Submission Fees and Deadlines

Each type of art has unique requirements.

Visual Art: up to five (5) pieces may be submitted of any medium. Sculptors, multimedia artists and painters are particularly encouraged to apply.
Short Film: up to three (3) short films or videos may be submitted. Each submission may be up to 30 minutes in length.
Installation Art: up to three (3) interactive installation proposals may be submitted. Proposals are introductory descriptions of your piece in as much detail as possible. Installations can be submitted as ideas, and need not be completed work at the time of submission. Some grant funding is available for installation ideas.
Literary Art: up to five (5) literary pieces may be submitted — poems (up to 2 pages single-spaced), short stories (up to 1500 words, 7 pages double-spaced) and one-act plays or scripts (up to 15 pages including scene setup).
Performance Art: performers 18 years old or older may submit for consideration for both ambient performances and the main stage production.
Store Art: all artists 18 years old or older may submit items such as books, jewelry, cards, collectibles, etc. for consideration by the Festival Store.

Pay your fee by Wednesday, February 15 at 11pm PST to get these special rates.
No fee to apply if you are an artist living outside of North America
No fee to submit performance art
No fee to submit short film
$20 fee to submit visual art
$20 fee to submit literary art
$20 fee to submit installation art
If you have paid a fee to submit visual, literary, and/or installation art, then you can submit work to the Festival Store for free. If you have not paid a fee, you will need to pay a $20 fee to apply to the Store.

If you apply after 11pm PST on Wednesday, February 15, the following fees apply.
No fee to apply if you are an artist living outside of North America
No fee to submit performance art
$10 fee to submit short film
$30 fee to submit visual art
$30 fee to submit literary art
$30 fee to submit installation art
If you have paid a fee to submit visual, literary, and/or installation art, then you can submit work to the Festival Store for free. If you have not paid a fee (or only paid for a $10 short film fee), you will need to pay a $30 fee to apply to the Store.

All artists and models must be 18 years old or older
Submission fees are non-refundable
Tickets are non-transferable
If accepted, the art submitted must be exactly the same as the delivered art
Unfinished art or “works in progress” will not be considered by the jury (with the exception of installation art and performance proposals)
Incomplete or incorrect entries will not be considered after the deadline (Saturday, March 10 at 11pm PST)
Artists do not need to attend the Festival to be accepted
The Festival reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone