Catit International Cat Art Contest 2025 (Painting Contest)
My Cat Magazine has officially launched entries for the 2025 Catit International Cat Art Competition, a competition that celebrates the grace and beauty of cats. We write the terms of participation in this art competition.
Awards!
The grand winner of the Catit International Cat Art Contest 2025 will win the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max!
The runner-up in the Catit International Cat Art Competition 2025 will win an Apple iPhone 16 Pro!
These days, it’s easy to spend too much time looking at screens. That’s why, in the 2025 edition of the Catit International Cat Art Contest, we’re inviting you to step away from the digital world and let your creativity flow in a more hands-on way.
These days, it’s easy to spend too much time looking at screens. That’s why, in the 2025 edition of the Catit International Cat Art Contest, we’re inviting you to step away from the digital world and let your creativity flow in a more hands-on way.
Show your love for cats by creating a masterpiece using only traditional, non-digital techniques, and get the chance to win fabulous prizes!
As the 2025 edition of the Catit International Cat Art Contest is all about leaving the digital world behind and creating art without the use of digital tools, cat photography, digital drawings and painting, and AI-generated artworks are excluded.
From October 31, 2024 until January 26, 2025, you can enter a photo of your cat-themed artwork in the contest.
Dates
- Artworks can be uploaded between October 31, 2024 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST and January 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST.
- Voting can be done between January 31, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST and February 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST.
- The winners will be announced in the My Cat Exclusive Magazine issue of March 2025. In addition, the winners will be notified of their winnings though email in the first weeks of March 2025
The artist
- You have to be the sole creator of the artwork you enter in the contest.
- Entrants must be a legal resident of, and the age of majority in their country of residence, at the time of entry. Minors are only eligible to participate with the consent of their parent or legal guardian. In the event that a minor is awarded a prize, the parent or legal guardian shall be required to sign a release form.
- Participation in previous editions of the Catit International Cat Art Contest does not exclude you from entering the 2025 edition. However, prior participants are required to submit original artwork that has not been entered in any previous edition of the contest.
- An artist is allowed to make up to 3 submissions.
- No purchase necessary.
The artwork
- The artworks entered in this contest must adhere to the central theme: cats.
- We’re looking for arts and crafts made with non-digital media and techniques, including painting, drawing, etching, sculpting, moulding, quilling, embroidery, felting, woodworking, pottery, glasswork, fabric, and much more!
- All submitted artworks must be original creations. Artworks made using commercially available kits will be disqualified from consideration. E.g. paint by numbers, diamond paintings, cross-stitch.
- Photography, digital illustrations, and AI-generated artwork featuring cats are ineligible for consideration and will be disqualified.
- Any hateful, inappropriate or indecent content is not allowed and will be removed.
- Any artwork that was submitted in any of the previous editions of the Catit International Cat Art Contest will be disqualified.
- Artist agrees that any submission materials entered into this contest may be used in print or digital form in future advertising, promotional activities/and or events (including features on their website, social media and magazine – My Cat Exclusive) for further promotion of the Catit International Cat Art Contest without notice or compensation.
The technical specs
- File size: max. 2560px (width) or 1920px (height)
- Max. 7 MB in size
- File types: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, and .gif
The voting
- Voting can be done between January 31, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST and February 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST.
- To submit a valid vote, each voter must select three works of art.
- You can only vote once; additional votes will be removed and only your final selection will be valid.
- To vote, you must be a member of the My Cat, Catit Community (“My Cat”)*. To join the My Cat, visit https://www.catit.com/my-cat/ and complete the online registration form in full. All previously registered members of My Cat are eligible to enter.
The prize
- The artwork with the most votes on February 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST will be the Grand Prize Winner in the Catit International Cat Art Contest 2025, and will win: One (1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max.
- The artwork with the second-highest votes on February 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 a.m. HST will be the
First Runner-Up in the Catit International Cat Art Contest 2025, and will win: One (1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro. - No artist can win more than one (1) prize. If the two highest-voted artworks are by the same artist, the runner-up prize will be awarded to the artwork with the most votes submitted by a different artist.