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Each light is a listed competition, placed where it is held. The closer the deadline, the taller the light.

  • 5 Closing soon
  • 241 Open
  • 3 Upcoming
  • 29 Online or location not listed

The directory, today

  1. Right now, 246 AI competitions are open.
  2. Hosted in 40 countries, and online.
  3. 159 accept creators from anywhere in the world.
  4. 5 close in the next 7 days.
  5. Competitions worth entering. Prompts worth studying. Sources you can trust.

Counts come from the live directory. Last source check: Oct 31, 2026.

Chapter I of III: Competitions worth entering.

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Nine creative fields, from image and film to interactive work and creative AI applications.

  1. AI Image & Art 16 open
  2. AI Video & Film 225 open
  3. AI Music & Audio 53 open
  4. AI Design & Advertising 21 open
  5. AI Animation & 3D 75 open
  6. AI Writing & Storytelling 3 open
  7. AI Games & Interactive 1 open
  8. Creative AI Applications 63 open
  9. Multimodal AIGC 43 open

Chapter II of III: Prompts worth studying.

Prompt Library

See the prompt behind the image

Explore visual AI prompts by model, style and use case, with generated results and practical breakdowns.

Explore prompt inspiration

A lone cyclist crossing a rain-soaked Tokyo crosswalk, at blue hour, neon signage reflected in the wet asphalt, shot from a low angle with a 35mm lens, soft volumetric haze, cinematic color grading in teal and amber.

  1. Subject Anchors what the image is about before anything else.
  2. Light Sets the time of day and names the light sources.
  3. Camera Fixes the viewpoint and perspective of the frame.
  4. Atmosphere Adds depth between foreground and background.
  5. Style Steers the final colour mood and finish.
Example prompt written by AIContestList to show structure. Results vary by model and version.

AI Academy

The technique behind stronger work

Learn prompting techniques, creative AI workflows, competition strategies and the tool updates that matter to creators.

Browse AI Academy
  1. Guides Practical guidance for entering AIGC competitions, preparing submissions, documenting creative work and building stronger AI-assisted projects.
  2. Prompting Learn how to control composition, lighting, perspective, style, references and other visual elements across creative AI workflows.
  3. Updates Track important changes to image, video and audio generation tools when those changes affect prompts, workflows or competition-ready creative work.

Chapter III of III: Sources you can trust.

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383 of 385 listings are checked against the organizer’s official source.

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