The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Department are now accepting applications for the 2026 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security. The GCSP Prize for Innovation celebrates individuals and organisations that are advancing bold, creative, and impactful solutions in the field of global security. The first-place laureate receives a CHF 10,000 cash prize.

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The Art Talent Fair (ATF), a contemporary art award dedicated to visual artists, offers you the chance to exhibit your art by participating in the exhibition program of the Moho Art Gallery. The prize is addressed to professional and amateur artists, graphic designers, painters, photographers, etc.. from all over the world. This is a great opportunity for 8 artists who will be selected and will exhibit their works at the gallery stand.

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The 24th edition of ADC Young Guns is open for entries. Founded by the Art Directors Club in 1996 as a showcase of emerging creative talent, ADC Young Guns is a portfolio-based competition for creative professionals 30 years of age or under, and has grown to become one of the most coveted accolades in the global creative community. Winning an ADC Young Guns award is a recognition of emerging creative talent. Winners join the ADC Young Guns alumni community and are celebrated at the ADC Young Guns 24 Celebration in January 2027, at Sony Hall in New York City.

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The Fondation Jacques Rougerie – Académie des Beaux-Arts has launched the 2026 edition of their international Architecture and Innovation Competition. The competition is open for architectural project related to flood-prone lands, the sea, or space. In 2026, a total of six International Grand Prizes will be awarded, each endowed with €7,000, for a total prize fund of €42,000.

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The Creative Communication Award (C2A) is an international awards program recognizing outstanding achievement in communication design and visual storytelling. Open to professionals, agencies, studios, freelancers, and students from around the world, C2A honors creative work across graphic design, advertising, branding, packaging, typography, illustration, digital media, photography, and visual communication. Winners receive international recognition through publication, media exposure, inclusion in the official winners showcase, winner certificates, and winner badges.

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Wege Prize 2027 challenges transdisciplinary teams of university students to develop products or services that solve complex, “wicked” problems through the framework of the circular economy. The Wege Prize functions as both a product design competition and a global learning laboratory. The initiative aims to foster cross-functional collaboration by requiring teams to converge different academic disciplines, mirroring the complexity of solving real-world issues. The total prize pool for the Wege Prize is $65,000, of which $30,000 are reserved for the 1st Place award.

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Warming Huts: Art + Architecture Competition on Ice, is open for entries for 2027 to participants from all over the world. This competitions is open to all architects, students of architecture, landscape architects, interior designers, artists and industrial designers who have a proven portfolio of design work. It is the intention of this competition to foster and encourage the formation of multi-disciplinary teams. The budget for the creation and construction of each project is $16,500 (CAN). Three teams will be selected as winners. Winning entries will be placed along the Nestaweya River Trail located on the Assiniboine and Red rivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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The Kokuyo Design Award 2027, themed “dialogue.” has been announced! This time the Award focuses on the reciprocal relationships that lie behind excellent design, specifically between “the people who create objects, and the users,” “the users and the objects,” and “the objects and their surrounding environment”. Kokuyo are seeking designs that explore unknown ideas and insights within this new “space” and expand the possibilities of living, learning, and working. The best design will be awarded with ¥2,000,000 — about $13,000. Three Merit awards of ¥500,000 each, will also be selected, along with up to 10 winners for the New Generation Award — awarded with ¥30,000 each.

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The UIA-HYP CUP 2026 International Student Competition in Architectural Design is now open for registration. Now entering its 15th consecutive edition, the UIA-HYP CUP is the only UIA-endorsed international student architecture competition held annually in mainland China. Organized by the School of Architecture, Tianjin University; the School of Architecture, Inner Mongolia University of Technology; and Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine, the competition provides a global platform for architecture students to engage with contemporary architectural, urban, and environmental challenges. The competition operates under the overarching theme of Architecture in Transformation, while the specific topic is proposed each year by the Jury Chairman. The 2026 topic “Villagers: Urban, Suburban, Rural” invites students to explore new forms of community across different ways of living.

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LensCulture is hosting the LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2026, inviting participation from photographers from around the world. The competition is open for submissions and welcomes monochrome work, from classic darkroom processes to digital and experimental approaches. Submitted work must have been made within the last 10 years. A total of 33 photographers will be honored as winners, jurors’ picks and finalists. The best works will be awarded with cash prizes totaling $10,000, a group exhibition in London, and publication and exposure through LensCulture.

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