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SPRING* $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Deadline : Jun 18, 2026 - Innovate Grant awards: + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist + 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer + 18 x Honorable Mentions in Awards
OPA National Salon: Exhibition of Small Paintings Deadline : Jun 12, 2026 - up to $20,000 in cash & merchandise in Awards
Crystal Bridges Museum Art Fair 2026 Deadline : Jun 05, 2026 - Best of Show - $2500 (1 Award Winner) People’s Choice - $1000 (1 Award Winner) Best in Category 2D - $500 Best in Category 3D - $500 Best in Category Jewelry/Wearables - $500 in Awards
Decagon Gallery: PORTAL — At the Edge of Becoming Deadline : Jun 03, 2026 - First Place: $500 plus a solo exhibition on the gallery's website. Second Place: $300. Third Place: $200. Inclusion in the curated online exhibition. Feature on Decagon’s Instagram. Inclusion in the exhibition catalog in Awards
2026 WORLD ART AWARDS Deadline : May 31, 2026 - $5,000.00 in CASH PRIZES in Awards
 
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SlowArt Productions / Limner Gallery - Strange Figurations

Deadline : Jun 30, 2026 Awards: Exhibition and promotion at the Limner Gallery

Strange Figurations is an international, thematic group exhibition curated and hosted by the Limner Gallery. The exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations, which would include surreal, visionary and generally all out of the ordinary figurative art. The show is ope...
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Funding for Indie Zine Makers - CoZines

Deadline : Jun 30, 2026 Awards: $150

CoZines 2026 - $150 Work Stipend for Zine Makers. We are looking for zines that will benefit the Elgin, IL community. The artist will be given a $150 work stipend, paid marketing, and any profit from the zines sale. These zines will be distributed at low to no cost, or sliding scale in an effort...
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Photolucida - Critical Mass Call for Entry

Deadline : Jul 01, 2026 Awards: Top 200, Top 50

Critical Mass Registration Opens June 1, 2026. Registration Closes July 1, 2026 Noon, Eastern. INFO: Critical Mass is an annual online program that connects photographers from around the world with leading voices in the field. Open to photographers at all levels, participants submit a portfolio...
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Call for Artists – 2027 Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibition

Deadline : Jul 01, 2026 Awards: $6,000

Embracing Our Differences invites artists worldwide to submit original artwork for the 2027 international outdoor exhibition in Sarasota and St. Petersburg, Florida. Each year, 50 works are selected and reproduced on billboard-sized panels displayed in public parks, paired with thought-provoking...
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SALI National Abstract Art Exhibition XXI

Deadline : Jul 04, 2026 Awards: Over $2,000 in cash awards

Call for Entries: SALI National Abstract Art Exhibition XXI, October 2 – November 6, 2026. This juried competition is open to all artists, 18 years of age and over, who currently reside in the United States. Over $2,000 in cash awards. Entry website at the links below, or SASE to Southside Art Lea...
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Seen / Unseen - The Visible and The Implied

Deadline : Jul 08, 2026 Awards: First Place: $500 plus a solo exhibition on the gallery's website. Second Place: $300. Third Place: $200. Selected works will be presented in a curated online exhibition on the Decagon Gallery website.

Some photographs reveal. Others withhold. Seen / Unseen invites work that engages with what is visible and what remains hidden—within the frame, within the subject, or within the photograph itself. This may take the form of portraiture, or images where meaning is suggested rather than stated. We a...
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INT’L All Media 2026 Call For Entries

Deadline : Jul 10, 2026 Awards: $2500 in Cash and Purchase Awards: five Merit Awards and one Best of Show. Best of Show earns a future solo exhibition and an invitation to the Best of the Best exhibit.

We are excited to announce the 31st year of the INT’L All Media juried exhibition at Minot State University. What began as part of the Americas 2000 series has grown into a vibrant showcase of diverse media, methods, and ideas. Presented by the Northwest Arts Center, the exhibition continues a long-...
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Art Fluent: Call for Art - HER.SELF

Deadline : Jul 17, 2026 Awards: 1250.00

Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online exhibit, HER.SELF. The feminine spirit cannot be contained by a single definition. It is layered and luminous. We invite artwork that honors women in all their complexities… her presence, her resilience, her beauty, her becoming...
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Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2026

Deadline : Jul 17, 2026 Awards: Over USD$77,000 in cash and prizes to be won (prize list still growing!), see the full list of prizes here: https://beautifulbizarreartprize.art/prizes

The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 9th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes all static mediums: Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles fr...
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OPEN CALL for E. SUN Art Awards , First Prize USD $36,000

Deadline : Jul 17, 2026 Awards: USD $36,000

The E.SUN Art Awards 2026 is now open for entries! First Prize USD $36,000. We cordially invite talented artists from around the world to join this prestigious competition. As a cornerstone of Taiwan’s international art scene, the awards have attracted participants from 72 countries since their inc...
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