2025 Pets Competition

Our 2025 Pets Competition is underway with entries due by January 26, 2025, 11:55 p.m. local time. Winning entries will be published in our Early Spring issue, March 2025.

Early Entry Fee: Entries received by January 7, 2025 will receive a 15% discount on the regular entry fee.

The Regular Entry Fee is $25.00 for up to three artwork submissions.
Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide.

Pets Theme: Artwork can be rendered in any artistic style of any pet or domesticated animal, i.e., dogs, cats, birds, horses, cows, chickens, reptiles, etc. Artists may submit artwork created with any two-dimensional media, i.e. oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, gouache, graphite, colored pencils, ink, scratchboard, mixed media, etc.

The top three winners will receive feature stories in our magazine showcasing several pieces of their artwork; individual social media posts about their work; a press release announcing their win will be sent to search engines and U.S. media; a digital award certificate; inclusion in our magazine and online exhibitions; and a free digital copy of the magazine their work is featured in.

Special Merit winners will receive individual showcases on our social media sites in addition to the items below.

All award recipients for Special Merit, Artistic Recognition and Honorable Mention will be:

• Featured in our 2025 Early Spring issue, digital and print editions;
• Included in our online exhibition for a full year;
• Showcased in our social media posts on Instagram and Facebook;
• Sent a digital award certificate;
• Given a discount on a digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine which includes their artwork.

Rules

Artists must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide. Unlimited entries allowed. Artists can win up two two awards per competition. Click here for a full copy of the official rules.