3th
ANIMAL
International Juried Art Competition
AKAHI ART announces their “12th ANIMAL” International Juried Art Competition AKAHI ART proudly presents its 12th ANIMAL International Juried Art Competition, inviting all visual artists worldwide to participate in this inspiring Animal drawing competition. Artists are encouraged to submit their best artworks celebrating the beauty, strength, and diversity of animals. All styles and mediums are welcome — including 2D and 3D works, paintings, sculptures, digital art, printmaking, fiber, photography, graphics, mixed media, as well as experimental and installation art. Join this global Animal drawing competition and showcase your creativity to an international audience through the Akahi Art online exhibition.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The theme of this international juried art competition is ANIMAL. For this theme, feel free to represent any animal, from the teeny-tiny insects to the massive blue whales, and even fictional, mythological, or imagined creatures. Artists are free to apply their own interpretation in representing the overall theme. Representational and abstract ideas based broadly on this theme, in any media, will be considered. See below for more details on submission guidelines. Please note that you must be 18 years of age in order to participate in any of our events.
CATEGORY
All types of visual arts will be considered, including but not limited to Painting & Mixed Media, Photography & Digital, and Sculpture & 3D Installation.
DEADLINE
The deadline for submission is SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. * NOTE THAT THIS DEADLINE WILL NOT BE EXTENDED
AWARDS & PRIZES
Up to $3,500 in cash prizes will be given out to winning artists. **
The grant money will be unrestricted and may be used in any manner by the recipient artist. Depending on the number and quality of artworks submitted, the following prizes will be considered:
First Prize Award | $300-$500
Runner-Up Prize Award | $150-$350
Merit Prize Award | $75-$250
Talent Prize Award | $25-$150
Honorable Mention Award
Finalist Award
** Note that AKAHI ART doesn't promise entrant artists to win a prize in money or money's worth in any of its competitions. Only artists selected by an independent jury from a pool of applicants will be eligible to receive professionally designed Certificates of Recognition.In case there are joint winners for any of the cash prizes the money will be split evenly among contestants. Similarly, if a category does not receive enough entries to be judged fairly within that category alone, it will be considered alongside other categories with sufficient entries. The final prize amount will depend on the total number of entries but will always be within the indicated range.