We're delighted to announce the First Annual DE REUS FOUNDATION Art Prize! Free to enter, 2 major cash prizes + a chance to exhibit spring/summer 2025!

**Prizes:**

1st place - £1,000

2nd place - £500

  
**Exhibition:**

Opens: early May 2025

Ends: late June 2025

DE REUS foundation ART PRIZE

Welcome to our tenth edition of the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award and its new theme, “Echoes of Truth”.

  
ECHOES OF TRUTH. In our cynical, post-factual times, are you still seeking sincerity, fortrightness, veracity or candour in your works? Aren’t these traits that used to bind us together?

  
For the first time, you can apply either with a series of up to 20 images or with single works. There is an early-bird student discount of 50% for both categories until 31 Dec, 2024.

  
Our traditional venue of previous years, Dresden’s Museum of Science and Technology which also holds the vast collection of the city’s former Museum of Photography, will host our finalist exhibition for the sixth time.

Numerous satellite exhibitions, including a new solo show by the current artist in residence, and a number of public events including portfolio reviews, artist talks, etc. revolving around our ten-year anniversary complete our competition program.

  
The winners will be announced at the vernissage in June 2025 (1st prize: 5,000 EUR, 2nd prize: 2,000 EUR, 3rd prize: 1,000 EUR, residency prize: a scholarship at HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts).

  
Along the annual exhibition, a newly designed catalog will be published. Oh, be inspired by ordering one of the previous nine ones by ordering them on our website. Shipping is free worldwide…

PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award 2025

The Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University, the nation’s first academic center devoted to Black poetry, offers a $1,500 prize for a group of three poems through its annual prize. The Furious Flower Poetry Center is committed to ensuring the visibility, inclusion, and critical consideration of Black poets in American letters, as well as in the whole range of educational curricula. The Center seeks to support and promote Black poets at all stages of their careers and to preserve the history of Black poets for future generations. Submissions that support this mission are welcome. Poets with no more than one published book are invited to submit up to three poems for consideration. 

  

Winner: $1,500 

Honorable mention: $750 

Both the winner and honorable mention will be invited to read as part of the Furious Flower Poetry Reading Series in September 2025\. The winner, honorable mention, and select finalists will also be published in _Obsidian_. 

Furious Flower Poetry Center

The Call for Apila’s First Printing Award 2025 aims to promote the production of children’s picture books by illustrators with no previous published works!

  
The publishing house Apila Ediciones, in collaboration with the School of Design of Aragón and with the support of the Zaragoza City Council, announces the Apila’s First Impression Award 2025, the thirteenth edition of an International Illustrated Children’s Book competition aimed at strengthening graphic and literary creation by supporting illustrators who have not yet published any books.

  
The projects may have any format, but may not exceed 40 pages (20 double pages), including legal pages (credits page and title page) and flyleaves. The cover: front cover, spine and back cover are not included in the 40 pages of the book. Apila Ediciones reserves the right to exhibit a selection of the projects submitted to the competition as part of the exhibition programme of the Aragon School of Design.

The award will consist of the signing of a professional contract with Apila Ediciones for the publication of the selected work, which will include the payment to the author(s) of €4,000, equivalent to 10% of the value of the first print run of the book, as well as the dissemination and international distribution of the book. In the event that the rights of the project are shared between writer and illustrator, the percentage of 10% will be divided between them according to the prior agreement reached by both.

Apila’s First Printing Award 2025

You are invited to enter the 27th annual "The International" portrait competition, showcasing the finest in portraiture and figurative art today. The International is the world's premier portrait competition and is open to all artists– members and non-members. A variety of mediums is welcomed and encouraged. The top twenty finalists are required to exhibit their selected original artwork and be present at the prestigious The Art of the Portrait conference in Washington, D.C. May 8-11, 2025, for final judging and awards.

  

All finalists will be eligible for over $160,000 in cash and prizes. The William F. Draper Grand Prize includes a feature article in International Artist Magazine and a $50,000 cash prize. Finalists also receive recognition in The Art of the Portrait journal and on the Portrait Society's website. Finalists receive complementary tuition to The Art of the Portrait conference as well as other cash and prizes. 

  
The top twenty finalists are required to exhibit their selected original artwork and be present at the prestigious The Art of the Portrait conference in Washington, D.C. May 8-11, 2025, for final judging and awards.

