Art and Color 365, a bi-monthly digital and print art magazine, announces its 2024 Watercolor Art Competition. Artwork by the winners and award recipients in the competition will be featured in our Spring issue. Entries will be accepted through April 21, 2024 (extended date).
Entry Fee and Rules
The entry fee is $25.00 for up to three pieces of art. (Unlimited entries allowed.)
Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide.
Artists may submit artwork of any subject matter created with watercolors, watercolor pencils, or gouache. Entries must be at least 80% watercolor.
All works must be original. “Original” means that the work must be created from the hand of a single artist and not be taken from other artists’ work or materials for which you do not hold the copyright. Artwork subjects and compositions may not be derived from other artists’ artwork or from artwork published in print or online. Copying another artist’s work or digitally drawing on top of another person’s photography or artwork does not qualify as original art. No AI artwork, please.
Prizes
Feature Stories
The top three competition winners will be featured in Art and Color 365’s magazine and website exhibitions and receive extensive social media promotion and individualized press releases to U.S. media outlets and search engines; a digital award certificate for social media; a letter-size certificate for printing; and a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine featuring winning entries from the competition.
Additionally, winners receive:
1st Place: Wins $150 cash plus a multi-page magazine and website feature story about the artist showcasing up to eight pieces of their art.
2nd Place: Wins a multi-page magazine and website feature story about the artist showcasing up to five pieces of their art.
3rd Place: Wins a two-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing up to three pieces of their art.
Special Merit Awards, and Artistic Recognition Recipients:
Artists will have their competition entries included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s print and digital magazine and on our website; will receive a digital award certificate and a letter-size certificate to print; a 50% discount on a digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine featuring winning entries from the competition; and be included in social media posts and reels featuring their artwork category.
Honorable Mention Recipients: Will have their competition entries included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s print magazine (subject to space availability), digital magazine, and on our website; will receive a digital award certificate and a letter-size certificate to print; a 25% discount on a digital version of Art and Color 365 magazine featuring winning entries from the competition; and be included in social media posts and reels featuring their artwork category.