Strokes of Genius 15: The Best of Drawing Art Competition

✓Showcase your talent and win big in Artists Network prestigious art competitions! Discover competitions in a variety of media and enter for your chance to win cash prizes, publication in leading art magazines, global exposure, and rewards for your hard work. Plus, gain valuable feedback from renowned jurors. Let your passion shine through – enter an art competition today!

Coming Soon in January 2024

Strokes of Genius 15 | The Best of Drawing is currently closed for entries. Win prizes and publication by entering this exciting drawing competition, brought to you by Artists Network and Artists Magazine. Strokes of Genius 15 | The Best of Drawing is our only drawing-specific competition and your opportunity to be recognized as the best of the best in contemporary drawing!

Deadlines

Super Early Bird Deadline: February 28, 2023

Entry Fee: $15 for Artists Network Members Entry Fee: $25 for nonmembers

Early Bird Deadline: May 16, 2023

Entry Fee: $25 for Artists Network Members Entry Fee: $35 for nonmembers

Extended Final Deadline: June 27, 2023

Entry Fee: $30 for Artists Network Members Entry Fee: $40 for nonmembers

Prizes & Awards

First Place Winner: $2,000 cash

Second Place Winner: $1,000 cash

Third Place Winner: $500 cash

10 Honorable Mentions: $50 ArtistsNetwork.com Gift Card

Award winners will receive a free Artists Network Membership for 1 year ($99.99 value), and a digital award-winner badge. Winning entries, PLUS an additional 85+ finalists, will be published in The Best of Drawing (a special publication from the editors of Artists Magazine).

Awards Juror

Costa Vavagiakis (costavavagiakis.com) has exhibited extensively in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including shows at The National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. and The Frye Art Museum, in Seattle. His work is held in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York, the New-York Historical Society and the Arkansas Art Center, as well other public and private collections. Vavagiakis has been the recipient of many distinguished awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and the Gregory Millard Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His work has been featured in various arts publications, including Artists Magazine. A dedicated and prolific teacher, Vavagiakis has taught at the National Academy of Design School, the New York Academy of Art, the Gage Academy, Brooklyn College, Columbia University and the Yale School of Drama. He’s currently on the faculty at the Art Students’ League of New York, where he has taught for more than two decades. He also teaches privately from his studio in Brooklyn, New York.