Art Competitions, Art Awards and Art Prizes.
Do you love entering Art Awards and Art Competitions? Calendar for Artists provides a listing in closing date order of Art Competitions, Art Awards, Art Prizes, Art Exhibitions, Art Festivals, Artist Residencies and other Artist Opportunities.
Easily find your next Art Award or Art Competition to enter
Finding an art competition to enter is easy. You can find art competitions to enter – all in one place on this website. You may want to list art competitions and art exhibitions. Alternatively you may want to find an exhibition to go to.
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Apr 2025
30
Apr
Ripponlea Estate Bird Photography Competition
Entry Requirements
– Photos must be taken inside Rippon Lea Estate within the last six months
– Images must be captured using a digital camera or smartphone
May 2025
05
May
Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize
Major Acquisitive Prize: $25,000
The Hervey Bay Boat Club People’s Choice Award: $2,000
09
May
The Naked & Nude Art Prize
“Naked & Nude refers to two things: firstly the great tradition of the Nude: a person who is bare with no covering or decoration.
Secondly, a wider definition: something that is revealed, laid bare, unmasked or vulnerable”
16
May
The Doyles Art Award
Categories include Landscape, Figurative, Still Life, Juniors and All Ability.
30
May
2025 Kimberley Art & Photographic Prize
With a $36,000 in Prizes across eleven categories, KAPP has played a significant role in elevating Indigenous art and launching the careers of emerging artists.
31
May
Still Life: Beyond the Ordinary Art Competition
Entry Fee: $20 for 4 images, $35 for 6 images.
Jun 2025
14
Jun
Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize
The theme for the Prize is Conceptual Photography that is, photography that illustrates an
abstract idea and/or emotion.
19
Jun
30
Jun
THE ALMENARA ART PRIZE
We encourage the international participation in diverse genres, styles, mediums and substrates including hyperrealism, photorealism, contemporary realism, surrealism, imaginative realism, impressionism and plein air painting. Categories include Figurative, Portrait, Drawing, Landscape and Plein Air Painting, Still Life, Wildlife and Animal, Fantastic Realism and Young category.
Jul 2025
31
Jul
The Australian Artists Awards for Emerging Artists 2025
With prizes of $6000 and $1000, for any 2D art of any genre created using traditional media.
The artworks can be new or old - if you created your masterpiece in 1988 you can enter it!
Aug 2025
10
Aug