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BIG SEE Awards 2027

Zavod Big has opened entries for the BIG SEE Awards 2027.

Image source: Zavod Big

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Latest Contests

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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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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Graphic Design

Super South Poster Design Competition 2027

Image source: BrandCulture Company

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AZ Awards 2027 – Architecture and Design Competition

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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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Photography

Sony World Photography Awards 2027

Image source: Sony World Photography Awards 2027

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Vincent Van Gogh Photo Award 2027

Image source: Rotary Club Nuenen

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Creative Quarterly (CQ) 86th International Juried Competition

Image source: Creative Quarterly (CQ) magazine

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Filmmaking

Curtas Vila do Conde 2027 – International Film Festival

Image source: Curtas Vila do Conde

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La Guarimba International Film Festival 2027

Image source: La Guarimba

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Pictoplasma Berlin 2027 – Characters In Motion

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

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Architecture

un Design Award 2026 – Season 2

Image source: International Competition Association (ICA)

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Micro Living 2026 Architecture Competition

Image source: Volume Zero

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Radicepura Garden Festival 2027 – Call for Ideas

Image source: Radicepura Garden Festival

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Industrial Design

2026 InnovMetal Award

Image source: Yongkang Municipal People’s Government

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Green Product Awards 2027

Image source: Green Future Club

3+ months remaining

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.

5+ months remaining

Visual Arts

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2027

My friend as he is, 2026 by S. Ross Browne

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BBA Artist Prize 2027

Image source: BBA Gallery

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Embracing Our Differences 2028 Exhibition Competition

Image source: Embracing Our Differences

8+ months remaining

Multimedia

C-IDEA Design Award 2027

Image source: C-IDEA Design Award

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Communication Arts Design Competition 2027

Image source: Communication Arts

7+ months remaining

iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2027

Image source: iF International Forum Design

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Video

International Uranium Film Festival 2027

Image source: International Uranium Film Festival

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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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Ten Scary Minutes 2026 – Horror Movie Contest

Image source: tenscaryminutes.com

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Multiple Disciplines

Global Sustainability Challenge 2026-27

Image source: Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

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Tactical Urbanism NOW! 2026 – Architecture Competition

Image source: TerraViva Competitions

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3rd reEarth International Art Prize 2026

Image source: reEarth Studio

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Students Only

Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2026-2027

Image source: Stanford Center on Longevity

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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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Science Without Borders Challenge 2027

Image source: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

4+ months remaining

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The One Show 2027

Image source: The One Club for Creativity

5+ days remaining

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SEGD Global Design Awards 2026

Image source: Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)

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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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45th Uppsala Short Film Festival

Image source: Uppsala Short Film Festival

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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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