Free Monthly Online Art Contests for Cash Prizes

Deadline: Ongoing

Compete with other artists in our free monthly online art contests for cash and other great prizes. A Singular Creation Art Community provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. All winners will also be featured on our website and in our e-newsletters sent to over 5000 subscribers. Different themes every month. read more

Strange Figurations - Call for Entries

Deadline: Tuesday, June 30

Slowart Productions presents a thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Open to all figurative styles from the realist to the surreal and visionary. Open to all media. 72" maximum dimension. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, October 1 - 31, 2009. National magazine publication awards. On-line entry form at our website, or send SASE to SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534. read more

Call For Artists - Pacific Coast Region

Deadline: Thursday, June 30

This competiton is open to all artists in the following states: CA, OR, WA, AK, HI. Open Studios Competitions are conducted annually in each of 6 regions of the country. Competitions lead to full-color spreads in our nationally distributed periodical, New American Paintings. All styles: painting, drawing, monoprints/types, mixed media; 2-D only. read more

Art House Call for Entries - A Million Little Pictures: Documentary

Deadline: Wednesday, July 1

1,000 artists documenting 1,000 lives from around the world. Art House is looking for 1,000 people from around the world to receive 1000 disposable cameras. We'll mail the camera to you to document your life in 24 exposures and then you simply send us back the prints. Not only will we have the exhibition here in Atlanta, we will also travel to the city with the most participants. Soooooo, tell your friends, mom, sister, cousin, or whoever to sign up. The exhibition will be home to 24,000 photographs of 1,000 peoples lives all over the world. read more

Open Call for Art - 3rd Ward Summer Solo Show

Deadline: Thursday, July 2

A Search for the Next Great Artist. The Summer Solo Show is a nationwide open call for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums - sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video, and more! The selected artist will receive: $1,000 cash grant - A solo exhibition in 3rd Ward's gallery, complete with a massive opening reception - A 2-page spread in 3rd Ward's quarterly publication - 1-month residency at 3rd Ward with FULL facility access - NYC wide exposure - post cards, flyers, press. read more

2009 Digital Art LA Call for Artists

Deadline: Monday, July 20

The L.A. Center for Digital Art announces an international call to artists. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to their creation are acceptable: digital art stills of any kind, digital photogaphy, short experimental time based video, video loops, mobile media, interactive media, and internet art. Selected winners will be exhibited as the central focus of the DigitalArt.LA expo in a large group exhibit at the LACDA gallery, August 13 - September 5, 2009. Video winners will also be screened at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists. read more

8th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition

Early Discounted Deadline: July 8 - Final Deadline: July 24

The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, from August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2010, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide. All original artworks including alternative media, paintings, sculpture, prints, drawing, photographs, papier colle, assemblage, installation, digital manipulation, ceramics, fiber and any other - exculding film and video. Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s). read more

Zeitgeist 09 United Creators International Exhibit - Call for Entries

Deadline: Saturday, July 25

Broadcasting art globally, promoting extensively, United Creators creates the most innovative and comprehensive competition in the Art World today. The United Creators competition is open to anyone 18 years of age or older, from any country. Every week 12 artists will be chosen (two from each category: Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photography, Drawing, and Video Art) to be digitally broadcasted and showcased during one week at exclusive and high profile showrooms of our partner: Bang & Olufsen in New York (USA), Istanbul (Turkey) and Frankfurt (Germany). read more

Studio Visit - Spring 2010 Edition - Call for Entries

Deadline: Friday, July 31

Studio Visit, now introducing its fifth competition, is a nationally focused publication that presents all two- and three-dimensional work. Each volume includes approx. 150 artists. Each selected artist will be provided with one full page that will include a full color image, contact information and a brief artist statement. The publication is juried by a professional curator and produced to the highest quality standards and can be used as a valuable promotional tool. Once published, Studio Visit is mailed to 2,000 of the nation's top galleries and curators and a growing subscriber base. Additionally, participating artists will receive a complimentary issue of the publication, and they will be able to purchase additional copies at a discount to send to galleries, collectors, friends and family. read more

Art Calendar's Studio Makeover Contest

Deadline: Friday, July 31

Let us fill your studio! The Art Calendar Studio Makeover Contest is FREE to enter! The contest runs from May 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Three winners will be selected and announced in the October 2009 issue of Art Calendar! All winners will also be included in an editorial feature in the November 2009 issue of Art Calendar! $9000 in prizes Restrictions apply. No purchase necessary. Eligibility requirements and rules can be found on our website. read more

Autumnal Tints

Deadline: Monday, August 3

Still Point Art Gallery invites submissions from emerging and established artists for its upcoming exhibition: Autumnal Tints. This exhibition is not solely about a time of year. This exhibition is about color, the plush, sometimes fiery, sometimes soothing and subtle, colors of autumn. We invite any style of art, representational or abstract, that explores, plays, or communicates with the color or tints of autumn. Open to artists 18 years of age or older living in the United States who submit original artwork in any medium except video and wearable art. read more

Richeson 75 International Landscape, Seascape & Architectural Art Competition

Wednesday, August 12

Richeson School of Art & Gallery, a division of Jack Richeson & Co., Inc., is proud to announce the Richeson 75 Landscape, Seascape & Architectural 2009 Competition. Seventy-five two-dimensional works of art and several alternates will be selected to represent the finest examples of painting and drawing being produced by today’s visual artists. $7,500 in cash and prizes will be awarded. Open to all artists over age 18. 2-D Art in the following categories is eligible: Oils, Oil Pastel/Paintstiks; Pastels & Drawing/Dry Media and Water Media/Other (Printmaking, Mixed Media etc.). No photography, electronic/computer generated art or 3-D. read more

OnAngels Magazine - Art & Literary Contest

Deadline: Saturday, August 15

On Angels Magazine Art & Literary Contest 2009 is open to several mediums of art and literature. There are six categories of art; Painting, Computer Graphic Art, Sculpting, Drawing, Mixed Media and Photography. There are three categories of literature; Fictional Short Stories, Non-Fictional Short Stories and Poetry. All entries MUST have an ANGEL theme. The winning entries and artist's / writer's profiles will be published in our premier magazine and online. Artists and Writers retain all copyrights and artwork. First Prize (US) $3000 in each category - Second Prize (US) $1500 in each category - Third Prize (US) $500 in each category - Honorable Mention (US) $200 in each category. read more

11th Annual Photographic Processes Juried Online International Art Exhibition

Early Discounted Deadline: August 8 - Final Deadline: August 24

The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, from September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with artwork created using any photographic process, including digital works, mixed media works and any other use of photography. Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s). read more

A Show of Heads - Call for Entries

Deadline: Monday, August 31

Slowart Produactions presents a thematic exhibition based on the portrayal and interpretation of the human head to be held at the Limner Gallery, November 6 - December 5, 2009. Open for entry to all artists, working in any media. $2600 in publication awards. On-line entry form on our website, by email at slowart@aol.com, or send SASE to SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534. read more