2024 AICA INTERNATIONAL Open Call: Incentive Prize for Young Art Critics

May 31, 2024

Congress & Theme: AICA-Int. Congress—Bucharest and Iaşi, Romania, November 4-9
Becoming Machine, Resisting the Artificial. Art in the Present Tense

Eligibility: Critics (commentators, curators, educators) early to mid-career, writing from anywhere, for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, internet

Cash Prizes: First Place €1000 (or dollars); Second Place €500 (or dollars); Third Place €250 (or dollars); Certificates will be emailed after Congress.

Entry fee: None

Entry Deadline: One essay per applicant by Sunday, August 18, 2024

Jury Process: Aica-Int. Awards Committee will read and rank essays

Notification: Only the three winners will be notified by email, announced at the Congress; their essays will be posted on the AICA-Int. website. First place winner will be invited to read their essay via Zoom at the Congress.

CONTEST DIRECTIONS (Please read carefully!)
By Sunday, August 18, 2024 applicants should email a single WORD document in English (no PDF) including:
1. 2000-3000 word count essay with bibliography
2. Optional six images (max) labeled and embedded into essay text
3. 150 word BIO with writer’s nationality, workplace, and email

FAQ
Essayists do not have to be AICA members
Essays do not have to follow Congress theme
Previously published essays, or essays sent to other contests, are eligible
AICA-Int. reserves the right to publish entries on its website and/or AICA-E-MAG
***For questions/answers anytime, email Jean Bundy (38144@alaska.net)

Email entries to all three: Jean Bundy (Awards Chair) at 38144@alaska.net;
sandrahitner@gmail.com; and aica.office@gmail.com