Competitions to Enter

[Sara Therese Art]

Hi all. I work well under pressure and love a little healthy competition. I'd love to start entering art competitions but where/how do you find them? I keep hearing about them after the deadlines. Are there any going on now that you'd be willing to share here? Maybe we could keep an ongoing list of competitions that people find...

[AngelinaKizz]

@Sara-Therese-Art scbwis monthly draw this challenge is a good one. August is "librarian"

[Sara Therese Art]

@AngelinaKizz Thank you for the reminder, Angelina. I had forgotten about their monthly prompts.

[geekinm]

@Sara-Therese-Art

Hi Sara

There is a summer competition at Picture Hooks.

https://www.picturehooks.org.uk/oh-no-a-picture-hooks-competition/

Two illustrations showing characters before and after an Oh No moment.

The deadline is the end of August.

[Sara Therese Art]

@geekinm Thank you! I had a peek at their website and see that they do competitions every few months. This is great!

[kayleenartlover]

@AngelinaKizz can you participate even if you are unable to afford the membership currently?

[Sara Therese Art]

@kayleenartlover It appears so... from the website:

"Eligibility
The Picture Hooks ‘Oh No!’ competition is open to all people of any nationality aged 18 and over, except employees of Picture Hooks or any agent or sponsor associated with the competition and members of their immediate families. Entries are limited to one entry (ie. one pair of illustrations) per person.
There is no fee to enter!"

[kayleenartlover]

@Sara-Therese-Art I meant the SCBWI one. I'm located in the US so I'd prefer to find competitions that are meant for that country.

[Sara Therese Art]

@kayleenartlover Hmm I'm not sure. The monthly themes are posted on SCBWI's Instagram page and so anyone can participate by posting to their instagram and use the hashtag for that month but I'm not sure if the winner's they choose are members only.