The 11th annual Step inside design competition is now open. All submissions must have been printed or published for the first time between October 1, 2007, and October 1, 2008. There are numerous categories, from illustration to student work. Note that all entries have fees for qualification.

Entries must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2008. Winners will be notified by December 1, 2008. Winning entries will be published in the March/April 2009 STEP inside design 100 Annual. Only 100 entries will be selected for inclusion in the Design 100. Visit the site to learn more.

Be ready to function in the 21st century! Be sure you’re on the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ Illustration West 47 Web site. This Web site will include all work accepted into the largest juried illustration competition west of New York. Fee is $25 per entry ($15 for SILA members and students entering category 8). Entry fee in full must accompany all submissions. Entry fees are not refundable.

Additionally, there is a $45 per accepted entry Web site fee ($25 for SILA members and students exhibiting their own artwork in category 8). The Web site fee is required for inclusion on the Web site. Each accepted entry will be reproduced in full color on the Illustration West 45 Web site.

Except for the Visual Development category, any illustration created in or published between June 1st 2007 and June 1st 2008 are eligible. The work in Visual Development category can date as far back as 2003. Entries from around the world are welcome. Deadline is 19 September 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

The Adi Foundation seeks to nurture the work of artists exploring the nexus between art and Judaism. To that end, the Foundation’s central project is a biennial international competition in the visual arts and design on a theme related to Jewish thought and tradition. This competition is open to artists, including students, from a wide variety of fields in the visual arts, including painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, photography, video, installation art, computer art and design (Judaica, industrial design, graphic design, jewelry, fashion, etc.).

The theme of the fourth Adi Prize (2008) is Rupture and Repair. Information on the theme, including a source book on the subject, is available on the Foundation’s web-site, www.adifoundation.co.il.

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Diesel Wall is an international art contest that aims to bring intriguing/inspiring/insightful/inciting contemporary ideas to giant urban canvases in city centers around the world. Diesel Wall was born out of a need to salvage what precious public space is left. They will take your art, your powers of dissuasion; your ability to disrupt; incite; excite; inspire and intrigue; to make comment; to make beautiful; to make real; to make people think again. And they will give you walls in four major cities around the world to express yourself!

You must be logged in as a DIESEL CULT user to upload file. Deadline is 11 July 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

The 2007-2008 ImpressInPrint.com Inspired Artist scholarships are awarded four times per year in the amount of $500 each. The scholarships are open to eligible students currently attending university, college, trade school, technical institute or vocational program in the 2007-2008 academic year. Eligible students may not have already been receiving or awarded a full-tuition scholarship or waiver from another source. International students are welcome to apply.

You must explain why you chose art as your direction of study over other educational opportunities and what contribution your art will make to the world and society. Then, you must explain how will the ImpressInPrint.com Inspired Artist Scholarship help you meet your educational and professional goals. One digital image or photo of one piece of artwork is required as well. Deadline is four times per year. Upcoming deadline is 14 July 2008. Next deadline is 14 October 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

One of the most important topics in the upcoming presidential election is immigration reform. Here’s your opportunity to express your opinion creatively and collectively make a difference as part of the Student Voices community. Create an illustration, political cartoon or piece of art about Mexican/American immigration reform and you could win $500! Demonstrate the current ideas and attitudes towards immigration reform in your town or school and show us what your friends and family think by showcasing your artistic talent. Support your ideas by voting in your next election!

Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Mexico, has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. Deadline is 17 July 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. VSA arts showcases the accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to the arts for people with disabilities. Each year millions of people participate in VSA arts programs through a nationwide network of affiliates and in more than 60 countries around the world. VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

This call for entries is open to young artists ages 16-25 living in the United States who have a physical, cognitive, or mental disability. They are interested in both representational and abstract work, based upon the theme, “Green Light.”

There is no entry fee and prizes are substantial. Art work must be original and created within the past three years. VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc. (co-sponsor) reserve the right to purchase the artwork of the fifteen selected finalists at the artist’s specified price. Deadline is Friday, 11 July 2008, midnight (MST). Visit the site to learn more.

The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education).The 2008 Design Competition is now underway. UCDA is looking for your biggest and best ideas for their annual design competition — whether it be print, electronic, green, and even student work. They’re looking for publications, illustration, photography, electronic media and more.

Entries must be received by Friday, July 11, 2008. Enter early and avoid the last minute rush to gather, prepare and package your entries. Visit the site to learn more!

FindYourArtSchool.com announced the launch of an innovative and community-driven online art competition. The competition is taking place at: www.findyourartschool.com/contest/

The art contest will allow submissions through June 15, 2008, and is giving away $3,500 in prizes. The online art competition is targeted to younger adults ages 16 - 35, and uses community-based voting to help determine the winner.

“The contest is founded on democratic principles. The more votes and the higher the score of those votes will directly increase the probability of an artist being a finalist,” stated Elliott Easterling, chief judge of the competition. Users can also promote artists they like through social bookmarking services like Digg and reddit.

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In 1988, Mr. l. Ron Hubbard’s vision inspired a contest for new and aspiring illustrators seeking to become speculative fiction artists. The list of judges for the illustrators’ contest is no less impressive than that of the writers’ contest and represents a virtual who’s who of the field including Frank Frazetta, Vincent DiFate, Bob Eggleton, Stephen Hickman and Stephen Youll.

The Writers of the Future and Illustrators of the Future Contests are international in scope and short stories from the yearly winners selected from around the world are published in the annual Writers of the Future anthology. Each quarter, winners receive money from a pool of $1,500, and annually those winners compete for $5,000 additional prize money. The Contest is open to entrants from all nations. (However, entrants should provide themselves with some means for written communication in English.) All themes of science fiction and fantasy illustrations are welcome: every entry is judged on its own merits only. No entry fee is required and all rights in the entry remain the property of the artist.

The contest runs four times per year, and the next deadline is 30 June 2008. Visit the site to learn more!