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Textile art competitions and open calls

Every prize, open call, residency and grant we list that accepts textile art, including those open to any medium. Each one shows the deadline, the entry fee and the rules on who can enter, checked against the organiser's own page every day.

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NAE Open 2027

New Art Exchange · Nottingham

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
Exhibition, development day and con…
Open call / exhibition
Dates unconfirmed

Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026

Freunde der Nationalgalerie · Berlin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Solo exhibition at the Neue Nationa…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Bay of Fires Art Prize 2027

Bay of Fires Winter Arts Festival · St Helens

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$20,000 ≈ £10k
Prize / awardPaintingSculptureTextile & fibre+4
Dates unconfirmed

Djerassi Resident Artists Program 2028

Djerassi Resident Artists Program · Woodside

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
One-month residency with living and…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

National Contemporary Art Award 2027

Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery · Hamilton

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
NZ$30,000 ≈ £14k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Foundation for Contemporary Arts – Emergency Grants

Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
$500 to $3,000 per grant; about 15–…
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
Dates unconfirmed

Heysen Prize for Landscape

Hahndorf Academy · Hahndorf

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$16,000 ≈ £8.3k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2027

The Lester Prize · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$140,000 ≈ £73k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingTextile & fibre+1
Dates unconfirmed

Turner Prize 2026

Tate · London

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
£55,000
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Tylee Cottage Residency

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui · Whanganui

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Four-month residency at Tylee Cotta…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed