World Press Photo invites all professional visual journalists worldwide to participate in the 56th annual photojournalism contest and 3rd annual multimedia contest. World Press Photo’s annual competition is the leading photojournalism contest in the world and free to enter for all professional press photographers, photojournalists and their representatives. The jury gives first, second, and third prizes in all categories. First prize winners in each category receive a cash prize of €1,500. The premier award, the World Press Photo of the Year, carries a cash prize of €10,000!

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Oil Painters of America will hold its 22nd Annual National Exhibition of Representational Oil Paintings, at InSight Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas. The organizer’s intention is to assemble the finest display of representational oil paintings. The focus in the jurying process will be to select paintings that show the highest quality in draftsmanship, color, and composition, emphasizing a diversity in representational style and subject matter. 30+ awards will be given with a total value $75,000, including a $25,000 Best of Show.

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National Portrait Gallery has just announced the Call for entries for its annual portrait painting competition. The BP Portrait Award 2013 is now open for your works. The Portrait Award, now in its thirty-fourth year at the National Portrait Gallery and twenty-fourth year of sponsorship by BP, is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. With a first prize of £30,000 the Award is aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work. The BP Portrait Award 2013 exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 20 June to 15 September 2013.

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