The contest is OPEN for 2026. 

WE HAD 113 ENTRIES from 71 ARTISTS LAST YEAR! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!!!  We look forward to another great contest this year.    See below for contest instructions.

Click here for 2025 ECAC Contest Winners.   

The Electric City Arts Contest (ECAC) was formed in order to promote amateur artists in all media: Visual Arts, Short Form Literature, Music, Digital Art, etc. We are open to all amateur artists, and also now open to EVERYONE IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT!  Works are to be submitted digitally as pics, audio clips, or video clips to this site in the form of links to YouTube.  Email me some basic information for each entry and you are in! The fee for entry is free for the first entry submitted and $10 per each additional entry.  After you submit your entry, I will contact you to arrange payment for the entry fee, if applicable. All proceeds go to supporting the contest.  All types of work shall be judged in one big group for now.  There is a $200 cash award for each of the top 5 entries!  

ECAC  now has an under 18 yrs old category, and there will be three (3) $75 cash prizes for the top three winners in this category.

If you have any additional questions, please submit them to electriccityartscontest@gmail.com, and I will get back to you when I can.  If you have read this far, I think you might be interested:) Thank you for your interest, and I look forward to seeing your work!

Best,

Craig Petreikis