2025 Pastel Competition

Art and Color 365, a bi-monthly print and digital art magazine, announces its 2025 Pastel Competition. Artwork by the winners and award recipients in the competition will be featured in our Early Fall issue, publishing in September 2025.

Pastel Theme: Artists may submit artwork created with soft pastels, hard pastels, oil pastels, pastel pencils, or pan pastels. Mixed media entries must be at least 80% pastel. Submitted artwork can be of any subject in any artistic style.

Entry Fee and Rules

Early entry fee is $21.25 (15% discount) for up to three pieces of art. (Unlimited entries allowed.)
Regular entry fee is $25.00 for up to three pieces of art. (Unlimited entries allowed.)
Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide.

The top three winners will receive feature stories in our magazine showcasing several pieces of their artwork; featured in Art and Color 365’s Instagram and Facebook social media; a digital award certificate; inclusion in our magazine and online exhibitions; and a free digital copy of the magazine their work is featured in.

Special Merit winners will receive individual showcases on our social media sites in addition to the items below.

All award recipients for Special Merit, Artistic Recognition and Honorable Mention will be:

• Featured in our 2025 Early Fall, digital and print editions;
• Included in our online exhibition for a full year;
• Featured in Art and Color 365’s Instagram and Facebook accounts
• Sent a digital award certificate;
• Given a discount on a digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine which includes their artwork.

Rules

Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide. Unlimited entries allowed. Artists can win up two two awards per competition. Click here for official rules.