Last week we announced that the deadline to submit your work has been extended. To give you all a little more time to enter your art and photography, the new deadline is midnight 31 July [Los Angeles date/time]. For your chance to win amazing cash, product, and service prizes in this year’s $77,000 USD prize pool – enter today! This will be the final deadline – there will be no further extensions.
Already entered? Now you can enter a few more works. More entries means more chances to win! Don’t forget: you can also enter the BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award if you fit the Emerging Artist Award criteria, or the new Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award if you are an artist working in representational traditional painting, drawing or sculpture with a focus on imaginative realism, PLUS other award categories!
It’s super easy, just enter the best work from your portfolio, whether it is sold or not – there is no need to create a new work. Just complete the relevant entry form in one of the seven award categories: Digital Art, Photography, Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Imaginative Realism, or the Emerging Artist category.
Each year is a brand new art prize: a new jury panel, and a new chance to win!
Entry by: Emma Moncrieff [RAYMAR Painting Award]
‘Royal Regent Jubilee’, Acrylic on Canvas, 140 x 106cm
Still unsure if entering the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is the right choice for you? You may want to read this handy little article we put together on The Bigger Picture: Why Entering Art Competitions Is A Smart Career Move. The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize has been changing the lives and careers of artists for the last 9 years – don’t miss your chance to take your career to the next level, and join the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Alumni!
With an easy submission process you can guarantee that your work will be seen by the Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Bizarre art magazine, Danijela Krha Purssey. Why is this important? Because it isn’t just about winning (although that would be amazing) – the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is also our fountain of inspiration. Every year we discover many new artists through our Art Prize, who then go on to be published on our website, our print magazine, and are also invited to participate in our curated exhibitions. It is the best way to get on our radar!
“Giving the practices of representational artists validation and visibility, particularly in the commercial gallery and museum sector where it is still hard to get representation, is what the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize aims to achieve.“
~ Danijela Krha Purssey, Editor-in-Chief, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Imaginative Realism, ‘A Hollow Trade’ (Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36″)
2026 Award Categories
- 33PA Drawing Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award – $5,000 USD cash + prizes
- MPB Photography Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Sculpture Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- INPRNT Digital Art Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Painting Award – $6,000 USD cash + prizes
- BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award – $1,000 USD cash + prizes
See below some of the wonderful entries we have received so far in the Painting, Drawing & Imaginative Realism Award categories. A separate blog has been published sharing more of the amazing Photography, Sculpture, Digital Art & Emerging artist Award entries that we have received so far.
The Grand Prize Award Winner will receive $10,000 USD Cash & additional Prizes!
Entry by: Natallia Minchuk [Imaginative Realism Award]
‘Diamonds are Forever’, Ink on Paper, 18 x 14″
RAYMAR Painting Award
Check out the full list of Prizes for this Award here.
‘Certitude’ (Oil on Panel, 7 x 14″)
‘The gift of arrival’ (Oil on Canvas, 80 x 60cm)
‘Period of Peace, Power, & Pulchritude’ (Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36″)
‘Springlight’ (Oil on Linen, 24 x 36″)
‘Ghosts Pt. 8’ (Oil on Canvas, 24 x 18″)
‘THE ETERNAL FLOWERS’ (Gouache, watercolour, crayon, ink, 29 x 21cm)
‘Self-Portrait-2026| Living Archive’ (Acrylic and Watercolour on Canvas, Backing Type: Hand-cut Wood Panel Support, 82 x 88cm)
‘The Witch’ (Oil, Acrylic and Art Sand on Canvas, 120 x 80cm)
‘Emergence’ (Gouache, Water Based Oils, Pastel, Wax on Paper Mounted to Wood, 20 x 11″)
‘Adorned’ (Oil on Canvas, 120 x 100cm)
‘Friend From Above’ (Oil on Linen, 80 x 68cm)
‘The Rise of Ra’ (Oil on Belgian Linen, 100 x 82cm)
‘Medusa’ (Oil on Panel, 22 x 30″)
‘Saguaro and Silk’ (Oil on Panel, 24 x 16″)
‘The Fox and The Madness of Love’ (Acrylic on Panel, 12 x 8″)
‘Tomorrow is Another Day’ (Oil on Canvas, 127 x 162cm)
‘Keeper of Keys’ (Watercolour, White Ink, Gold Paint on 140lb Cold Press paper, 16 x 12″)
‘Days with Hedone, In My Bosom’ (Pigments and Hide Glue on Japanese Paper, 53 x 41cm)
‘Terms & Conditions’ (Oil on Panel, 25 x 16″)
‘Icarus’ (Oil on Canvas, 215 x 300cm)
‘Antigone’ (Oil on Panel, 100 x 140cm)
‘Cycles’ (Oil on Panel, 22 x 28″)
‘Turning’ (Oil on Canvas, 36 x 72″)
‘Oranges Smell Good’ (Oil on Linen, 32 x 24″)
‘The Garden’ (Oil on Canvas, 170 x 130cm)
33PA Drawing Award
Check out the full list of Prizes for this Award here.
