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• April 2026 Arts Awards Roundup: Poetry, Painting, and Prizes Announced award

  Takunda Muzondiwa won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam, securing a cash prize and professional development support. Kim Day earned the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year title,…

• Danish Fashion Brands Vie for Wessel & Vett Prize with New Format and Focus on Sustainability award

  The 2026 Wessel & Vett Prize, the largest fashion accolade in Scandinavia, has four finalists: Berner Kühl, Bonnetje, Caro Editions, and O. Files. This award, created by the…

• Best of Practice Awards deadline extended to April 17 for North American AEC firms award

  Hey, so the deadline to submit entries for the 2026 Best of Practice Awards has been pushed back to Friday, April 17, at midnight ET. This award program evaluates architecture,…

• Helen DeWitt Declines $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize Over Mandatory Publicity Demands award

  Helen DeWitt, an American author, declined the Windham-Campbell writing prize of $175,000 due to its extensive promotional obligations. Chosen in February, she deemed the…

• Bill Rainey's Atmospheric Landscape Paintings Earn Recognition in Best Art Awards award

  Bill Rainey, a landscape artist based in Whakatū Nelson, New Zealand, has achieved notable acclaim in the Best Art Awards for 2025 to 2026. His artwork "The Minarets" secured…

• Jean Smart and Zendaya Could Achieve Unprecedented Emmy Sweeps for Hacks and Euphoria award

  Jean Smart and Zendaya are positioned to make Emmy history by potentially winning awards for every season of their respective series. Smart has already secured lead comedy actress…

• Monopol Magazine Offers Ticket Giveaway for 2026 German Jazz Prize Ceremony in Bremen award

  Monopol magazine is running a ticket giveaway for the German Jazz Prize ceremony on Saturday, April 25, 2026. The event will take place during the jazzahead! festival in Bremen, a…

• Paddington Musical Sweeps Olivier Awards with Seven Wins Including Best New Musical award

  The 2024 Olivier Awards saw Paddington the Musical take home seven accolades, including the title of best new musical. It also secured awards for direction, costumes, set design,…

• AICA Italia Awards Giulio Paolini 'Italian Artist 2025' for 'La Caduta di Icaro' award

  AICA Italia has conferred the title 'Italian Artist 2025' upon Giulio Paolini, recognizing his long-standing artistic and professional career and his representation of visual arts…

• Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2026 Shortlist Features Five Indonesian Artists award

  The 10th Max Mara Art Prize for Women has embraced a traveling format, partnering with Museum MACAN in Jakarta to showcase contemporary art from Indonesia. Five artists—Betty…

• World Press Photo 2026 Winners Document Global Crises from Gaza to Wildfires award

  The 2026 World Press Photo Contest winners have been announced, selected from over 57,000 entries across 141 countries. This year's photojournalism awards capture a stark visual…

• World Press Photo 2026 Winners Announced Amid Global Conflict Coverage award

  Winners of the World Press Photo 2026 competition have been revealed, highlighting significant global conflicts and cultural moments. Featured images depict the Eaton Fire in…

• Willem Kruger Wins Close-up Photographer of the Year's 'Death and Decay' Challenge with Hyena Image award

  Willem Kruger, a photographer from South Africa, clinched the title of Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) 2026 in the themed challenge 'Death and Decay' with his striking…

• Tanka Fonta Receives 2026 Wi Di Mimba Wi Prize with €30,000 Grant award

  Tanka Fonta has been named the recipient of the 2026 Wi Di Mimba Wi Prize, a biennial grant established in 2021 by AKB Stiftung and SAVVY Contemporary for artists of colour based…

• World Press Photo 2026 winners announced, Italian photographer Chantal Pinzi honored for Moroccan equestrian series award

  Winners of the World Press Photo Contest 2026 have been revealed, with Italian photographer Chantal Pinzi recognized for her work 'Farīsāt: Gunpowder’s Daughters.' This project…

• Winners Announced for Cultura Inquieta's 'Lo auténtico vs. Lo artificial' Video Contest award

  Cultura Inquieta, in collaboration with Iberdrola, organized the video competition 'Lo auténtico vs. Lo artificial' to celebrate authenticity in life. The contest ran from March 9…

• River Reishi Wins Surreal Salon 18 with Ephemeral Installation Selected by Swoon award

  River Reishi received the Best in Show award at Surreal Salon 18 for her installation 'Surface Tension,' which features a figure emerging from dark water surrounded by hand-drawn…

• 2024 Animated Short 'Jour de Vent' Wins SIGGRAPH Award, Created by French School Graduates award

  In 2024, a group of six graduates from École des Nouvelle Images in Avignon, France, created an animated short film titled 'Jour de Vent' (Windy Day). The film features various…

• Victor Cambet Wins 2025 Booooooom Photo Awards Street Category award

  Victor Cambet has been awarded the 2025 Booooooom Photo Awards Street Category for his photograph taken at a vintage car event in Montréal, showcasing a man wearing a beret and…

• World Press Photo Announces 2026 Contest Winners Spanning Global Photojournalism award

  The 2026 World Press Photo competition has revealed its winners, highlighting outstanding photojournalism from around the globe. This year's contest saw a massive 57,376 entries…

