Teravarna -"9th Animal" International Juried Art Competition

WINNER OF $300 FIRST PRIZE | 7th ANIMALKim Chase | Acrylic | CANADA1/1

TERAVARNA announces their "9th ANIMAL" International Juried Art Competition. All visual artists from around the world are invited to submit their best artworks on the theme for inclusion in the exhibition. All types of art styles may be submitted, including both 2D and 3D works, painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, photography, graphic, mixed media, as well as experimental and installation works.

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 May 15th, 2024. *​ 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-$500Runner-Up Prize Award | $150-$350Merit Prize Award | $75-$250Talent Prize Award | $25-$150Honorable Mention AwardFinalist Award

** Note that TERAVARNA 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.

WINNER OF $150 RUNNER-UP PRIZE | 7th ANIMALNancy L. Walters | Oil | USAWINNER OF $75 MERIT PRIZE | 7th ANIMALGuilherme de Souza Jácome | Wood Carving | BRAZIL

Fees

The entry fee for each artwork is $15 (non-refundable).​​If you'd like to enter more than 10 artworks for consideration, please go back to fill in your details and submit again.

Timeline

NOW | Art Competition Open15 MAY 2024, 11:59 PM California Time | Deadline for Entries20 MAY 2024 | Winner Notification Starts20 MAY 2024 | Cash Prize Notification Starts21 MAY 2024 | Exhibition of Winning Artworks Starts7 JUNE 2024 | Cash Prize Distribution Starts***14 JUNE 2024 | Exhibition of Winning Artworks Ends15 JUNE 2024 | Winning Artworks Archived

*** All cash prizes are given out via PayPal. If you don't have a free PayPal account, you can get one here..

How to Apply

STEP 1: Choose the number of artworks you'd like to submit​ from one of the options below.STEP 2: Click on the number of artworks and proceed to make a payment. You can pay by PayPal or via credit card. ​STEP 3: After successful payment, you'll be redirected to a page where you can upload your images and other details.