An international juried competition for original animal- and wildlife-focused artwork, culminating in a virtual exhibition. Conditional awards include Best in Show ($350), Overall Runner Up ($175), and an Artivism Award ($75); only award recipients, and potentially discretionary Selected Works, will be exhibited.
About this call
Animals and wildlife, with the animal or animals as the obvious focal point or foundation of the work.
Requirements
Open internationally to artists age 18 or older. Entries must be the submitting artist's original work, feature an animal, fit the theme, and contain no AI. Work previously included in Wild Heart Gallery shows on wildheartgallery.com is ineligible, although work shown only on artcall.org may be resubmitted. Prohibited content includes uncovered nudity, profanity, animal cruelty, gore, and political artwork; animal conservation and environmental protection are permitted. Artists may submit up to two separate works. Sculpture entries may include up to two additional views per work. Photography entries must identify the camera make and model and whether the image is film or digital. Files must be JPG, PNG, or GIF, 500 KB–5 MB, with a minimum width or height of 1080 px; images must be professionally presented without glare, frames, or watermarks. The non-refundable fee is $18 for 1–2 images. Artwork need not be for sale, and the gallery takes no commission. By entering, artists grant Wild Heart Gallery a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce submitted images on wildheartgallery.com and artcall.org, publish winners and accepted entries on social media and other outlets, and crop or resize images as needed; artists retain copyright. Conditional awards are Best in Show ($350), Overall Runner Up ($175), and Artivism Award ($75).