• Franco-Syrian Photographer Abdulmonam Eassa Wins World Press Photo 2026 for Sudan War Coverage award

  Abdulmonam Eassa, a Franco-Syrian photojournalist, was honored with the World Press Photo award in the Stories category on Thursday, April 9. His winning series, titled "Guerre au…

• Stella Prize 2026 Shortlist Features Six Australian Women and Non-Binary Writers award

  The Stella Prize has revealed its 2026 shortlist, comprising six works by Australian women and non-binary authors. Selected from 212 entries, the shortlisted books include Evelyn…

• Jazz Journalists Association Honors 34 Grassroots Advocates as 2026 Jazz Heroes award

  The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) has recognized 34 individuals as Jazz Heroes for 2026, honoring grassroots cultural contributors from 32 locations, including London for the…

• Samanta Schweblin Wins Inaugural Aena Prize for Spanish-Language Narrative with 'El buen mal' award

  Samanta Schweblin has received the inaugural Aena Prize, a newly established literary accolade featuring a grand prize of one million euros and 30,000 euros for each finalist,…

• Fashion Trust U.S. Awards 2026 Honors Emerging Designers with $600K in Grants at Star-Studded LA Ceremony award

  The 2026 Fashion Trust U.S. Awards happened at Nya Studios in Los Angeles, where emerging designers were awarded a total of $600,000 across six categories. Now in its fourth year,…

• Actor Michael Campbell Dies at 35 After Award-Winning Wheelchair Richard III Performance award

  Michael Campbell, a 35-year-old actor also recognized as Michael Patrick, passed away on Tuesday at NI Hospice after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in February 2023.…

• Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2025 Winners Announced, Featuring Toby Houlton's 'Dance of the Gnats' award

  The 2025 winners of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards (SNPA) have been revealed, with Toby Houlton from Invergordon awarded the title of Scottish Nature Photographer of the…

• Francisco Gonzalez Camacho's Photography Featured in 2025 Photo Awards and Tomorrow's Talent 5 Book award

  Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, a talented photographer, has been honored in the 2025 Photo Awards, which celebrate five winners, twenty shortlisted photographers, and two hundred…

• BBC's Bafta Broadcast Breached Standards with Unedited Racial Slur, ECU Rules award

  The BBC's executive complaints unit determined that the airing of a racial slur during the Bafta Film Awards on February 19 breached editorial guidelines. This slur was uttered by…

• LiberNovo Omni Chair Wins 2026 iF Design Award for Dynamic Ergonomic Innovation award

  The LiberNovo Omni chair has received the iF DESIGN AWARD 2026 in the Beauty/Wellness category, recognizing its reimagining of workplace seating. Developed through a collaboration…

• ArchDaily en Español Announces 15 Finalists for 2026 Obra del Año Award award

  The 17th edition of the Obra del Año 2026 award, organized by ArchDaily en Español and sponsored by Dornbracht, has revealed its 15 finalists from a pool of over 17,000 public…

• Fundación ENAIRE Announces 2026 Photography Prize with €25,000 in Awards and PHotoESPAÑA Exhibition award

  The 19th photography prize organized by Fundación ENAIRE is now open for entries, featuring a total of €25,000 in three distinct awards. Professional artists aged 18 and above,…

• Selina Brown Receives Queen's Reading Room Medal for Founding Black British Book Festival award

  Selina Brown, founder of the Black British Book Festival, has been honored as the UK's first National Reading Hero with the inaugural Queen's Reading Room Medal. Queen Camilla…

• Shannon Field's 'Unnatural History (Bat Blue)' Wins 2026 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing award

  Victoria-based artist Shannon Field has been awarded the 2026 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, receiving the $25,000 acquisitive award. Her winning work, 'Unnatural History (Bat…

• Mark Davis Wins 2026 Bald Archy Prize with Satirical Painting Emperor Australis award

  Mark Davis received the $10,000 Bald Archy Prize for 2026 with his painting Emperor Australis, a satirical reworking of Jacques-Louis David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps that…

• Communication Arts Design Competition 2026 Opens with AI-Generated Work Ban award

  Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Communication Arts Design Competition, which explicitly prohibits submissions generated by AI text-to-image technologies. This…

• Five Female Photographers Shortlisted for 2026 Saltzman-Leibovitz Prize at Photo London award

  The 2026 Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize has nominated five up-and-coming female photographers, whose works will be showcased at Olympia London from May 13th to 17th during…

• AZ Awards 2026 Longlist Reveals Special Category Nominees Across Architecture and Design award

  Azure Magazine has announced the third and final longlist for the AZ Awards 2026, covering four special categories: Concepts, Environmental Leadership, Social Good, and the A+…

• NEA Opens Nominations for 2027 National Heritage Fellowships, Honoring Traditional Arts award

  The National Endowment for the Arts has launched its call for nominations for the 2027 National Heritage Fellowships, a program that has recognized nearly 500 individuals since…

• Sir Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man Tops Classic FM Hall of Fame 2026 as First Living Composer to Achieve Number One award

  Sir Karl Jenkins, a Welsh composer from Penclawdd, Swansea, has made history by becoming the first living composer to top the Classic FM Hall of Fame in 2026 with his choral work…