‘For The Lost Flowers’ (Mixed Media – Inks, Gouache & Fineliner Pen on Paper, 60 x 85cm)
‘Lady With A Sphynx’ (Graphite and Panpastel on Paper, 34 x 26″)
‘Untitled’ (Charcoal Pencil on Paper, 40 x 30″)
‘Birdsong’ (Scratchboard and Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 24″)
‘The Last Stand’ (Charcoal and Graphite Pencil on Paper, 157 x 122cm)
‘Sanctuary’ (Graphite on Bristol Board, 23 x 15″)
‘Nature of Things’ (Graphite on Paper, 81 x 51″)
‘Overwritten’ (Coloured Pencil and Mixed Media on Dura-lar and Paper, 14 x 11″)
‘The Morrigan’ (Graphite on Paper, 42 x 29cm)
‘Still Survive’ (Ink on Paper, 78 x 109cm)
‘Euphoria’ (Pen / Pencil / Acrylic Ink / vifArt Watercolour Paper, 53 x 45cm)
‘Wandering into Wonder’ (Pencil Crayon, 15 x 14″)
‘The Risk It Took to Blossom’ (White Pastel and Coloured Pencils on Black Paper, 18 x 15″)
‘Headspace’ (Charcoal on Bristol Smooth Paper, 50 x 61cm)
‘Study for The Waiting Game’ (Pastel and 24ct Gold Leaf on Paper, 60 x 40cm)
‘Awakening’ (Coloured Pencils on Paper, 42 x 30cm)
‘Air’ (Graphite and Carbon Pencils on Paper, 116 x 80cm)
‘Shadow Spinning’ (Graphite, Coloured Pencil on Paper, 22 x 34″)
Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award
Check out the full list of Prizes for this Award here.
‘Self Portraits with Totems’, Painting (Oil glazes and 24 carat gold-leaf on canvas, 80 x 120cm)
‘SANCTA VANITAS’, Painting (Oil on Canvas, 130 x 81cm)
‘The Keeper’, Painting (Oil on Panel, 60 x 40cm)
‘Wildfire’, Painting (Oil on Board, 12 x 24″)
‘Fermentation’, Painting (Acrylic on Watercolour Paper mounted on wood panel, 16 x 20″)
‘Feast of Time’, Painting (Watecolour, Pen and Ink, Coloured Pencil, 76 x 55cm)
‘Viable’, Drawing (Prismacolor Pencils, Acrylic Paint, Paint Pens, 60 x 50″)
‘SEEK // GUARD’, Painting (Acrylics on Fabriano paper mounted on wood, 60 x 45cm)
‘Love in Bloom’, Sculpture (Mixed Media: Felt, Polymer Clay, Fabric, Wood, Paint, 17 x 7 x 7″)
‘The Ghost at the Feast’, Drawing (Charcoal on Paper, 160 x 85cm)
‘She Is a Mad Woman, Is She Not?’, Drawing (White Pencil on Black Paper, 24 x 18″)
‘The Fifth Bird Lied’, Painting (Oil Paint on Wood Panel, 6 x 6 x 1″)
‘Because We Love Kiwi’, Painting (Oil on Board, 40 x 40cm)
‘Shadowwing’, Painting (Gouache, Water Based Oil Paint, Pastel, Wax, 12 x 20″)
‘All That Glitters’, Painting (Oil On Canvas, 30 x 20″)
‘Please Don’t Eat Me’, Painting (Acrylic on Wood Panel, 36 x 24″)
‘The Music Machine’, Painting (Oil on Wood Panel, 24 x 17″)
‘Ocean Bloom’, Painting (Oil Paints, 80 x 60cm)
‘Chrysalis’, Painting (oil on canvas, 10 x 20″)
‘Back To Roots’, Sculpture (Polymer clay, metal, pigments, acrylics, natural crystals grown directly on the sculpture, 28 x 20 x 20cm)
‘Fugue’, Painting (Oil on Birch Panel, 48 x 38 x 2″)
‘Upon Encountering Cerberus’, Drawing (Charcoal, Conte and Pencil, 37 x 64″)
‘Verdant’, Painting (Acrylic and Oils on Wood Panel, 18 x 24″)
‘Centauresa’, Painting (Oil Painting, 60 x 60 x 40cm)
The Grand Prize Award Winner will be selected by the Jury Panel from any Award category. The People’s Choice Award will open for public voting on September 2, 2026.
Entries Close: Midnight 31 July 2026 [Los Angeles, USA time]
Entry fee is US$40 to cover administrative costs. Enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize today!
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.