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Plaktivat 19: Community(ies) – Poster Design Competition

The 19th edition of Plaktivat, the international poster design competition, is now open.

Image source: TAM-TAM Institute

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Latest Contests

Ideas 4 Wood 2026/2027 Design Contest

Image source: Tabu

7+ months remaining

Nikon Small World 2027 Photomicrography and Video Competition

Microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper. Photo by Ole Bielfeldt, 1st Place, 2026 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

6+ months remaining

20th Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2027

Image source: Anča Civic Association

3+ months remaining

Graphic Design

The Adachi UKIYOE Award 2026

Image source: The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing

2+ months remaining

un Design Award 2026 – Season 2

Image source: International Competition Association (ICA)

3+ weeks remaining

17th ICMA – International Creative Media Award

Image source: ICMA-Award

2+ days remaining

Photography

14th PHODAR Biennial Series Awards: Traces Remain

© Maxim Dondyuk

2+ months remaining

Sony World Photography Awards 2027

Image source: Sony World Photography Awards 2027

2+ months remaining

Fotofestiwal 2027 – International Festival of Photography in Łódź

Photo by Arhanti Shrestha

4+ weeks remaining

Filmmaking

Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2027

Image source: Revelation Perth International Film Festival

4+ months remaining

Pictoplasma Berlin 2027 – Characters In Motion

Characters by Jack Sachs, one of artists featured in last year's Pictoplasma conference

3+ months remaining

Never Such Innocence International Competition 2026/27

In the Eye of the Machine by Kajsa, 16–18, Sweden. Image source: Never Such Innocence

4+ months remaining

Architecture

2nd International Aesthetic Design Competition (IADC2027)

Image source: Department of Architecture at Alanya University

5+ months remaining

International Architecture & Design Awards (IADA) 2027

Image source: Architecture & Design Community (ADC)

5+ months remaining

Tiny House 2026 – Architecture Competition

Image source: Volume Zero

1+ month remaining

Industrial Design

AZ Awards 2027 – Architecture and Design Competition

4+ months remaining

2027 Rick Merluzzi Aluminum Extrusion Student Design Competition

E-VAWT – Extending Vertical Axis Wind Turbine - last year's First Place winning entry by Octavia Chitty, Purdue University.

5+ months remaining

International Excellence Awards (IEA) 2027

Pandora by Lee Chung-Lin, YUN-YIH Design Company, Taiwan - the 2026 International Excellence Awards Platinum winner in the Hospitality and Hotel Interiors category

4+ months remaining

Visual Arts

Splash 28 – The Best of Watercolor

Passaflora by Brent Funderburk

1+ month remaining

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2027

My friend as he is, 2026 by S. Ross Browne

4+ weeks remaining

Super South Poster Design Competition 2027

Image source: BrandCulture Company

2+ months remaining

Multimedia

IN:SENSE Design Award 2027

Image source: International Sensory Design Association

3+ months remaining

iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2027

Image source: iF International Forum Design

3+ months remaining

C-IDEA Design Award 2027

Image source: C-IDEA Design Award

3+ months remaining

Video

2nd Global Healthcare Advertising Awards (GHAA)

Image source: Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)

4+ weeks remaining

International Uranium Film Festival 2027

Image source: International Uranium Film Festival

2+ months remaining

2026 Nandagang International Wetland Photo Contest

"Traditional Fishing on Inle Lake" by Nay Lin Htun - one of the last year's winners

3+ weeks remaining

Multiple Disciplines

41st Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (CIFAC)

El Camino de Esmeralda by Danelle Rivas, one of the awarded artists in the 40th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (CIFAC)

6+ months remaining

Embracing Our Differences 2028 Exhibition Competition

Image source: Embracing Our Differences

8+ months remaining

3rd reEarth International Art Prize 2026

Image source: reEarth Studio

4+ weeks remaining

Students Only

Global Sustainability Challenge 2026-27

Image source: Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

3+ weeks remaining

HRI 2027 Student Competition: Robots in Public Spaces

Image source: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

2+ weeks remaining

IIDA Student Design Competition 2027

Uplift Primary Care Clinic by Deborah Wroblewsk, the 2026 First Place winner of the IIDA Student Design Competition

3+ months remaining

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AZ Awards 2027 – Architecture and Design Competition

5+ days remaining

Results Soon

Art Talent Fair (ATF) Award 2026

Image source: Moho Art Gallery

Soon

Infrastructure As a System – Student Competition

Image source: InfraVision ThinkTank

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James Dyson Award 2026

Bradley Wagman and Viktor Bokisch, the creators of Sole, a lightweight, wearable robotic device to help people with foot drop.

Soon

Finished

Taiwan International Student Design Competition 2026

Image source: Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC)

Hiii Illustration International Awards 2025

Image source: Hiiibrand

Re:Design Elin Pelin – International Architectural Competition

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