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Independent & Freelance Photojournalist Award (IFPA) 2026

The Xposure Independent & Freelance Photojournalist Award (IFPA) is open for entries for 2026.

Josh Edelson, California, USA, 2025 Finalist

1+ month remaining

Latest Contests

2026 InnovMetal Award

Image source: Yongkang Municipal People’s Government

2+ months remaining

BBA Artist Prize 2027

Image source: BBA Gallery

3+ months remaining

19th Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2026)

Image source: Stereohype

2+ weeks remaining

Graphic Design

Communication Arts 2027 Typography Competition

Image source: Communication Arts

3+ weeks remaining

7th Bolu International Poster Design Competition (BIAH)

Image source: Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University

2+ months remaining

Indigo Design Award 2027

6+ months remaining

Photography

Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) 2026

Image source: Architecture MasterPrize (AMP)

2+ days remaining

The Nature Photography Contest 2026

Image source: The Nature Photography Contest

3+ months remaining

Philo-Photo International Photography Contest 2026

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

20+ hours remaining

Filmmaking

Berlinale Talents 2027 – Call for Application

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Anima 2027 – Brussels Animation Film Festival

Image source: Folioscope

1+ month remaining

International Uranium Film Festival 2027

Image source: International Uranium Film Festival

5+ months remaining

Architecture

Warming Huts V.2027: Arts + Architecture Competition On Ice

Image source: Warming Huts

1+ month remaining

un Design Award 2026 – Season 2

Image source: International Competition Association (ICA)

2+ months remaining

Tactical Urbanism NOW! 2026 – Architecture Competition

Image source: TerraViva Competitions

2+ months remaining

Industrial Design

Green Product Awards 2027

Image source: Green Future Club

5+ months remaining

Kokuyo Design Award 2027: Dialogue

Image source: Kokuyo

1+ month remaining

International Design Awards (IDA) 2026

Image source: Farmani Group

2+ months remaining

Visual Arts

ADC Young Guns 24 – Portfolio Competition

Young Guns 24 branding by Chantal Jahchan - last year's ADC Young Guns winner.

4+ weeks remaining

Architecture & Design Collection Awards 2026

Image source: Architecture & Design Collection Awards

2+ months remaining

Art Talent Fair (ATF) Award 2026

Image source: Moho Art Gallery

4+ weeks remaining

Multimedia

2026 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security

Image source: Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

4+ weeks remaining

Pictoplasma Berlin 2027 – Characters In Motion

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

5+ months remaining

Global Design iT Award 2026

Image source: Global Design iT Award

2+ months remaining

Video

ÉCU 2027 – 22nd European Independent Film Festival

Image source: The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU)

6+ months remaining

Ten Scary Minutes 2026 – Horror Movie Contest

Image source: tenscaryminutes.com

2+ months remaining

Communication Arts 2027 Photography Competition

Vanishing Ice: Fjords of Patagonia by Cody Roberts

7+ months remaining

Multiple Disciplines

A’ Design Award & Competition 2026-2027

Image source: A’ Design Award & Competition

6+ months remaining

The One Show 2027

Image source: The One Club for Creativity

6+ months remaining

41st Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (CIFAC)

El Camino de Esmeralda by Danelle Rivas, one of the awarded artists in the 40th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (CIFAC)

8+ months remaining

Students Only

The International Coin Design Competition 2026

Image source: Japan Mint

3+ weeks remaining

UIA-HYP CUP 2026 International Student Competition in Architectural Design

Image source: UIA-HYP Cup 2026 Official Website

1+ month remaining

Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2026-2027

Image source: Stanford Center on Longevity

3+ months remaining

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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

2+ months remaining

17th Worldwide Logo Design Award – WOLDA

1+ month remaining

2026 IIDA Global Excellence Awards

Image source: International Interior Design Association (IIDA)

1+ month remaining

Results soon

World Illustration Awards 2026

Image source: Association of Illustrators (AOI)

The Print Center 101st ANNUAL International Competition

Image source: The Print Center

International Digital Art Contest 2026

Image source: Josip Mijić, PhD, Associate Professor, Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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