Contests and Juried Shows

2026 WAAM Annual Medium: Wax Works, January 23 - March 8, 2026. WAAM is excited to announce its fourth annual medium-based exhibition, Wax Works. We invite artists to submit their work that showcases the diverse possibilities of wax. This includes encaustic and cold wax techniques, as well as innov...
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The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum is accepting submissions for an art installation in its Founder’s Gallery from October 20, 2025 - November 28, 2025. The Founders Gallery, (aka the Small Works Gallery), on the lower level of the building, is an irregular space of approximately 200 sq. feet...
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Open to photographers working at any level, the Anthology Photography Competition celebrates outstanding standalone images. It also provides a platform for photographers to showcase their work through publication. Images submitted must be on the theme of ‘The World As You See It’. Submissions wil...
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Gallery Ring announces the ARTISTS OF THE MONTH contest! A RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD and CRYSTAL Artist of December will be named. The deadline to submit work is Sunday, November 30th 2025.  The fee is $20 US for 1-2 artworks. Winners will have their work featured prominently in a 3D Rotation G...
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Decagon Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit images for Sanctuary, an online exhibition exploring the spaces, places, and moments that offer us refuge, peace, and renewal. ​ What does sanctuary mean to you? It might be a quiet corner of your home, a place of worship, a str...
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Decagon Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit images for Sanctuary, an online exhibition exploring the spaces, places, and moments that offer us refuge, peace, and renewal. What does sanctuary mean to you? It might be a quiet corner of your home, a place of worship, a stre...
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ON THE STREET – CALL FOR ENTRIES - JUROR ELIZABETH AVEDON. See Prospectus link below for more information. “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.” – Diane Arbus From fleeting glances to bold confrontations, street photography captures the unscripted...
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trees: forest, sapling, oak, timber, woods, leaves, seedling, topiary, thicket, park, trunk, branches, family, grove, pine, foliage…. Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "trees" to A Smith Gallery by December 8, 2025. Entries of 13 or more images are eligib...
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While photographs are valued for their depictive potential and representative content, the non-depictive, non-representational aspects of photographic works are also strongly related to their aesthetic significance. In this spirit, art photography has always aimed for the unity of form and content....
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A juried group photo show on shadow and light at Black Box Gallery. Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a juried group photo show on shadow and light. Photography is the documentation of patterns of darkness and light. Shadows enhance the relationships of subjects in an image, they give defini...
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