The Wonder Institute

Call for Submissions

Opens September 1, 2027. For artists aged twenty-nine and under.

Who may enter

Eligibility

  • Aged 29 or younger on the date of submission.
  • One submission per artist per year, in one category.
  • Work completed within the three years before submission.
  • Submissions in any language, with an English or Italian summary.
  • No entry fee. Hardship travel grants for finalists.
What to send
  • The work, or documentation of it (text, recording, images, drawings or film).
  • A short artist statement of no more than 500 words.
  • A letter from a teacher, pastor or mentor (optional).
Register interest

Be told when the call opens

“Every genuine art form in its own way is a path to the inmost reality of man and of the world.”John Paul II, Letter to Artists, ¶6