on Altamira.art. Juried by 10 internationally acclaimed art critics and artists, the winner will receive $5,000 in cash and the illustrious Pink Bison trophy.

Participation is open and free to any artist who works in any medium from anywhere in the world.  In the spirit of democratizing art, finalists are selected via a voting process open to all artists, critics, and collectors on Altamira. 

The 10 artists with the most total votes across all of their works on Altamira in the previous year (12/31/21 - 12/31/22) and the 10 artists with the most votes on an individual work will be selected as finalists. After 20 finalists are chosen, the award will be presented to the winner in an online ceremony that is broadcast internationally.

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