Junior
Juried Art Competition

Kids, submit your watercolor, oil, or acrylic artworks! Open theme. Any size welcome.

“EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST. THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO REMAIN AN ARTIST ONCE WE GROW UP.” – PABLO PICASSO

JUNIOR Art Competition by TERAVARNA India

Hey little doodlers, dreamers & doers!

Do you like to squish your fingers into mud and clay, roll play dough into funny shapes, or swirl rainbows across the page with your paintbrushes? Do you make the crayons dance, markers giggle in bright strokes, and fill drawing sheets with castles, clouds, and curious creatures? Then this drawing competition for kids is just the perfect pick for you!

TERAVARNA India salutes the indomitable spirit of enthusiastic creators and budding artists in its JUNIOR Art Competition 2025 — an innovative call for art competition for kids and budding talents.

Who Can Join?

Our art competition for students celebrates child & student artists and teen talents — we welcome children, students, and youngsters under 16 years of age!

Choose Your Tools

Every mark, every smudge, every splash of colour counts — and YOU decide the story your art will tell!

Create Without Limits
  • Draw your favorite characters (let them breathe and come alive)!
  • Imagine magical places and capture happy moments!
  • From giggly colors to wild whirls — let your creativity run wild on paper or canvas!
  • Paint the wildest thing even if it doesn’t exist — something the world has never seen!
Why Kids will Love It!

We impose NO BORING themes — your imagination is the only rule at this young artists competition!

Your Art, Our Stage

Let the drawings and doodles leap from your notebook right into the spotlight.
Be part of our fun-filled online drawing competition for kids and enjoy creating what you really love!

Judging will be Impartial!
Expert jurors will decide on the best works based on creativity, originality, dynamic composition, vibrant use of colours, shapes, and forms – they will pick out the best storytellers of them all in this vibrant kids drawing competition.
So, are you ready to be the coolest kid round the block?

Eligibility

Open to artists aged 16 years and below. Yes, there’s ample room for the mini maestros! And no previous experience is required for entering the student art contest or the drawing competition for kids 2025.

Cash Prizes & Awards

20 artists win upto Rs. 15,000 in cash prizes. **
  • First Prize Award | ₹4,200
  • Second Prizes | ₹2,000
  • 4 Third Prizes | ₹750 EACH
  • 6 Fourth Prizes | ₹500 EACH
  • 8 Fifth Prizes | ₹350 EACH
All artists will be given professionally-designed award certificates.​

Mediums

It can be watercolour/ oil or acrylic colours/ charcoal or pencil sketches/ coloured pencils/ graphite pencils/ crayons/ sketch pens/ oil pastels/ or digital art for this online drawing competition for kids.

We would love to see the original creations of the wonder-makers, so no AI artwork is allowed for the drawing competitions for students and kids.

Theme

We do not restrict to any particular theme or subject for our online art competitions for students, as there is no rule to fantasy!

Young artists can submit their creations in the form of drawings, paintings, cartoons, sketches, digital art, etc. based on their wild imagination.

Deadline

The deadline for submission is: Coming Soon

Fee

Rs. 199 per artwork (non-refundable) for this competition.

Image Submission Guidelines

1. Which file format is required for my submission?

Only JPEG or JPG files are accepted.

2. What is the file size requirement for submission?

We accept file sizes up to 2MB as preferred.

3. How should I crop my image?

  • Your image should be cleanly cropped, showing only the artwork.
  • Remove any borders, frames, backgrounds, or unnecessary elements.

4. How clear should my image be?

  • Ensure your image is in sharp focus, not blurry.
  • The artwork should be clearly visible from a front-facing view.

Disclaimer: Please note that TERAVARNA does not accept AI-generated artworks for submission

Timeline

NOW | JUNIOR JURIED ART Competition

 

31 DECEMBER 2025, 11:59 PM IST

Deadline for Entries

7 JANUARY 2026

Winner Notification Starts

7 JANUARY 2026

Cash Prize Notification Starts

8 JANUARY 2026

Exhibition of Winning Artworks Starts

23 JANUARY 2026

Cash Prize Distribution Starts***

30 JANUARY 2026

Exhibition of Winning Artworks Ends

1 FEBRUARY 2026

Winning Artworks Archived

*** All cash prizes are given out via (payment mode)

How to Apply

STEP 1: Click on the “Showcase Your Masterpiece” button.

STEP 2: Fill out the submission form — upload all the artworks you want to submit, then click Submit.
You’ll be taken to the Checkout page.

STEP 3: Click Proceed to Payment and complete your payment.
Once successful, you’ll be redirected to a Thank You page confirming your submission.

NOTE: If you don’t see the Thank You page after payment, please contact our support team at hi@teravarna.in

Still not convinced if this JUNIOR Juried Art Competition is the perfect stage for the young minds to show their skills?

Let us convince you otherwise!

This drawing competition for kids is ambitious and high on imagination! Ask why?

TERAVARNA India’s JUNIOR Art Competition 2025 is the perfect stage to turn paintbrushes into magic wands with colours and shades bonding like real buddies!

This time, let your child’s creativity blossom & win awards! TERAVARNA India, as one of the leading art galleries for emerging talents makes this award winning drawing competition for kids an ideal platform to boost confidence of the young champs, offering rewards. It’s simply amazing!

Don’t limit their joy of shaping, coloring, and sketching — let them turn simple things into whole new worlds, and bring weird ideas to life in the most magical ways. From playful doodles to powerful drawings, this is where they rule the canvas!

​And guess what? These young dreamers & doodlers will definitely get noticed in this extraordinary art competition for students! There are shiny certificates, exciting prizes, gallery showcases, and even global recognition waiting just for their art. So why wait?

​Turn to TERAVARNA India for details on entry guidelines and submission for our one-of-a-kind kids contest online.

The submission is online. This means kids will have to submit a scanned image or a good quality picture of their artwork (with a little help from their mom & dad) along with filling up all the relevant fields of the online submission form.

​Let the budding creators join our online drawing competitions for students below 16 years and paint worlds of their own with magic hues, shapes, and ideas.

​We welcome young dreamers on board to this drawing competition for kids — let their works travel far beyond the pages of their sketchbooks and make the world say, “Wow!”


​We can’t wait to see the little Picassos and mini Michelangelos in the making!

Everything You Get At TERAVARNA

Cash prizes guaranteed up to Rs. 15,000

Cash prizes awarded to up to 20 artists

Artists showcased in virtual gallery walls​

Opportunity for exhibition in Indian art galleries​

Opportunity for exhibition in USA and Europe​

24×7 online submission​

Open to age groups of 16 & below

Use any medium of your choice​

Cash prizes for First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth place rankings​

Honorable Mention and Finalist awards​

Opportunity for solo and group shows for artists​

Opportunity for social media promotions​

Opportunity to sell your artwork