Draper Grand Prize

CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo is pleased to announce the first edition of CREA OPEN, an International Contemporary Art Award, an initiative dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of contemporary art globally.

  
To celebrate and promote the first edition of the contest and to follow the mission of scouting of CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, our board decided to allow FREE ADMISSION for the artists!

  
The 20 finalists will be selected by an international jury. The jury will evaluate the works based on the following criteria:

  
* ​Originality and innovation: The ability of the work to present a new and original approach to contemporary artistic language, exploring innovative themes and techniques.
* Artistic quality: The technical mastery, formal coherence and ability of the work to convey an emotion or a message.
* Exhibition potential: The ability of the work to adapt to an exhibition space and to create an engaging visual experience.
* Visual impact: The expressive power of the work and its ability to capture the viewer's attention.
* Relevance in the contemporary artistic context: The ability of the work to dialogue with the most current trends and themes of contemporary art.
* Quality of the artistic project: In the case of works that require an explanation or in-depth analysis, the clarity and coherence of the artistic project presented by the artist.

  
The selected artists will be required to deliver or ship the selected works to CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo in Venice at their own expense not later than 1 april 2025\. The costs of packaging and shipping at the end of the exhibition will be borne by the artist.

The 20 finalists will be offered the opportunity to exhibit their works in a group exhibition at the spaces of CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo in Venice. The following prizes will be awarded:

* FIRST prize: A solo exhibition at CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo in Venice in 2025 curated by CREA Staff.

  
* CRAG Prize: Crag gallery will host an artist among the 20 finalists of the Award in residence. The artist will be selected by the Directors of Crag Gallery Elisabetta Chiono and Karin Reisova

  
* Other Prizes will be announced soon.

CREA OPEN International Contemporary Art Award

Submissions for Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 are now open!

  
Now celebrating its tenth year, Jackson’s internationally renowned art prize continues to recognise the work of hundreds of fine artists year after year. Artists working in painting, drawing, and printmaking, of all ages and abilities are encouraged to enter up to five artworks.

  
This year sees 23 awards, an exciting Guest Judging Panel, an extended longlist and shortlist, more recognised entries than ever

Entry fee rises from 6.50£ to 7£ after the early bird entry rate.

There are 23 awards to be won, including eight Material Awards sponsored by notable brands, a Student and Amateur Award, the People’s Choice Award, six Judge’s Choice Awards selected by our Guest Judging Panel, and five Jackson’s Choice Awards and the First Prize selected by the Jackson’s Judging Panel.

First Prize

* £6,000
* £2,000 Jackson’s art materials
* A filmed interview in your studio
* An invitation to sit on the Guest Judging Panel for 2026
* Exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair
* Exhibited at Bankside Gallery

Judge’s Choice Awards (x 6)

* £1,000 Jackson’s art materials
* Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
* Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

Jackson’s Choice Awards (x 5)

* £1,000 Jackson’s art materials
* Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
* Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

People’s Choice Award

* £1,000 Jackson’s art materials
* Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
* Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

Student Award and Amateur Award

* £500 Jackson’s art materials
* Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
* Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

Jackson’s Art Prize 2025

The Images Vevey Book Award is a grant that supports the creation of a book project which showcases an optimal and original balance between publication format and photographic content. It provides a financial contribution that aims to encourage artists to take risks and to innovate, in order for them to develop a suitable sophisticated publication format for their photography project.

The award grants the winner with a value ranging from a minimum of 10,000 CHF (co-publishing) to a maximum of 20,000 CHF (exclusive publisher) to produce a unique photography book. The book must be produced in consultation with Images Vevey as publisher or co-publisher.

Images Vevey Book Award 2025/2026

The international photography award Grand Prix Images Vevey, worth 40,000 CHF is one of the largest and longest-standing prizes in Europe and attracts participants from all over the world for each competition. Winning projects are then exhibited at the Biennale Images Vevey the following year.

This prize grants the laureate the indivisible sum of 40,000 CHF for the development, achievement and presentation of a new photography project at the next Biennale Images Vevey in 2026.

Grand Prix Images Vevey 2025/2026

The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District once again invites local artists to submit work to the 21st annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. The Bethesda Painting Awards was established by Carol Trawick in 2005.

**Awards:**

Best in Show - $10,000

Second Place - $2,000

Third Place - $1,000

Young Artist\* - $1,000

  
**Exhibition** at Gallery B.

2025 Bethesda Painting Awards Competition

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