Miami University Young Painters Competition 2027 (Yeck Award)
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Miami University Young Painters Competition 2027 (Yeck Award)

Hiestand Galleries, Miami University

September 30, 2026 (8 publicSeo.openCall.daysLeft)Oxford, Ohio, USA

The Yeck competition is one of the better-funded prizes aimed squarely at painters in the first decade of a career: a $10,000 purchase award, which means the winning painting enters Miami University's collection, plus $2,500 and $2,000 for second and third place. Selected works are shown at the Hiestand Galleries in Oxford, Ohio in February–March 2027, juried this cycle by Dan Cameron.

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The Yeck competition is one of the better-funded prizes aimed squarely at painters in the first decade of a career: a $10,000 purchase award, which means the winning painting enters Miami University's collection, plus $2,500 and $2,000 for second and third place. Selected works are shown at the Hiestand Galleries in Oxford, Ohio in February–March 2027, juried this cycle by Dan Cameron.

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Open to painters resident in the United States, aged 25 to 35 at the time of entry, who have achieved a degree of recognition as emerging artists. The 2027 edition is for representational realism painting only. The juror is Dan Cameron.

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$10,000 Yeck Purchase Award, $2,500 second place, $2,000 third place, plus inclusion in the exhibition at the Hiestand Galleries
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$25 entry fee