Artist Entry Requirements:

• Entries must follow each individual competition theme and choice of medium requirements

• Competitions are open to all artists 18 years and older

• Competitions are international

• Files must be in JPG format

• Files may not exceed 3MB

• Images must be "professionally presented" - cropped, no glare, no frames, no watermarks.

• Each piece must have been produced in the last 3 years

• Entry fee $20 for 1-2 images

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Artwork must be solely the original concept and design of the submitting artist. Reference photos taken by anyone other than the submitting artist may be used when those images are incidental to and not the main focus of the artwork, unless the artist has been given permission to paint the subject matter for the contributor. Using copyrighted or published images is not allowed.

No AI Allowed.

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Artwork Selection:

Artwork is reviewed and selected for the award exhibition by 1-2 volunteer art industry professionals.

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Copyright:

The artist retains all copyrights to their artwork without exception.

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Non-exclusive Permissions:

By entering this art competition, you are granting us a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce images of your artwork on TopArtAwards.com and in the marketing of the art competitions to the public by publishing the winners on Instagram as well as other media outlets. TopArtAwards.com also has permission to crop or re-size images to fit the needs of those media outlets. All winning entries will be displayed on TopArtAwards.com. Each image becomes part of the public archival online exhibition catalog for up to one year.