Art and Color 365, a bi-monthly print and digital art magazine, announces its 2026 Realism Competition. Artwork by the winners and award recipients in the competition will be featured in our Late Winter issue, publishing in February 2026. Entries must be submitted to Art and Color 365 by the following deadlines:

Realism Theme: Artwork must be representational in nature, depicting recognizable subjects from the observable world in any artistic style. Acceptable subjects include, but are not limited to, portraiture, figurative work, still life, landscape, seascape, animals/wildlife, and plein air scenes. Artists may submit artwork created with any two-dimensional media, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, gouache, graphite, colored pencils, ink, scratchboard, mixed media, etc. No photography. No AI.

Entry Fee: The regular entry fee is $28.00 for up to three artwork submissions.

• Receives a six-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing their artwork. Additionally, the feature story will be posted on www.artandcolor365.com;

• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s Magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;

• Social media promotion in the form of individualized posts, stories and reels;

• Distribution of an individualized press release which will be submitted to top U.S. media outlets and search engines; 

• Receives a digital award certificate;

• Receives a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine in which their story appears.

• Receives a four-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing their artwork. Additionally, the feature story will be posted on www.artandcolor365.com.

• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s Magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;

• Social media promotion in the form of individualized posts, stories and reels

• Distribution of an individualized press release which will be submitted to top U.S. media outlets and search engines; 

• Receives a digital award certificate;

• Receives a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine in which their story appears.

• Receives a two-page magazine feature story about the artist showcasing their artwork. Additionally, the feature story will be posted on www.artandcolor365.com.

• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s Magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;

• Social media promotion in the form of individualized posts, stories and reels

• Distribution of an individualized press release which will be submitted to top U.S. media outlets and search engines; 

• Receives a digital award certificate;

• Receives a free digital issue of Art and Color 365 magazine in which their story appears.

• Will have their art featured in an individual showcase in Art and Color 365 social media; 

• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s Magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;

• Receives a digital award certificate;

• Will have their awarded artwork included in exhibitions in Art and Color 365’s Magazine (print and digital) and on the magazine’s website;

• Receives a digital award certificate;

• Inclusion in our social media stories and reels for the competition

All works must be original. “Original” means that the work must be created from the hand of a single artist and not be taken from other artists’ work or materials for which you do not hold the copyright. Artwork subjects and compositions may not be derived from other artists’ artwork or from artwork published in print or online. Copying another artist’s work or digitally drawing on top of another person’s photography or artwork does not qualify as original art. No AI or photo app artwork, please.

Must be 18 years of age or older. Open to artists worldwide.