Fine Art Contests & Competitions: Drawing, Watercolor, Acrylic & Oil Painting.

Art Contests & Competitions

Join any of our fine art contests and competitions to win cash, get your art published and get noticed. The art contests we sponsor focus on pastel art, watercolor art, acrylic art, all media, “Over 60″ artists and more. Discover the contest that’s right for you and enter your best work today!

Southwest Art Artistic Excellence Competition

Southwest Art’s competition is now open. Winners appear in the December 2013 issue.

Click here for details and to enter

Watermedia Showcase

We are now accepting entries in our 5th Annual Watermedia Showcase competition. Winners will be featured in the February 2014 issue.

Click here for details and to enter.

Pastel Journal Pastel 100 Competition

The 15th Annual Pastel 100 is now open. Winners will be featured in the April 2014 issue and will be awarded more than $15,000 in cash and prizes.

Click here to learn more about this contest for pastels.

Shades of Gray

This competition is now accepting entries. Winners will be featured in an issue of Drawing and one winner will be awarded $1,000 in cash.

Click here to learn more about this contest for drawing.

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Splash 15: Creative Solutions

This competition is no longer accepting entries. Thank you to everyone who entered. Winners have been notified. Click here for the complete list of winners. Winning images will be featured in a North Light Book.

All Media Art Competition

This competition is no longer accepting entries. The top winner will appear in our July/August 2013 issue.

Over 60 Art Competition

The Over 60 Competition presented by The Artist’s Magazine is no longer accepting entries. Winners will appear in the March 2013 issue.

AcrylicWorks

North Light Books’ AcrylicWorks, their first hard bound showcase of the best in contemporary acrylic, is now closed. Winners will be announced by July 1.

Incite

This competition is now closed and winners have been notified.

The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition

The 30th Annual Art Competition is now closed. Winners will be notified by August 1, 2013 and will appear in the December 2013 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.