Past competitions
An archive of recently closed opportunities.
MUSE Creative Awards 2023
The MUSE Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals who inspire others to greater heights. With their concepts, ideas or designs, these creatives light…
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Portrait Society Of America 2023
Now in its 25th edition, this annual competition for portraiture and figurative art is open to all artists and it has an impressive 50,000 USD cash award. A variety of mediums is welco…
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European Design Awards 2023
The European Design Awards is a prestigious annual competition that brings together the best examples of communication design from across Europe. It is a joint initiative of major comm…
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Apila's First Printing Award 2023
Apila’s First Printing Award is an international illustrated picture book contest to promote creativity and enrich children’s literature with an educational scope. Illustrators, re…
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LensCulture Portrait Awards 2023
LensCulture Portrait Awards is an international competition seeking the best portrait photography from all the corners of the world. The competition is open to everything. All points o…
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Hiiibrand Awards 2022
The Hiiibrand Awards has been held now for 13 consecutive years, inviting more than 80 international judges from 5 continents and received more than 20,000 entries from more than 100 c…
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World Illustration Awards 2023
The World Illustration Awards promotes exceptional work by illustrators and presents illustration as a major force in global visual culture. The Awards are international and open world…
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Applied Arts 2023 Illustration Awards
This is an international competition open to all forms of commissioned, published, unpublished, and personal Illustration work. For the 2023 Illustration Awards, entries can be submitt…
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Applied Arts 2023 Photography Awards
Open to professionals internationally, Applied Arts Awards are Canada's largest multi-disciplinary competitions. Launched in 1992, the Applied Arts Awards are the only competition in C…
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BBA Artist Prize 2023
Since 2017, the BBA Gallery, Berlin, has been working with and empowering ‘emerging’ to ‘mid-career’ artists from all over the world. A gallery that will open those ever so stu…
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