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Explore 440 active competitions in our database. We show the funding, the application fee and what the programme provides (studios, lodging, stipends) so you can focus on what fits your practice. Selection rotates daily; sign in free for the full catalogue, the tracker and application plans.
CompetitionNadace pro současné umění Praha
Prague contemporary art foundation (FCCA); initiated by Jednadvacet.org.
Prague, Czechia
CompetitionPartial FundingKlarafestival
Klarafestival and some ten Belgian music organisations select two young ensembles a year as 'Supernovas' and send them on a Belgian concert tour opening at Klarafestival, with media attention on Klara and Musiq3. Classical music is the base, but ensembles that connect or collide genres and traditions are welcome.
Namur and Antwerp, Belgium; Belgian tour from Klarafestival 2027
CompetitionInternational Music Software Trade Association
Tailored for self-producing electronic and Trap artists, this competition provides the essential technological capital required for high-level music production. Winning equips the activist artist with industry-standard digital tools, such as specialized plugins and advanced mixing tools. By securing these tools through merit rather than capital expenditure, the mid-career artist effectively dem...
CompetitionPartial FundingBOA Editions
BOA Editions, a nonprofit publisher of poetry and short fiction, awards the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize to a poet's first book; this year's judge is Jennifer Chang.
Rochester, New York, USA
CompetitionBuildner
Situated near the Cávado River, this competition involves the adaptive reuse of a former horse barn into a slow-living restaurant and guest accommodation. It is a profound exploration of communal dining, generational memory, and seamless landscape integration. The brief is heavily imbued with the concept of 'slow architecture' and the phenomenology of the hearth. The architectural intervention ...
Braga, Portugal
CompetitionFully FundedPost Wave Publishing UK
A prize for emerging children's book illustrators run by a publisher with offices in the UK, Germany and the USA, supported by an association in Anxi County, Fujian.
CompetitionANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival
Poland's major animation festival; annual free call for its four competitions.
Poznań, PolandPrograms are open to authors at various career stages — from emerging to established professionals. Exact age, nationality, or educational criteria are always listed in the program description.
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No country or region limit in the terms: 338. Limited to named countries or regions: 102. · Data of 26 October 2026 · Each call checked against the organiser’s own page.
Buildner
Costa Vescovato, Colli Tortonesi, Italy
Competition€10,000 prize fund (€5,000 / €2,500 / €1,000)
Portrait Society of AmericaWashington, DC, USA
Competition$50,000 Grand Prize; over $210,000 in awards
Reuse ItalyBussi sul Tirino, Abruzzo, Italy
Competition€3,000 / €1,500 / €500 + mentions
Waltzing Matilda Centre
Winton, Queensland, Australia
Competition$10,000 acquisitive major + $6,000 residency; $22,500 pool
Sheffield DocFest
Sheffield, United Kingdom
CompetitionFestival selection and juried awards
PC Art Promotion Council
Osaka, Japan
Competition¥300,000 grand prize + solo exhibitions
The Junction CoPort Hedland, Western Australia
CompetitionAUD 40,000 total; AUD 10,000 Judges' Prize
A' Design Award & CompetitionOnline / Como, Italy
CompetitionFree to apply
Café San Agustín
Panama (online)
CompetitionFree to apply€2,000
Polish Composers' Union, Kraków BranchKraków, Poland
CompetitionMain Prize 12,000 PLN + premiere
Ceramic Art LondonLondon, UK
CompetitionFree to apply£4,000 first prize
Aion LaboratoryOnline (organised from Ise-Shima, Japan); open worldwide
CompetitionGrand Prize ¥50,000
Diessener Töpfermarkt
Kulturzentrum Blaues Haus, Dießen am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany
CompetitionFree to apply€2,500 prize + exhibition
jmEvents
Bucharest, Romania
Competition€10,000 in cash prizes and concert engagements (Grand Prize €1,500)
Lubbock Arts AllianceLubbock, TX, USA (Lubbock Memorial Civic Center)
CompetitionUp to $1,000 cash prizes at juror's discretion
Ise-Shima Art CompanyWorldwide; organised from Tokyo, Japan
CompetitionJPY 50,000 Grand Prize + ~35 Special Prize certificates
Ars Electronica
Austria
CompetitionFree to applyGolden Nica €3,000; prizes over €6,500 in total
Symphony SpaceNew York, USA (online)
Competition$1,000 + Gotham Writers course
Cabildo de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Competition€5,000 / €3,000 / €2,000 + finalist production aid
University of Music and Performing Arts GrazGraz, Austria
Competition€5,000
Internationale Senefelder-StiftungOffenbach am Main, Germany
CompetitionFree to apply€2,000 in prize money + exhibition
Blue Line ArtsRoseville, CA, USA (Blue Line Arts gallery)
Competition$500, $300 and $100 prizes; exhibition
Fonds Archimbaud pour l'Homme et la Forêt
France (finale in Paris)
CompetitionFree to apply€5,000 / €4,000 / €3,000
Masters in Creativity International AssociationOnline submission; exhibitions internationally
Competition3 × €5,000; category awards €2,000 / €500
UNIMA - Union Internationale de la MarionnetteOnline submission; performance in Prague, Czechia (June 2029)
CompetitionSong performed at UNIMA centenary, Prague 2029
Internationales Musikinstitut DarmstadtDarmstadt, Germany
Competition€3,000 + publication opportunities
Quatuor Molinari
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CompetitionC$4,000 + silkscreen (1st); C$2,500; C$1,000
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian PhilharmonicKatowice, Poland
Competition15,000 / 10,000 / 5,000 zł + international round
Khachaturian International Competition
Yerevan, Armenia
CompetitionCompetition prizes and concerts
Xia Jing Shan Arts and Culture Foundation
Taipei, Taiwan (online submission)
CompetitionFree to applyNT$1,100,000 prize pool
InShadow – Lisbon Screendance FestivalLisbon, Portugal
CompetitionPrémio Jorge Salavisa €500; Best Documentary €400
Kunstverein MünsterlandKunstverein Münsterland, Jakobiwall 1, Coesfeld, Germany
CompetitionFree to apply€10,000 + prize-winner exhibition
Sound Studies ForumMAM Museum, Rome, Italy
CompetitionProduction prize + presentation at Fotonica 2027
Esse arts + opinionsMontréal, Canada
CompetitionFree to apply$1,000 + 2 × $500 finalist bursaries
MonovisionsOnline (international)
Competition$3,000 and $2,000 cash prizes ($5,000 total)
Salt Spring National Art PrizeSalt Spring Island, Canada
Competition$52,000 in awards
CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaAOnline
CompetitionFree to apply1,000 prizes worth about €250,000
TABU spaInternational; final in Milan
CompetitionFree to apply€15,000 total prize money
Silva Literary AgencyInternational (online)
CompetitionFree to apply€2,000 + publishing contract
Ars ElectronicaLinz, Austria
CompetitionFree to applyUp to €10,000 per category; Golden Nica award