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The Ray and Pat Browne Award for Contributions to the Popular Arts
Popular Culture Association · United States
Annual Popular Culture Association award for original creative works, including visual art, that contributed to popular arts culture and were publicly available between 1 December 2025 and 31 October 2026. Free; deadline 1 November 2026.
Your eligibility
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Any medium
- Theme
- popular culture
- Collectives
- Collectives and duos welcome
- Work made
- Within the last 1 years
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- International; works across popular art forms including visual art; must be publicly available within the eligibility window
About
The Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award recognises outstanding original creative or artistic works that have made a significant contribution to popular arts culture. Individual creators and collaborative teams in visual art, music, dance, performance, literature, comics, film, games, digital media and other popular forms may enter.
Works must have been publicly available between 1 December 2025 and 31 October 2026. Creators or others familiar with the work may submit, providing access to the work through links, recordings, photographs, screenshots or other documentation.
There is no entry fee. Submissions are made through an online Smartsheet form by 1 November 2026 at 11:59pm. The prize amount is not stated.