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Salt Spring National Art Prize 2027

Salt Spring National Art Prize (Salt Spring Arts) · Salt Spring Island, BC

Deadline
Opens 3 Jan 2027
Open to
Canada
Entry
CA$35 ≈ £20
Prize
CA$52,000 ≈ £30k
Prize / award
Opening soon

Scottish Landscape Awards 2028

Scottish Arts Trust · Aberdeen

Deadline
Opens 1 Dec 2027
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
£12
Prize
£21,000
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+3
Opening soon

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program 2027–28

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation · Roswell, New Mexico

Deadline
Opens 1 Jan 2027
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$26.32 ≈ £21
Prize
US$13,200 ≈ £10k
ResidencyPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+4
Opening soon

STRABAG Artaward International 2027

STRABAG Kunstforum / STRABAG ART · Vienna

Deadline
Opening soon
Open to
Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and 2 more
Entry
Free
Prize
€48,000 ≈ £41k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawing
Opening soon

Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize

The Ruth Borchard Collection · United Kingdom

Deadline
Opening soon
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
£40
Prize
£10,000
Prize / award
Opening soon

McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships 2027

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) for the McKnight Foundation · Minneapolis

Deadline
Opening soon
Open to
United States
Entry
Free
Prize
US$150,000 ≈ £117k
Grant / bursary
Opening soon

Salon d'Automne 2027 (124th edition)

Société du Salon d'Automne · Paris

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
€110 ≈ £94
Open call / exhibitionPaintingSculptureDrawing+3
Dates unconfirmed

Rimbun Dahan Southeast Asian Arts Residency

Rimbun Dahan · Kuang, Selangor

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia and 7 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Two months' accommodation, studio,…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

RDS Visual Art Awards 2026

Royal Dublin Society (RDS Foundation) · Dublin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
€32,500 ≈ £28k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Pioneer Works Visual Arts Residency

Pioneer Works · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$5,000 ≈ £3.9k
ResidencyPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Paritana 2027 (Fondation H)

Fondation H · Antananarivo

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Madagascar
Entry
Free
Prize
€3,000 ≈ £2.5k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

40th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition

Bradley University Galleries with the Peoria Art Guild · Peoria, Illinois

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$40 ≈ £31
Prize
Juror-selected cash awards and univ…
Open call / exhibitionPrintmakingDrawing
Dates unconfirmed