Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces their 10th Annual “Patterns, Textures & Forms” Online Art Competition.  2D and 3D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for possible inclusion into the Gallery’s October 2026 online group exhibition.

The gallery invites artists (including photography & digital art), regardless of where they reside, to apply to this competition by submitting their interpretation of the “Patterns, Textures & Forms” theme.

Artists should submit their best representational and/or abstract work in any media before the deadline of September 30, 2026.

Here is a link to the “Patterns, Textures & Forms” 2025 Online Art Exhibition in order to help artists see what type of art was accepted in the past. Please review our article post which explains the Judging Criteria for Our Juried Art Competitions in order to help you as a guide with your entry submissions.

Early Registration - Discounted Entry Fee

• Lower entry fees are offered from the opening of the competition until the 1st day of the second month (August 1, 2026).
• The discounted entry fees are as follows: $16.00 for 1 to 2 entries and $24.00 for 3 to 5 entries.
• After that time, the entry fees revert to the gallery’s normal entry fee amount or $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries and $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries until the deadline of the art competition. 
• Students (who are registered with Submittable and have an email extension of EDU) are able to receive additional lower entry fees for this competition.  $14.00 for 1 to 2 entries and $22.00 for 3 to 5 entries.
• All entry fees are inclusive of New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax, if applicable.

Revised Schedule for This Competition

From September 15th to October 15th, we'll be traveling through Europe exploring art in person after 8 years without a real break - so we're adjusting our schedule accordingly. The submission deadline for the 10th Annual "Patterns, Textures & Forms" Online Art Competition is moving from our usual 27th to September 30, 2026, and the exhibition opening will shift to October 25th. To balance out the later opening, the exhibition will run for an extra month on the website, giving your work more time on display.

Important Dates For Participating Artists

Artist Awards

• The #1 overall top winning artist will be the Best in Show winner of the exhibition. The Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize of $100. The cash prize will be paid via PayPal in U.S. dollars. The winner must be able to receive the cash prize via PayPal. If the artist does not have PayPal account, it is easy to set one up HERE.
• The top 12 winning artists will be promoted and circulated to hundreds of major news outlets, including syndicated Premium News Outlets, with inclusion on Google News & Bing News.
• Extensive worldwide online publicity in the form of email marketing, event announcements, and wide-spread social media marketing and promotion to make the art world aware of the artists’ achievement.
• Links back to the artists’ website.
• Digital Award Certificate, digital Award Ribbon, digital Event Postcard, and Press Releases for their art portfolio.

Artists provide us with your best representative and/or abstract art before the deadline.

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