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Creative Capital
Creative Capital Award
Amount
Up to $50,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
49 per cycle
Effort
weeks to mon
Can you get this?
✓For individual artists creating new work
✓Open to all disciplines
✓National open call; no geographic restriction
✕Current Creative Capital Awardees cannot apply for this prize
✓Both awards are one-time distinctions
Your real odds
Thousands of proposals compete for 49 awards each cycle, so acceptance rates are extremely low.
The 2026 cycle has funded 49 new works from a pool of thousands of applications received annually since 2020. Every applicant is automatically considered for the State of the Art Prize, which gives one artist per US state and territory a separate shot at funding.
What it takes
Develop a proposal for a new workweeks to mon
Submit through the open call by discipline
Await external panel reviewseveral mont
Worth knowing
The State of the Art Prize, a $10,000 unrestricted grant, requires no separate application, so submitting for the Creative Capital Award enters you into both competitions at once.
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