INCENTIVE PRIZE FOR ART CRITICS 2025
Organised by AICA International, this annual essay competition invites critics—broadly defined as commentators, curators, and educators—from around the world to submit writing that engages with contemporary art.
Theme: Imaging / Shaping / Re-Thinking the Global South through Art
Entry Deadline: Sunday July 27, 2025 - Paris Midnight (CET)
Eligibility: Critics (commentators, curators, educators) writing from anywhere, newspapers, magazines, television, radio, internet
Entry fee: None
Cash Prizes: First Place €1000 (or dollars); Second Place €500 (or dollars); Third Place €250 (or dollars); Certificates emailed after Congress.
Jury Process: Aica-Int. Awards Committee reads and ranks essays
Notification: Only the three winners will be notified by email & announced at the AICA Congress 2025 (Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27-October 31, 2025) . First place winner will be invited to read essay via Zoom at the Congress. Winning essays will be posted on the AICA-Int. website.
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