AMADEUS Festival Vienna International Design Competition 2026/2027

An international poster-design competition for the visual identity of the 2027 AMADEUS Festival Vienna. The official theme is 'PRISMA.'

Official Call / Opportunity Page URL: https://www.amadeusfestival.com/international-design-competition-2026

Deadline: 9 October 2026 at 23:59 Austrian time. The application period opened on 9 July 2026 at 00:00.

Application Fee / Participation Fee: No application fee is stated on the official competition page.

Eligibility

• Open to participants of any nationality aged 16 or older.

• Amateur and professional applicants may enter.

• Individual submissions only. Collaborative or collective works are not permitted.

• Each participant may submit one design under their own name; pseudonyms are not accepted.

Application / Project Requirements

• Original and unpublished poster design that has not already won or remained pending in another competition.

• Submit electronically through the official Google Form.

• A1 portrait PDF, 84.1 x 59.4 cm, 7016 x 9963 pixels, 300 dpi, CMYK or RGB.

• The design must include the festival dates 01-04.07.2027 and the official festival logo.

• The official file-naming format is LASTNAME_NAME_POSTERTITLE.

Funding / Support / Benefits

• Professional-jury winner: EUR 450, diploma, use of the design for festival promotion, credit in printed and digital materials, and a double ticket to the opening gala.

• Public-jury winner: EUR 50, diploma, and a double ticket to the opening gala.

• La Vienisima special award: EUR 250 for the design that best aligns with diversity, equality, and activism.

• Three additional special mentions receive diplomas.

Application Method

• Submit through the Google Form linked on the official AMADEUS Festival page.

Additional Conditions Stated by the Organizer

• After the deadline, designs may be publicly displayed with the applicant name and country on the festival social-media channels for public judging.

• All submitted designs authorize non-exclusive reproduction, distribution, public communication, and adaptation for communication and archive purposes for at least two years. The professional-jury winning design grants the festival exclusive use rights described in the official rules.