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The “Winter 5 for $10” by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 2026 is an international open-theme art competition organized by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. Photographers, digital artists, and artists working in other two- and three-dimensional media are invited to submit their work for an online exhibition featuring 12 overall winning artists. The top-ranked artist will receive the Best in Show distinction and a cash prize. The submission deadline is December 15, 2026, with a flat entry fee of $10 for up to five artworks. Despite the competition’s seasonal title, entries do not need to depict winter.
Selected artists will be featured in a special online exhibition running from December 20, 2026, through March 20, 2027. The gallery also provides promotional coverage, digital award materials, and links to winners’ websites. Winter 5 for $10 might be just the right opportunity for you. If not, there are plenty more to discover among all photo competitions listed on Deartline.
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Prizes
Light Space & Time will recognize 12 overall winning artists through its Winter 5 for $10 online exhibition. The awards combine a Best in Show distinction, gallery presentation, and promotional support for selected artists.
- Best in Show — 1st Overall:
- Best in Show title.
- Cash prize paid in US dollars through PayPal.
- Presentation in the online exhibition.
- Gallery publicity and digital award materials.
- Top 12 Overall Winning Artists:
- Inclusion in the special online exhibition from December 20, 2026, through March 20, 2027.
- Promotion through the gallery’s press releases, news distribution, and online communications.
- Social media and email marketing coverage.
- Links to the artists’ websites.
- Digital award certificates, ribbons, event postcards, and press releases for their portfolios.
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Categories or Themes
The competition has a single Open Theme, welcoming representational and abstract work across a wide range of artistic media. Photographers can submit images of any subject, provided the work meets the gallery’s general participation requirements.
Potential approaches include fine art photography, abstract imagery, landscapes, portraits, conceptual projects, and experimental photographic techniques. Photographic submissions compete within a wider visual arts setting, where originality, artistic interpretation, and composition are central to the selection.
Dates and Entry Fees
The “Winter 5 for $10” by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 2026 follows this schedule:
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Competition opens | August 28, 2026 |
| Submission deadline | December 15, 2026 |
| Results announced and artists notified | December 20, 2026 |
| Online exhibition opens | December 20, 2026 |
Entry Fees (USD): $10 for up to five images or artworks.
Artists may submit a maximum of five works to this special competition. The entry fee includes applicable New Mexico gross receipts tax, where required, and is nonrefundable.
How to Enter
Participants must complete their submissions through Light Space & Time’s online entry system, administered by Submittable. Digital submission requirements include:
- JPG format.
- Maximum file size of 5 MB per image.
- Minimum of 1,000 pixels on the longest side.
- 72 dpi resolution, with high-quality JPG compression.
- No visible frames or watermarks.
Applicants must also provide a short artist biography of up to 500 words, written in the third person, together with their website address when available. The gallery uses this information when presenting and promoting selected artists.
About the Jury
Light Space & Time’s published competition rules identify Chris and Valerie Hoffman as jurors, with assistance from other art professionals when available.
- Chris Hoffman: An award-winning artist with more than two decades of professional painting experience and work held in private collections in the United States and internationally.
- Valerie Hoffman: An art marketing professional who works with emerging artists on the presentation and promotion of their creative practices.
Entries are evaluated according to artistic interpretation, creativity, originality, composition, and overall visual impact. The gallery also considers how effectively a work communicates its artistic intention and functions as a complete composition.
Why Enter “Winter 5 for $10” by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 2026?
The open-theme format gives photographers considerable freedom in choosing what to submit. A carefully observed portrait, an experimental abstract image, or a landscape developed around a personal interpretation can all be considered within the same competition. This makes the exhibition relevant to photographers whose work crosses genres or does not fit comfortably into a narrowly defined photographic theme.
The selection also places photography in dialogue with other forms of visual art. Alongside digital imagery, the exhibition may feature painting, sculpture, and mixed-media work, creating a broader context for the selected photographs. The three-month online presentation gives winning artists a dedicated space to show their work, while the gallery’s award materials and promotional coverage help document their achievement.
For photographers exploring Deartline’s photography awards list, “Winter 5 for $10” by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 2026 combines an accessible flat entry fee with twelve overall awards and a special online exhibition.
Rules and Copyright
We reviewed the official rules of the “Winter 5 for $10” by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 2026 to summarize the key participation requirements, copyright terms and image usage conditions. Before entering, we recommend checking the complete rules published by the organizer.
Rules
The competition is open internationally to amateur and professional artists aged 18 or older. Photography, digital art, and other two- and three-dimensional media are eligible, while video submissions are excluded. Artists may submit representational or abstract work on any subject.
Entries must be original, and artwork previously exhibited on the Light Space & Time website cannot be resubmitted. The gallery accepts experimental and mixed techniques and requires participants to provide suitable digital files and accurate artwork information. Artists are also subscribed to gallery email announcements upon submission, with an option to unsubscribe.
The gallery may resize, crop, or make color adjustments to selected images for exhibition and promotional presentation. Art sales inquiries are referred directly to the artist.
Copyright and Image Usage
Artists retain copyright to all submitted images. For photographs selected for exhibition, Light Space & Time receives permission to display the work and use it in exhibition-related marketing, press releases, promotional graphics, online presentations, and material associated with future gallery competitions.
The gallery may maintain selected images in its online archive for five years after the competition, with artist attribution and website information where available. The published rules prohibit the gallery from reselling or exchanging submitted images.
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For more information and to participate in the contest, visit: the official website.
