AICA Incentive Prize for Art Critics 2025
Entry Deadline: Sunday July 27, 2025 – Paris Midnight (CET)
Eligibility: Critics (commentators, curators, educators) writing from anywhere, newspapers, magazines, television, radio, internet
Entry fee: None
Cash Prizes: First Place EUR 1000 (or dollars); Second Place EUR 500 (or dollars); Third Place EUR 250 (or dollars); Certificates emailed after Congress.
Jury Process: AICA International Awards Committee reads and ranks essays
Notification: Only the three winners will be notified by email and announced at the Congress. First place winner will be invited to read essay via Zoom at the Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27–October 31, 2025. Winning essays will be posted on the AICA International website.
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 International reserves the right to publish entries on its website
· Any questions email: Jean Bundy (Awards Chair) at 38144@alaska.net
