Pastel 100 – 27th Annual Painting Competition
Pastel Journal and Artists Network are pleased to present our 27th Annual Pastel 100 art competition.
The Competition offers cash and publicity to its talented winners and is open to artists from any part of the world, older than 16.
In addition to the multiple top cash prizes, all top prize winners and place winners will be featured in the Spring 2025 issue of the Pastel Journal magazine.
Judges will award a total of one hundred (100) prizes. Twenty-five (25) category prizes will be awarded – to the first five winning works in each of the five competition categories.
Entries can be submitted in the following categories:
- Animal + Wildlife — Any animal in any setting
- Abstract + Non-Objective — Judged on the artist’s use of design, texture, media, lighting and special techniques
- Landscape + Interior — Any landscape, from city scenes to imaginary horizons
- Portrait + Figure — Individual or group portrait and figure entries
- Still Life + Floral — Judged on overall design, unique arrangement of subject matter, handling of medium, lighting and mood
Work must be at least 80% soft pastel; no oil pastel. Nupastels and other “harder” pastels are considered soft pastels.
Winners will be notified by late November 2025.
Pastel Journal, the host of the Pastel 100 competition is America’s leading magazine devoted to pastel artists.
Entry Fees
- Super early-bird entries start at $15 per image – until 25th March 2025.
- All early-bird entries start at $25 per image – until 24th June 2025.
- The regular entry fee starts at $30 per image.