2009 Cover Competition

For more information and to enter the 2009 Cover Competition, please visit its new page here.

"American Artist" Magazine Cover Competition Winners

Hundreds of artists from around the country sent in submissions for American Artist’s 2008 Cover Competition, and the editors narrowed the selection down to the 10 they thought best captured the skill level and style of our publication. When those paintings were then considered for their strength as cover images, California artist Adrian Gottlieb’s The Auditor was chosen as the winning work.

View the winners of the Watercolor and Drawing magazine cover competitions.

Artist of the Month

SHOW YOUR ARTWORK TO THE WORLD in this contest sponsored by Jerry's Artarama. Here's your chance to share your drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture with the thousands of people visit this website every month. Just fill out the competition entry form and e-mail a digital image of your artwork. One entry qualifies you to be considered over a six-month period. The judges will select one artist every month to be featured on this page.

Each winner will receive a prize from Jerry's Artarama.

Send all submissions to aomcomp@myamericanartist.com. Please send scanned images as JPEGs no larger than 2mb with the title of the artwork, year, medium, and dimensions. We also need the following information in order to contact you if you win:
Full name
Address
Phone number
Email address

Good luck!

Read about this month's winner.

"American Artist" Self-Portrait Competition Winners

The finalists chosen in our self-portrait competition show the breadth of ways artists depict themselves, both in technique and concept.

To read more about entering art competitions, click here. 

Drawing Bodies

Draftsmen gathered at the Manhattan venue for “BODIES…The Exhibition” last year to draw the specimens on display. The best of them were named finalists in a special competition co-sponsored by the exhibition and Drawing magazine.   

"Drawing" Magazine Cover Competition Winners

We chose 10 finalists for our Drawing Magazine Cover Competition—and then easily named William Rose the winner, as he best showcased the skill level and imagination of our readers.

View the winners of the Watercolor magazine 2008 cover competiton. Winners of the American Artist cover competition will be announced in the October issue.

"Watercolor" 2008 Cover Competition Finalists

Congratulations to the 10 finalists chosen in the 2008 Watercolor Cover Competition. These accomplished artists each take a different approach, revealing the versatility and adaptability of watermedia. Here, they describe their sources of inspiration as well as the materials and techniques they use to bring forth a unique vision.

To read about more artists like this, subscribe to Watercolor today!

Kurt Long Wins Drawing BODIES Competition

Pennsylvania artist Kurt Long won the top prize in the contest, which required draftsmen to depict one of the specimens in "BODIES...The Exhibition," at New York City's South Street Seaport.