MUSE: A Carolina Creatives Juried Art Competition Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine Gold Star Program Gold Star

Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2025 juried art competition at The Artistry Gallery in Greenville, South Carolina! We want to know what inspires you, where you find your creativity, or who fuels your fire; in other words, “What is your muse?”

We are dedicated to creating opportunities for artists in the Carolinas. With this competition, we hope to display the talent of this region with a wide range of subjects & visual art forms. Chosen artists will get to showcase their artwork for sale at The Artistry Gallery from June–July 2025 and will also have the chance to win up to $300 in prize money.

Visual artists from across the U.S. who have a strong connection to the Carolinas are invited to apply. Selected works must be for sale and will be showcased at The Artistry Gallery in Greenville, SC from June–July 2025. The show’s opening night & awards ceremony will take place on the evening of June 6th, 2025. The submission fee is $25 for up to 3 entries.

Requirements:

• Eligibility
  • Artists must be 18 years or older and must have a strong connection to the Carolinas. Artwork must have been made within the last 3 years. Artists previously published in Carolina Muse are welcome to apply, but their application cannot include the work which was published in Carolina Muse. 2-D work cannot exceed 40 inches (framed) in any dimension. 3-D work cannot exceed 30 inches in any dimension and must be hand delivered. Artwork must be for sale. The Artistry Gallery handles all transactions and will receive a 30% commission fee from all sales.
• Mediums Accepted
  • Eligible mediums include oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, drawing, photography, printmaking processes (no digital art), bronze, glass, ceramics, stone, and mixed-media.
• Presentation
  • 2D artwork must be ready to hang (framed with hanging wire or gallery-wrapped canvases with hanging wire). Any artwork received without proper hanging tools will not be displayed. Feel free to email [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns about this.
• Delivery
  • Hand-delivered work can be made to The Artistry Gallery in Greenville, SC between May 30-June 3 (a time must be arranged before meeting). Shipped artwork must have a mail-by date of May 31 or earlier. (Exact address in Greenville will be emailed to you upon acceptance.)
• Please reach out with any questions regarding eligibility.