The Gateway International Painting Competition

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The Gateway International Painting Competition is a monthly and annual JURIED online painting competition at PaintingContest.Org, open to all artists world wide over 18 years old. Comprised of 12 separate monthly competitions within the annual competition, it  begins the first day of each month and ends 11:59 pm the last day of each month, Arizona USA time, spanning August 1st to July 31st the following year.

Each month, a cash prize is awarded to Best in Show in 3 categories:  representational, abstract, and novice.  Up to 18 additional monthly Finalists receive a certificate of recognition and accomplishment including judges’ written comments regarding their selection and future entry credits. Best in Show and Finalists from all 12 months compete for annual juried Grand Awards with additional cash prizes of $1,000 to winners announced in September.

All painting media is accepted, including but not limited to oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, pencil, ink, and mixed media. As the competition is online, registered member artists may enter paintings by uploading quality images of their work; there is no need to ship the physical painting or travel to another location. Finalists and Best in Show winners are announced on or after the 20th of the following month. Paintings entered are further promoted and shared through social media including the Gateway International Painting Contest Facebook page  with over 10,000 follows. https://www.facebook.com/paintingcontest/

Professional artist judges include our PaintingContest.Org panel of professional artist judges as well as guest professional artist judges. See our judges page:
https://www.paintingcontest.org/prospectus/judges

AWARDS
Cash awards monthly and annually; certificates and free entry credits to Best in Show and Finalists

FEES
Annual Membership $25; $10 each painting entry (unlimited)

Prizes Details: 

AWARDS
Cash awards monthly and annually; certificates and free entry credits to Best in Show and FinalistsEach month, a cash prize is awarded to Best in Show in 3 categories:  representational, abstract, and novice.  Up to 18 additional monthly Finalists receive a certificate of recognition and accomplishment including judges’ written comments regarding their selection and future entry credits. Best in Show and Finalists from all 12 months compete for annual juried Grand Awards with additional cash prizes of $1,000 to winners announced in September.

Deadline: 
31/July/2020

Entry Fee:

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$25 annual membership plus $10 each full page entry
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