Incentive Prize for Art Critics

2025 AICA International Open Call – Incentive Prize for Art Critics

AICA-Int. Congress: Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27-October 31, 2025
Theme: Imaging / Shaping / Re-Thinking the Global South through Art
Entry Deadline: Sunday, July 27, 2025 – Paris, Midnight (CET)
Entry fee: None
Cash Prizes: First Place €1000 (or dollars); Second Place €500 (or dollars); Third Place €250 (or dollars); Certificates emailed after Congress

DIRECTIONS

Applicants should email an all-inclusive document in English (Microsoft WORD, Not PDF) including:

2000-3000 word count essay (one essay per applicant) with bibliography
Optional six images (max) labeled
Short BIO including writer’s nationality, workplace and email

Email entries to all three: 38144@alaska.net, sandrahitner@gmail.com and esyildizra@yahoo.com

FAQ

Essayists do not have to be AICA members
Essays do not have to follow 2025 Congress theme
Previously published essays, or essays sent to other contests, are eligible
AICA-Int. reserves the right to publish entries on its website
Any questions email: Jean Bundy (Awards Chair) at 38144@alaska.net

You can access the complete call in downloadable PDF format.