The 2023 Call for Art is open!

Artists, the time is now! Grab your favorite pen, your paintbrush, your drill, your stilts, your toe shoes, your ostrich feather fan, whatever you need to make the art happen, because it is go time! The 2023 Call for Art is finally open!

Register before December 15!

We will be offering a special Early Bird discounted fee of $20 for submissions before December 15. After the 15th, the submission fee with be $38.

Everyone (except Film and Interactive) uses the portal!

Whether you are submitting Visual, Literary, Performance, or Store, you will be submitting your work through the artist portal. For Film, you will be submitting your work through Film Freeway. Interactive artists who have been accepted will need to set up a login for the artist portal and enter their information.

You can register now, and continue to add submissions throughout the call!

Only have one piece of art right now, but want to register right away for the Early Bird discount? Not a problem, you can continue to edit and add to your submissions until the Call for Art closes.

Check the FAQ and the Submission Guidelines pages for changes!

We made some serious changes this year, specifically to Interactive (formerly Installations) and Literary. Also, we continue to encourage artists looking to submit to Performance to consider how keep themselves and the audience safe at events in a world that still isn’t quite post-pandemic. The FAQ and all the Call for Art pages have the information you’re looking for.


We’re so excited to see everything you’ve been creating this past year (and everything you’re going to create this next month).
If you have any questions, please consult the FAQ and the Submissions Guidelines and Fees page. If the FAQ or info page still does not answer your question, you are welcome to reach out to us via either email (info@seattleerotic.org) or you can call us at (206) 229-2185.