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FEATURED ART & PHOTO CALLS

Beam Camp Project Open Call Deadline : Dec 29, 2025 - $5,000 in Awards
Oil Painters of America - 35th National Juried Exh... Deadline : Mar 06, 2026 - Up to $100,000 in awards in Awards
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery - "OPEN" 2026 Call... Deadline : Dec 15, 2025 - Cash, Membership in Awards
Submit to The Woven Tale Press ONGOING
Idaho Falls Arts Council & Willard Arts Center - 1... Deadline : Jan 14, 2026 - First place $750, Second place $500, Third place $250, Curator's Choice $125 in Awards
 
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Fusion Art - Light & Shadow 2025 Art Competition

Deadline : Jan 05, 2026 Awards: Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.

Fusion Art announces the Light & Shadow 2025 Art Competition. For this competition, both 2D & 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best artwork depicting light and shadow. Whether color or black and white, the artwork should focus on the dramatic placement and effects of light and sha...
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Colors of Humanity Art Gallery - "OPEN" 2026 Call for Entry - Online Art Show

Deadline : Dec 15, 2025 Awards: Cash, Membership

THEME- "OPEN" As one year closes and a new one begins, it opens all of us up to new possibilities, hopes, and dreams. Therefore, we want to give artists an opportunity to show their best work in any medium and style without barriers. PAY IT FOWARD- We will be donating 10% of all entry fees from t...
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SE Center for Photography - Call for Entry, Dreams & Visions

Deadline : Dec 15, 2025 Awards: 35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthroug

Dreams and visions in art have long been a familiar and powerful motif. These mysterious and otherworldly images often serve as representations of our deepest subconscious thoughts, emotions, and desires. The dream in art acts like a wandering spirit, guiding us along the winding path of the imagina...
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Ten Moir Gallery - Vibrant Colors Art Challenge 2026 | Free Entry for Early Entries

Deadline : Feb 04, 2026 Awards: * Best in Show — $150 Cash Award· Artist interview · The Moir mini spotlight feature · Homepage feature · Free Blue Sky Artist Award entry * Category Runner-Ups (Traditional & Photography) - $50 Cash Award · Website feature · Dedicated Social Media Post·

Let color speak!
The Vibrant Colors Art Challenge invites artists to explore the language of color in its most expressive forms. Whether through bold abstract expression, radiant landscapes, or subtle harmonies of tone, this challenge celebrates how color transforms emotion and energy into art. We’...
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My First Arquetopia Residency

Deadline : Jun 28, 2026

Arquetopia is thrilled to announce the launch of My First Arquetopia Residency, a new two-week introductory program designed exclusively for applicants ages 20 to 25 who are beginning, rethinking, or formalizing their artistic practice. This program is conceived for emerging or first-time residen...
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Aperture Foundation - 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize

Deadline : Jan 09, 2026

Celebrating its twentieth year, the Aperture Portfolio Prize is an annual international competition that spotlights new talent in contemporary photography. When choosing the first-prize winner and short list, our judges look for innovative bodies of work that have not been widely seen in major publi...
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Open Call for Magazine Feature Issue 20, Interview & Exhibition!

Deadline : Dec 15, 2025 Awards: Chance to featured on one of the 4 covers in the next issue

Get featured in an international art magazine, be part of our art blog and share your unique story in an interview! Free submission! - Deadline December 15 - We want your authentic art and story - All mediums and styles except video are welcome & everyone is welcome to apply - Free...
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15th Annual “All Women” Online Art Competition

Deadline : Dec 27, 2025 Awards: Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “All Women” Online Art Competition. There is no theme for this competition, so any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration. Both 2D & 3D women artists only, worldwide, are invited to submit their best representa...
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Radical Reverie // Raging Revolt

Deadline : Dec 21, 2025 Awards: None

Curated by the Jean McDonough Arts Center Step into a dreamscape where glitter meets grit, fairies wear leather, and moonlight glows neon. Radical Reverie//Raging Revolt is an upcoming group exhibition that reimagines the enchanted forest of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a punk queer nightclub c...
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A Smith Gallery | Photographic Mysticism / an instant film call for entry

Deadline : Dec 29, 2025 Awards: Juror's and Director's award each receive a copy of the limited edition hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. Juror's award receives a solo online exhibition. Visitors' award receives $100.

Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "Photographic Mysticism / an instant film call for entry" to A Smith Gallery by December 29, 2025. This call is open exclusively to instant film: Polaroid, Fuji Instax, or discontinued formats such as Impossible Project and...
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