Hello all you captivating creatives! We are fast approaching the first round of Calls for Art for the 2026 Seattle Erotic Art Festival. A few things are different this year, and the call you’re waiting for may be coming up fast than you think! So let’s go over the changes to the Call for Art.
What Changed
The Call for Literary Art submissions will now begin on November 1, 2025 and run through December 15, 2025.
The Call for Performance Art, for any acts that are on, off, or above the stages, will begin on November 1, 2025, and run through December 15, 2025.
The Pan Eros Film Festival will accept submissions via Film Freeway from November 1, 2025 through March 1, 2026. PEFF had added an additional category this year, and will be accepting short, silent, and feature films this year. PEFF will also begin charging submission fees this year, at $2 for short and silent films up to 15 minutes, and $10 for feature length films up to 60 minutes.
What’s the same
The Large Scale and Interactive Art Call for Proposals will begin on November 1, 2025 and run through December 15, 2025.
The Call for Visual Art will begin on December 1, 2025 and run through January 15, 2026.
The Call for Store Art will begin on December 1, 2025 and run through January 15, 2026.
As always, we offer an Early Bird discount on submission fees during the first two weeks of the Call for Art, where submission fees are $20 for up to 5 submissions. After that window, the submission fee for Visual and Literary Art is $38 for up to 5 submissions. There are no submission fees for Visual or Literary artists who live and create outside of North America.
We are pleased to be able to continue to offer a scholarship program to artists from traditionally marginalized communities. Please reach out to us if the submission fee is a barrier to your participation. (If you’re reading this and are not an artist, but would like to support artists, kindly consider donating to our scholarship program here.)
TL:dR
Performance, Literary, and Large Scale/Interactive ends on December 15
Visual and Store end on January 15
Film ends on March 1
Early Bird discount for submission fees, no fee if you’re outside of North America, reach out if you need a scholarship.
Anything else?
Each year, the SEAF Artist Portal is wiped clean and every artist must create a new profile to submit art. A breakdown of our fees and deadlines, along with some handy information and frequently asked questions, can be found here. If you have more questions, you can always reach out to either Shelley (Artist Liaison) at artisthelp@seaf.art or Drea (Literary Director) at literary@seaf.art.
We are so excited to see everything you’ve been working on this year! Happy creating, see you soon!