Entries are now open for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2026, one of the world’s leading international awards celebrating excellence in representational visual arts.
Now in its ninth year, the non-acquisitive prize welcomes artists from around the globe working across traditional, digital and photographic media. Eligible styles include realism, imaginative realism, hyperrealism, surrealism, dark art, pop surrealism, lowbrow, superflat and other representational approaches.
With a total prize pool of USD $77,000 in cash and prizes, the award offers significant international exposure, professional recognition and career development opportunities through Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s global audience of galleries, collectors and art professionals.
Award Categories
- Grand Prize Award – USD $10,000 + prizes
- Painting Award – USD $6,000 + prizes
- Drawing Award – USD $4,500 + prizes
- Photography Award – USD $4,500 + prizes
- Digital Art Award – USD $4,500 + prizes
- Sculpture Award – USD $4,500 + prizes
- Imaginative Realism Award – USD $5,000 + prizes
- Emerging Artist Award – USD $4,500 + prizes
- People’s Choice Award – USD $1,000 + prizes
Entry Fee
USD $40 per entry.
Image: Goddess (2025), by Xavier Escala & Nina Murashkina, Grand Prize Winners of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2025. Wood, ceramic, gold and brass, 87 × 92 × 44 cm.
