2026 National Arts Competition Application Requirements
Please follow the requirements as closely as possible. Failure to comply with the requirements may make your application ineligible for an award.
Select your discipline to view the application requirements:
- Classical Music – Composition
- Classical Music – Instrumental
- Classical Music – Percussion
- Dance
- Design
- Film
- Jazz – Composition
- Jazz – Instrumental
- Jazz – Percussion
- Photography
- Theater
- Visual Arts
- Voice
- Writing – Fiction
- Writing – Nonfiction
- Writing – Play or Script
- Writing – Poetry
- Writing – Spoken Word