Incentive Prize for Art Critics, 2025 AICA International

ICA-Int. Congress: Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27-October 31, 2025Theme: Imaging / Shaping / Re-Thinking the Global South through ArtEntry Deadline: Sunday, July 27, 2025  – Paris, Midnight (CET)Entry fee: NoneCash Prizes: First Place €1000 (or dollars); Second Place €500 (or dollars); Third Place €250 (or dollars); Certificates emailed after Congress

DIRECTIONS

Applicants should email an all-inclusive document in English (Microsoft WORD, Not PDF) including:

1. 2000-3000 word count essay (one essay per applicant) with bibliography

2. Optional six images (max) labeled

3. 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

You can access the complete call in downloadable PDF format.

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