Pastel Society of North Carolina

A group of NC who love to express themselves using soft pastels.

Win cash and see your artwork featured in the pages of The Artist’s Magazine. There’s more than $25,000 up for grabs in 5 categories. But hurry—the deadline is May 3, 2010.

• 5 First Place Awards: $2,500 each
• 5 Second Place Awards: 1,250 each
• 5 Third Place Awards: $750 each
• 15 Honorable Mentions: $100 each

Compete and win in 5 categories: Abstract/Experimental,  Animal/Wildlife,  Landscape/Interior, Portrait/Figure,  Still Life/Floral

Winners will be featured and finalists’ names will be published in the December 2010 issue of The Artist’s Magazine. Nine finalists will be featured in the “Competition Spotlight” in The Artist’s Magazine , 12 finalists will be featured as “Artist of the Month” on our website and the works of twelve finalists will be offered on our website as desktop wallpaper. All winners and finalists will receive a certificate suitable for framing.

Click here to enter online!

The Artist’s Magazine has issued a “Call for Entries” for its 26th annual 2009 Art Competition.

Cash Prizes:

• 5 First Place Awards: $2,500 each
• 5 Second Place Awards: $1,250 each
• 5 Third Place Awards: $750 each
• 15 Honorable Mentions: $100 each

Winners will be featured and finalists’ names will be published in the December 2009 issue of The Artist’s Magazine. 13 finalists will be featured in The Artist’s Magazine‘s 2009 Calendar. Additionally, nine finalists will be featured in the “Competition Spotlight” in The Artist’s Magazine, 12 finalists will be featured as “Artist of the Month” on our website, and all winners and finalists will receive a certificate.

Entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2009.

See the Artist’s Magazine website for more details and entry information.

For 10 years, the Pastel 100 Competition has rewarded artists for their finest work. And this year, they are celebrating our 10th Anniversary by giving away even more great prizes!

Sponsored by The Pastel Journal, America’s leading magazine devoted to pastel artists, and sister publication of The Artist’s Magazine, this annual competition offers cash, prizes and publicity to its lucky winners.

All entries must be postmarked by September 1, 2008. Enter now and your work could win huge cash prizes, like the $5,000 Jack Richeson/Unison Pastels Best of Show Award!

Other top awards include:

• The Ruth Richeson/Unison Pastels Award, featuring a 402-piece set of Unison Pastels— worth $2,067, plus 750 worth of Richeson Co. products
• The Pastel Journal Grand Prize—$2,500
• The Art Spirit Foundation/Dianne B. Bernhard Silver and Gold Medal Awards for Excellence—$1,000 to $1,500

You can also compete to win more cash prizes in any of these 5 categories:

• Landscape & Interior—juried by Lorenzo Chavez
• Portrait & Figure—juried by Desmond O’Hagan
• Still Life & Floral—juried by Christina Debarry
• Animal & Wildlife—juried by Dustin Van Wechel
• Abstract & Non-Objective—juried by Frank Federico

All top prize winners will be featured in the April 2009 issue of The Pastel Journal. Don’t miss this opportunity to publicize your work!

To learn more about the competition, for complete information, additional entry forms, or to enter online please visit www.artistsnetwork.com/pasteljournalcompetition

For any questions, you can contact pjcompetitions@fwpubs.com.

Seventy-five two-dimensional works of art and several alternates will be selected to represent the finest examples of pastel painting and drawing being produced by today’s visual artists.

The following prizes will be awarded:
BEST IN SHOW – $2,000 CASH AWARD
FOUR HONOR AWARDS: $500 Richeson Art Material Certificates
ONE UNISON PREMIUM PASTEL SURFACE AWARD: $500 Richeson Art Material

Certificates and the artwork will be featured in a Unison Premium Pastel Surface National Advertisement.

International Postmark Deadline November 15, 2008

Download the prospectus (pdf)

The Artist’s Magazine has issued a “Call for Entries” for its 2008 Art Competition. The 25th annual Competition will recognize 250 finalists and award 45 major prize amounts totaling more than $25,000 in cash.

The Competition is open to both amateur and professional artists. Artists may enter work in five categories: Portrait & Figure, Landscape, Still Life, Experimental, and Animal Art. First-, second- and third-place winners selected from each category will receive $2,500, $1,250 and $750 respectively. Fifteen honorable mentions will receive $100 each. Top award winners from this year’s competition will be featured in the December 2008 issue of The Artist’s Magazine. In addition, 12 finalists will be featured as “Artist of the Month” on our website, and 13 award winners will be featured in The Artist’s Magazine’s 2009 calendar. All winners will receive a 1-year subscription to the magazine.

Entries are also being accepted in the Student/Beginner division, open to artists who have been painting for 2 years or less. First-, second- and third-place winners selected from each category will receive $150, $75, and $50 respectively. Plus, winners of this division will be featured in the magazine’s January 2009 issue.

Entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2008.

See the website for more details and entry information.

The International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) announces its 7th Biennial Convention Catalogue Cover Competition, which indeed has only one overall winner. Prize includes an $100 award, two points toward your IAPS Master Circle status, your winning painting published on the 2009 IAPS Convention Catalogue and included in other international convention publicity, and the distinction of having your original painting on display at the Convention in Albuquerque, NM from May 28 – 31, 2009, in view of hundreds of convention-goers, pastel product people, and renown pastel artists.

Slide entry postmark deadline is October 10, 2008. Don’t miss this great opportunity. Copies of the 7th Biennial Convention Catalogue Cover Competition prospectus will be available soon from your IAPS Representative or Society President, and on the IAPS web site at www.pastelinternational.com.