International Art Competitions

It’s part of Art and Color 365’s mission to celebrate artists for the unique perspectives, amazing skills, beautiful imagery, and creativity they contribute to the world. We do this through regular feature stories in our magazine about significant artists and with monthly art competitions that showcase artists to bring them greater attention and offer broader outreach for their work.

Competitions themes/Entry fees

Competitions based on a specific medium (watercolor, acrylics, pencil/ink, pastels, oils) — Artists may submit two-dimensional artwork in any style and of any subject.

Competitions featuring a theme (portraits, wildlife/animals, landscapes/waterscapes, abstract/non-objective, figurative) — Artists may use two-dimensional media or mixed media of their choice.

Entry fee: The entry fee is $25 per competition to submit up to three pieces of art. (Unlimited entries allowed.)

Prizes

The top three competition winners will be featured in Art and Color 365’s magazine and website exhibitions and receive extensive social media promotion and individualized press releases to top U.S. media outlets and search engines; a digital award certificate for social media; and a letter-size certificate for printing.

Feature Stories
Additionally, winners receive a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine featuring winning entries from the competition, plus:

1st Place: Wins $150 cash plus a multi-page magazine and website feature story about the artist showcasing up to eight pieces of their art.

2nd Place: Wins a multi-page magazine and website feature story about the artist showcasing up to five pieces of their art.

3rd Place: Wins a two-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing up to three pieces of their art.

Special Merit Awards, Artistic Recognition Award Recipients: Will have their competition entries included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s print and digital magazine and on our website; will receive a digital award certificate and a letter-size certificate to print; a 50% discount on a digital version of Art and Color 365 magazine featuring winning entries from the competition; and be included in social media posts and reels featuring their artwork category.

Honorable Mention Recipients: Will have their competition entries included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s print magazine (subject to space availability), digital magazine, and on our website; will receive a digital award certificate and a letter-size certificate to print; a 50% discount on a digital version of Art and Color 365 magazine featuring winning entries from the competition; and be included in social media posts and reels featuring their artwork category.

Requirements

Open to artists worldwide. Entrants must be 18 years or older and register with Submit.com to enter a competition. (It’s a quick and simple process.) You may submit as many entries as you like. Complete competition rules are available at www.artandcolor365.submit.com.

All submitted images must be from your own original artwork and not be taken from other artists’ work or materials for which you do not hold the copyright. Copying another artist’s work or digitally drawing on top of another person’s photography or artwork does not qualify as original art. (No photo app-manipulated or AI artwork please.)