Every year, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival is home to a decadent feast of erotic art, and this year was no exception. Some pieces dug a little deeper, shone a little brighter, or just delighted and excited beyond what we anticipated. We would like to celebrate and recognize these works and the brilliant creatives who brought them to life. Join us, please, in celebrating the SEAF 2026 Award Winners.
Film
Our fifth annual Pan Eros Film Festival brought erotic Short Films from across the globe to the SIFF Center for several viewings over the festival weekend, as well as our first Feature Film screeening. There was also a continuous showing of the Silent Films in the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall throughout the festival.
Best in Show
Role Play by Kyle Jon Shephard
Best Foreign Short
My Best Friend by Elina Street
Audience Choice
Squish by Ryan Avery
Not Exactly Strangers by Ryan Rox
Getting Ahead at Work by Seth Puckett
Elemental by Julia Patey
Best Silent Film
Enchanted Drips by Zaidi
Feature Film
The Heart of a Dominatrix by Inanna Justice and Jay Lincal
Literary
This year, the Literary Anthology accepted 48 works from 32 authors. This year’s stories came to us from as close as our backyard in Seattle to as far away as England.
Foundation Awards
Poetry: Pleasure Bound by Brianna Malotke
Flash: Seeking Sharon by Alicia E. Goranson
Short Works: The Proper Order of Operations by Desiree McCullough
Editor’s Choice
What I Learned from Reading 2000 Pages of Monster Porn by Sumu Tasib
Exaudi by Tár Odinsen
Visual
The Visual Art Exhibition was delighted to display 241 works on walls and pedestals. We continue to be privileged to present the work of artists from all corners of the world and paths of life in the festival.
Jury’s Choice
A lot to think about by B Felix Art
Toxic Valkyrie – Escape by B.J. Bassett
What Remains Unsaid by Joe Roland
Foundation Award
Corn Husk Vanity by Sadekaronhes
People’s Choice
Glory by Christopher Welch
Sacred Offering by Rob Patterson
Are You Seeing What I’m Seeing? by Jordan Hill
We are grateful that we can continue to celebrate these creatives and their works. To all our artists, we praise your vulnerability and bravery—you offer up so much of yourselves in your art and allow us to share it with the world. Guests and Art Activists, your attendance at SEAF makes it possible for us to continue to bring erotic art into the spotlight. Whether on our walls, a screen, or the pages in a book. The Seattle Erotic Art Festival exists to promote the enjoyment and sale of erotic art. You all make it possible.