The 2025 Ocean Awareness Contest, “Connections to Nature, Looking Inside, Going Outside“, encourages students to explore the natural world and their place in it through the lenses of generational knowledge, human health, urban environments, resiliency, and more. You are invited to submit works of visual art, creative writing, poetry, spoken word, music, dance, film, and multimedia for a chance to win cash awards of up to $1,000 and to join the world’s largest environmental youth community for the creative arts. The Contest is free to enter and open to students worldwide, ages 11-18.

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The Berlin Photo Awards is an international photography competition celebrating artistic excellence. You are invited to join in showcasing creativity and capturing the essence of visual storytelling. Open to photographers worldwide, this international competition offers cash prizes, global recognition, and a prestigious jury. Based in Berlin, one of the world’s most influential cultural capitals, the competition offers not only substantial cash prizes but also unique opportunities for professional growth. Participants benefit from international exposure, exclusive networking opportunities, and expert feedback from renowned photographers and industry professionals. The organizers believe that every compelling image has the power to inspire and connect people, and their mission is to support and elevate photographers who are shaping the future of visual storytelling.

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Trieste Contemporanea is calling for applications for the 2025 Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea (YEATC) Award. The Trieste Contemporanea Committee assigns the Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea Award to a young Central Eastern European artist with the aim of promoting his or her work on the international art scene. The award gives the winner the opportunity to think and display an exhibition project at Studio Tommaseo in Trieste.

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Entries are officially open for 2025 Australian Good Design Awards, celebrating the very best in design and innovation. This year’s theme, “Rewarding, Defining and Celebrating Better ______.”, invites exploration of what “better” means in today’s world – whether through better products, services, spaces, experiences, or beyond. From reimagining workplaces and user interfaces to transforming branding and buildings, the potential for design to shape a better world is limitless. The Good Design Winner’s Package provides Award winners with the opportunity not only to celebrate and promote their success but to gain recognition and exposure to a global audience.

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Laka Foundation has opened the 7th edition of the Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) and is calling for projects, for 2025 that impact society. Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) recognize, showcase, and promote globally the best ideas and implementations of architecture and design. The competition also brings together a community of creatives who emphasize the meaning of the true added value of their projects. Laureates of the main prizes and honorable mentions will receive: certificates and winning labels, inclusion in the yearbook, participation in the exhibition with confirmation by certificates, Awards Ceremony in Germany with photo documentation, press kits, as well as promotion by the media sponsors and partners.

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The Geological Museum of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute in Warsaw together with the Association of Polish Caricature Artists invite you to participate in the DINOSAURS. Still alive? – International Satirical Drawing Competition. The competition combines fields that seem very distant from each other. However, exact sciences and art are interconnected, and paleontology is a science in which facts meet sense, vision and interpretation. The combination of forces of scientists and artists is exceptional, and the fruits of this cooperation bring wonderful scientific discoveries and extraordinary artistic achievements. The winners will receive cash prizes, invitations to participate in the Award Ceremony at the Geological Museum in Warsaw, opening of the exhibition of distinguished works, and invitations to participate in a trip to the paleontological site in Borkowice in Mazovia, Poland. The Grand Prize is 12,000 PLN!

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The premiere edition of the Next Gen Design Competition invites all creatives aged 18-35 across Europe to explore bold, regenerative, and inclusive design solutions. Under the theme “Redesign Tomorrow, Today,” this competition empowers the next generation to tackle the pressing challenges of our time with ingenuity and imagination. Submit your innovative ideas addressing sustainability themes like circular products, eco-friendly textiles, solutions to food waste, urban farming, and more. Up to 5 entries are welcome.

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The Philo-Photo Contest invites all photographers aged 18 and over to submit their most striking single images that reflect this year’s theme, From Darkness to Light. This year’s theme invites photographers to delve into the transformative power of light and its ability to reshape how we experience the world. Light reveals what was once hidden, uncovering truths obscured by darkness and bridging the gap between perception and reality. Beyond the physical, this theme also reflects an inner journey—a movement from ignorance to self-awareness, from confusion to clarity. Explore the profound interplay between shadow and illumination through your lens and capture moments that spark reflection, inspiration, and wonder. There will be three winners in the competition, a first winner, a second winner and a third winner. The first prize will be $1,000, the second prize $500, and the third prize $200.

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Quickdraw Animation Society (QAS) is accepting submissions for 2025, to the 21st GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation. The organizers are looking for animation submissions, in all styles, genres, lengths, and mediums, to present to their audience in Calgary, Canada. Selected films will be presented during GIRAF 21 and the best International and Canadian short film will be awarded.

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The next round of the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design has started! The Award is now open for entries, for 2025. You are invited to take part in this international competition with creative works and integrated brand concepts. As a winner, you benefit from exclusive use of the Red Dot Label, which communicates news of your design strength in a high-profile manner. Furthermore, your project is presented to a wide audience via our digital channels, in the yearbook and in our museums.

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