Creative Works Competition

This year's Creative Works Competition is now closed.

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is internationally recognised for identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to international attention. Previous finalists have achieved success and recognition with accolades including: writing commissions from Channel 4, selection to represent Australia in the Florence Biennale, exhibitions at DACS (London), John Martin Gallery (London), Flores Fine Art Gallery (New York), inclusion in the International Drawing Competition exhibition (Poland) and the National Geographic International Photographic exhibition. The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition represents the scope of creative activity today, and provides an opportunity for both new and established artists to nurture their reputations on an international scale.

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The categories
There are three categories: Artwork & Photography, Fiction and Poetry.

Winners

There will be three winners. One from each category.
Each winner will receive £500.
Each winner will receive an additional prize from our competition partners.
Winners will be published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.
Winners will receive a complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.

Additional Prizes

A beautiful collection of 5 art Books from Prestel	5 must-read poetry books from Bloodaxe	Must-read fiction and a subscription to Granta

A large format Kandinsky collection. Chuck Close is America’s most famous living artist, and Life charts his story. The Ultimate Trophy surveys Impressionist painting. Maira Kalman’s Various Illustrations, and John Baldessari: Pure Beauty showcases more than 150 works.	Being Alive, the sequel to Staying Alive, ed. Neil Astley, Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets, ed. Roddy Lumsden, Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century ed. James Byrne & Clare Pollard, Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock, and TS Eliot Prize winner, The Water Table by Philip Gross.	Courtesy of Granta and Portobello books, we have Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart, My Friend Jesus Christ by Lars Husum, Circus Bulgaria by Deyan Enev, Are We Related: The New Granta Book of the Family ed. Liz Jobey, and a subscription to Granta the magazine of new writing.

Finalists

Finalists will be published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.
Finalists will receive a complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.

Deadline

Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2010. All winners will be notified by 31 October 2010 and the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual will be published 1 December 2010.

What are you waiting for? Send us your creative works today!

Click here to purchase a copy of last year's Creative Works Annual.
Click here to see the winners and finalists of last year's competiton.
Click here to see the Frequently Asked Questions page.

Artwork & Photography Guidelines

Submit up to 2 images.
All works must be at least 300dpi.
Please send all images as JPG, TIF or PDF files.
Please include in the email your name, email address, home address, phone number, your full name, title of your works, and your Order Reference number.
Please mark your entry in the subject line with 'Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Artwork'.
No alterations can be made once the submission has been received.

Fiction Guidelines

Submit up to 2 short stories.
Word count up to 2000 words per piece.
Please include in the email your name, email address, home address, phone number, your full name, title of your works, and your Order Reference number.
Please mark your entry in the subject line with 'Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Fiction'.
No alterations can be made once the submission has been received.

Poetry Guidelines

Submit up to 2 poems.
No more than 40 lines each.
Please include in the email your name, email address, home address, phone number, your full name, title of your works, and your Order Reference number.
Please mark your entry in the subject line with 'Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Poetry'.
No alterations can be made once the submission has been received.

Eligibility

The competition is open to anyone in the world.
Creative works should be written in English.
Please inform us if your work has been published elsewhere.
You may submit more than once.

Terms & Conditions

A £10 entry fee is required to enter the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition.
Only the winners and finalists will be published in the Creative Works Annual.
Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2010.
You will be notified of the results by 31 October 2010.

How to Enter

Step One
Click the 'Add to Basket' button to pay the £10 entry fee.

Step Two
Upon receipt of payment, a unique Order Reference number will be automatically emailed to you.

Step Three
Attach your submission to an email and send it to submissions@aestheticamagazine.com. Please make sure that you include your unique Order Reference Number in the subject line and your full name, address and the title of your work in the body of the email.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have any enquiries, we have complied a list of questions and answers that you may find helpful. Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page by clicking here.

Refund Policy
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The winners and finalists of the 2009 Competition

Read an interview with last year's Fiction Category winner Louise Beech here.
Read an interview with last year's Artwork Category winner Shadric Toop here.

See some of the winners and finalists on the Aesthetica Blog here.

The winners were: