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The Aftermath Project 2026 Post-Conflict Grant

The Aftermath Project has opened its 2026 Post-Conflict Grant.

Photo from the "Birds Unaccustomed to Gravity" project by Tanya Habjouqa, The Aftermath Project's 2025 Post-Conflict Grant winner

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Latest Contests

BIG SEE Awards 2027

Image source: Zavod Big

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IIDA Student Design Competition 2027

Uplift Primary Care Clinic by Deborah Wroblewsk, the 2026 First Place winner of the IIDA Student Design Competition

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2nd Global Healthcare Advertising Awards (GHAA)

Image source: Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)

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Graphic Design

International Compost Awareness Week 2027 Poster Contest

Last year's winning poster design by Endurance Oye of Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria

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Creative Quarterly (CQ) 86th International Juried Competition

Image source: Creative Quarterly (CQ) magazine

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Poster for___. International Poster Competition – 6th Edition

Image source: PosterFor.com

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Photography

2026 Nandagang International Wetland Photo Contest

"Traditional Fishing on Inle Lake" by Nay Lin Htun - one of the last year's winners

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Communication Arts 2027 Photography Competition

Vanishing Ice: Fjords of Patagonia by Cody Roberts

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Fotofestiwal 2027 – International Festival of Photography in Łódź

Photo by Arhanti Shrestha

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Filmmaking

Pictoplasma Berlin 2027 – Characters In Motion

Characters by Jack Sachs, one of artists featured in last year's Pictoplasma conference

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Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) 2027

The Comic-Con logo sits above the convention center during preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, 23 July 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) Image source: Daily News

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Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2027

Image source: Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)

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Architecture

New School Building in Sofia – Architecture Competition

Image source: Optimistas

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Protective Shelter at Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho – Design Competition

Image source: UNESCO

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Green Product Awards 2027

Image source: Green Future Club

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Industrial Design

2026 InnovMetal Award

Image source: Yongkang Municipal People’s Government

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un Design Award 2026 – Season 2

Image source: International Competition Association (ICA)

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AZ Awards 2027 – Architecture and Design Competition

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Visual Arts

The ADC 106th Annual Awards

Image source: The One Club for Creativity

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Embracing Our Differences 2028 Exhibition Competition

Image source: Embracing Our Differences

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3rd reEarth International Art Prize 2026

Image source: reEarth Studio

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Multimedia

BBA Artist Prize 2027

Image source: BBA Gallery

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Communication Arts 2027 Interactive Competition

Image source: Communication Arts

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Indigo Design Award 2027

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Video

ÉCU 2027 – 22nd European Independent Film Festival

Image source: The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU)

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La Guarimba International Film Festival 2027

Image source: La Guarimba

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Communication Arts 2027 Illustration Competition

Illustration by Liangliang Luo from the collection "Hit", awarded in the Communication Arts 2026 Illustration Competition

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Multiple Disciplines

Global Sustainability Challenge 2026-27

Image source: Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

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17th ICMA – International Creative Media Award

Image source: ICMA-Award

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HRI 2027 Student Competition: Robots in Public Spaces

Image source: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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Students Only

Science Without Borders Challenge 2027

Image source: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

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Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2026-2027

Image source: Stanford Center on Longevity

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2027 Rick Merluzzi Aluminum Extrusion Student Design Competition

E-VAWT – Extending Vertical Axis Wind Turbine - last year's First Place winning entry by Octavia Chitty, Purdue University.

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The One Show 2027

Image source: The One Club for Creativity

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SEGD Global Design Awards 2026

Image source: Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)

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Art Talent Fair (ATF) Award 2026

Image source: Moho Art Gallery

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Philo-Photo International Photography Contest 2026

"Hope" by Robert Korkisch, the 1st Place of the Philo-Photo International Photography Contest 2025

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Epson International Pano Awards 2026 Competition

Photo by Alex Wides (Alessandro Cantarelli) - the 2025 Open Photographer of the Year

Seoul Design Award 2026

Image source: Seoul Design Foundation

OSTEN 58th World Gallery Of Cartoons – Skopje 2026

Image source: OSTEN Skopje

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