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The top 4 awards will receive prizes and cash, worldwide recognition in International Artist magazine, The Art of the Portrait quarterly journal and on the Portrait Society’s website and social media platforms. 

The entry fee is $30. Artists can enter up to 3 entries today at www.portraitsociety.org. 

Guidelines:

• Artists must be 18-25 years old.
• Submitted artwork should feature the human figure (portrait or figurative).
• The competition is open to artists working in a variety of traditional art media, including but not limited to oil, acrylic, watercolor, egg tempera, pastel, charcoal, sculpture, stone, clay , plaster and metal.
• Artwork must be original, meaning that the work must be from the hand of a single artist and if created in a classroom or workshop MUST be without specific directions of an instructor.
• Photography, electronically created, computer-generated art, or art created under supervision of a teacher is ineligible.
• Compositions based on imagery created using AI, published material or other artists’ work are not considered original and are not eligible.