3×3 Magazine launches its 16th International Illustration Show and invites illustrators from all parts of the world to submit their best work. The competition is open to all illustrators, art directors, graphic designers, educators, students, recent graduates, editors, publishers in all countries for commissioned and non-commissioned work produced and/or published prior to the show deadline. Best of Show and Gold medal winners receive the distinctive 3x3x3-inch cube. Also, Best of Show winners receive a $1,500 cash prize and Gold medal winners receive a $750 cash-value prize. Prizes total over $9,000.

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The Alpine Fellowship Foundation is accepting applications for its Visual Arts Prize competition for 2019, open to all visual artists aged 18 and above. The Prize is awarded for the best visual arts response to ‘Identity’ – the theme of the 2019 Alpine Fellowship Annual Symposium. The winner and two runners up are invited to attend the Alpine Fellowship Annual Symposium in Fjällnäs, Sweden. Winner receives £2,000 and a further £1,000 towards shipping and installing the winning piece.

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Agora Gallery has announced the 34th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (CIFAC) and invites artists from all parts of the world to enter. The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition is an ideal way to gain valuable exposure for your artwork and exhibit your talent to a wider international audience. With a distinguished panel of jurors and more than $70,000 in valuable prizes, the 34th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition is an event not to be missed in 2019.

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For the sixth year, the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2019 are searching the globe for photographers making the most captivating portraits. LensCulture invites you to submit your most compelling portraits or portrait series for the opportunity to be exhibited at Aperture Gallery in New York. The total prize cash fund for 2019 is $15,000, divided between the three Series and Single award winners. Each juror will select an individual Juror’s Pick to receive special distinction. 25 Finalists will be selected.

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The Rookie Awards 2019 international competition has been announced and is about to open entry for all aspiring artists soon. The Rookie Awards is an annual contest open to young creatives in film, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3D visualization. Entrants can win weekly prizes, jobs, educational scholarships and even studio internships. Entrants also receive an official industry ranking, become confident presenting their work and can see how their skills compare with other students.

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MonoVisions Photography Awards have opened for entries for 2019, to once again recognize photographers using black and white medium as an expression of their visual language, internationally. The Awards are created to discover the best monochrome photographers from all over the world and deliver the best opportunities to be recognized and rewarded for their work. You can compete for $5,000 in cash prizes in two categories: Black and White Photo of the Year 2019 and Black and White Series of the Year 2019.

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The call for entries to the Grand Prix Images Vevey 2019/2020 photography award has opened to photographers from all parts of the world. Grand Prix Images Vevey is a creation-support grant for photography projects. The award, worth some 40,000 CHF (approx. 35,000 EUR), enables one artist to develop an original project over a year that will be presented at the next Festival Images Vevey in September 2020. The competition represents unique support for contemporary creation, with complete freedom of choice over subject and genre.

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Applied Arts magazine is calling for entries for its Photography Awards competition for 2019, open to photographers from all parts of the world. The contest is international and open to all forms of commissioned, published, unpublished and personal work from professionals and enthusiasts created between January 2018 and January 2019 (but not entries that have been submitted into last year’s competition). Applied Arts magazine is Canada’s leading voice for visual communicators, so being published as a winner is your best opportunity to promote your work across Canada and beyond.

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Now in its 5th year, the CLUE (Community Lighting for the Urban Environment) International Lighting Design Competition has opened for 2019. This time the competition is themed: Light and Disruption, and is about exploring the role of light in emergencies. Projects distinguished by their quality of innovation will be awarded one of the three grants totaling $8,500 and a trip to Light + Building — the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building services technology, to be held in Frankfurt, Germany 8–13 March, 2020.

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Maier S. Coop. announces the “8th Maier S. Coop International Design Competition”, focusing on Automotive Vehicle Design, from both the standpoint of Style and Color & Trim. The competition is themed: Visions 2025+. Participants are invited to show their vision of how light will change the way we see cars beyond 2025. A total of 15,500 Euro will be awarded as four separate prizes — Prize for professional designers (8,000 Euro), Prize for students (4,000 Euro), Prize for the best material sample book (2,000 Euro) and Prize for the best University (1,500 Euro).

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