Authors and artists can submit to Sunspot Lit’s Geminga contest, which honors the power of micro works in all genres/categories. Opens January 1, closes January 31. Entry fee: $5. Prize: $100 cash and publication. See guidelines and entry form, along with the journal’s other open calls, here: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit.
International
Identity | Juried Online Art Exhibition
UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online art exhibition, Identity.
The exhibition explores the multifaceted concept of the “self” through various mediums. It examines how race, heritage, culture, class, and personal experiences shape who we are.
We welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.
Awards: Interviews and other publications are featured in the print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, and personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online via our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.
Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).
Deadline: January 16, 2026
Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/125/identity for a full information.
The UPWARD Gallery was founded in 2021. Our online platform is designed to share art with new audiences using modern technologies. We assist emerging artists in gaining recognition and established artists in expanding their influence.
Still Life | Juried Online Art Exhibition
UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online art exhibition, Still Life.
We welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.
Awards: Interviews and other publications are featured in the print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, and personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online via our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.
Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).
Deadline: January 14, 2026
Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/124/still-life for a full information.
The UPWARD Gallery was founded in 2021. Our online platform is designed to share art with new audiences using modern technologies. We assist emerging artists in gaining recognition and established artists in expanding their influence.
Patterns | Juried Online Art Exhibition
UPWARD Gallery invites artists to submit artwork for our juried online art exhibition, Patterns.
This exhibition explores recurring designs in art and nature. Through patterns, it illustrates how repetition can create visual excitement and deeper meaning, including themes of identity, environment, and technology.
We welcome submissions from a variety of media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, digital painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, textiles, and mixed media.
Awards: Interviews and other publications are featured in the print edition of UPWARD’s magazine and on the website, digital certificate, and personal artist page on the gallery website. The exhibition will be promoted online via our website and social media channels. All artists retain 100% of sales with inquiries directed to them.
Fee: $15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries), $10 (5 or more entries).
Deadline: January 3, 2026
Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/123/patterns for a full information.
The UPWARD Gallery was founded in 2021. Our online platform is designed to share art with new audiences using modern technologies. We assist emerging artists in gaining recognition and established artists in expanding their influence.
Call for Art: Water – Juried Online Art Competition
Call for Art: Water – Juried Online Art Competition
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Organized by: Ten Moir Gallery
Location: Online Exhibition (Open Worldwide)
Entry Fee: $24 for 3 images
Theme: Water
Ten Moir Gallery invites artists to submit work inspired by water—its movement, stillness, symbolism, and presence in our world. From crashing waves and quiet reflections to abstract interpretations of flow and transformation, this theme welcomes diverse perspectives and creative expression.
Who Can Apply:
Open to artists 18+ worldwide
All experience levels welcome
Accepted Mediums:
Painting
Drawing
Photography
Digital art
Sculpture
Mixed media
Awards & Recognition:
Best in Show: $150 cash prize + homepage feature, newsletter spotlight, social media promo, and free entry to the $500 Blu-Sky Artist Award
1st Place: $50 cash prize + Blu-Sky Award entry + online features
2nd & 3rd Place: Blu-Sky Award entry + social media spotlight
Finalists & Honorable Mentions: Featured in curated exhibition + Ten Moir Gallery promotion
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2025
Results Announced: January 8–10, 2026
Online Exhibition Launch: January 12, 2026
Submit here:
https://tenmoirgallery.com/water-a-juried-online-exhibition/
Let your art ripple outward. Submit your vision to Water and be part of a global celebration of flow, depth, and reflection.
“Children” International Open Call to Artists and Writers—Deadline January 31, 2026
The artist’s and writer’s call for the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal CHILDREN issue is now open.
Children illuminate our world in ways that inspire and energize. They embody a wide range of emotions and possibilities, where laughter signifies joy and tears represent personal growth and transformation. We cherish their presence through play, learning, storytelling, artwork, and discovery. They symbolize hope and potential, bursting with curiosity and imagination. However, the essence of childhood is complex; its fragility can evoke concerns about safety, the loss of innocence, and the pressures of adulthood. Explore your perception of CHILDREN in a literal, abstract, whimsical, or uniquely personal way.
ArtAscent is a theme-based publication and online exhibition that showcases artists and writers from around the world practising a broad range of skills, including painting, illustration, photography, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, textile, jewelry, printmaking, digital graphics, fashion, film, video, installation, performance, story writing and poetry writing.
ArtAscent provides the opportunity for the voices and visions of writers and artists to be shared in a professional and accessible platform. Artists and writers are published in our online exhibition for at least two years.
In addition, ArtAscent may also select your work for inclusion in the ArtAscent magazine. ArtAscent presents up to 100 high-level designed pages printed on premium-quality paper. This magazine issue is curated editorial content with no outside commercial ads. Up to 40 selected artists and writers will be published in our print and digital magazine, as well as receive a free digital copy of the magazine. Four will also receive a feature section with a profile written about them. All magazine artists and writers are showcased to art lovers through our social media and print and digital issues.
Applications may include all art mediums that can be represented in 2D and written explorations of up to 1,800 words. We love diversity. Submissions must be the original work of the applicant(s). Creatives featured in the past can apply again with other works not previously published in ArtAscent. HOW TO APPLY: Apply using the online application form on our website. Application fees help cover costs such as design, writing, administration and artist promotion. NOTIFICATION: Notification is made by email to subscribers of the ArtAscent newsletter.
