Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 2026 “Winter 5 for $10” Online Art Competition.

For this competition, all artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for possible inclusion into the Gallery’s “Winter 5 for $10” online group art exhibition.

Artists can enter up to 5 entries, for $10.00 and the gallery will choose 12 overall winning artists from those who entered. A special online exhibition will be held on the Light Space & Time website from December 20, 2026 through March 20, 2027.

This is an “Open” (No Theme) art online competition and the gallery invites 2D and 3D artists (including photography & digital arts), regardless of where they reside, to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational and/or abstract art.

The artwork for this competition does not need to be “Winter” themed. Any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration.

Here is a link to the “Winter 5 for $10” 2024 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.

Entry Fees

• $10 for up to 5 images/artworks.
• No entry fee discounts will be given for this special competition.
• Artists are encouraged to enter the maximum number of artworks for the entry fee.
• All entry fees are inclusive of New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax, if applicable.
• Entry fees are NOT refundable.
• VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Important Dates For Participating Artists

Artist Awards

Winning artists (12 Overall Category Artists) of the 2026 “Winter 5 for $10” Art Exhibition will be promoted extensively by the gallery in the following manner:

• 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. 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 of December 15, 2026.

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