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This is a list of exhibition opportunities that focus on and feature art quilts, wearable art, and art cloth.
To submit a show to be listed here, please email Lyric. Art Quilt Shows are listed by: Entry deadline; Title; URL; Show dates r=receive by date; p=postmarked; o=online; i=international entries accepted
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You can find lists of all media shows that also include textiles in many other places including:
https://www.callforentry.org/
https://fiberartcalls.blogspot.com/
http://www.entrythingy.com/forartists_calls
http://theartguide.com/calls-for-artists
http://artdeadline.com/ https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
Some of the following listings have not yet been updated. Please read carefully as the information may be outdated or inaccurate. If you are involved with one of these shows (or just feel like helping out) it would be wonderful if you could e-mail Lyric with the information needed for this listing.
Many shows repeat yearly. If you are interested in a show copy and paste the URL and/or search for updated show information.
March 1, 2026
Inspired By…Quilting Arts (SAQA Regional Florida)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
online only
March 7, 2026
Contextile 2026
Bienal de Arte Textil Contemporânea
June 1 until the 15th July 2026-shipped back to the artists until the 15th January 2027
Mar 10, 2026 (African American Quilters)
Regal Threads: The Majesty of Blue and Purple
https://northcharlestonartsfest.com/african-american-fiber-art-exhibition/
April 10, 2026 -South Carolina State Museum’s 2026/2027 Traveling Exhibitions Program (ship + show)
March 10, 2025
Fiber Reimagined IV, Fiber Art Now Magazine
https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/
Summer 2026 issue of Fiber Art Now.
Selections from the print exhibition will be eligible for the on-site exhibition at Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on view July 23 through September 5, 2026.
March 15, 2026
2026 QuiltFest
https://www.geneseevalleyquiltfest.com/
May 10, 2026- end of show
March 16, 2026
t3%+!LE$: the language of fiber
https://artist.callforentry.org
Auburn, NY
May 30 - Aug 15, 2026
March 17, 2026
Georgia Celebrates Quilts (Marietta, GA)
https://www.georgiacelebratesquilts.com/enter-a-quilt/
May 31, 2026 – Quilt Drop-off at Cobb County Civic Center
March 20, 2026
Broad Spectrum IV: Evolutions(SAQA Regional Montana)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
June 5, 2026 -January 2029 (sHip + show)
March 21, 2026
Quilting Arts Fall 2026
https://quiltingdaily.com
For Fall 2026 Issue of Quilting Arts Magazine
March 31, 2026
Wide Horizons X (SAQA Regional SAQA Europe and Middle East Region )
https://www.saqa.com/events/wide-horizons-x-saqa-regional-call-entry
EPM September 17th 2026 -EPM September 20th 2026 Other exhibition venues TBD Artwork Returned to Artists September 2027
PLACE HOLDERS
March 4, 2024(MD, NVa, Wash DC)
Biennial Maryland Regional
Juried Art Exhibition UMGC Arts Program
June 2 - September 8, 2024
March 14, 2025
Sacred Threads (US and Canada) now even years Sacred Threads (Indianapolis, IN)
https://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com
Next CFE in 2027
March 14, 2025
(Aotearoa Quilters Members only) Various Categories (New Zealand)
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges/
May 16-18, 2025
March 25, 2025
Artburst Studios: Synapse Online Show
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14707
April 1, 2026
The 50th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
https://www.pmacraftshow.org/application
SHOW DATES 2026 November 6 - 11 am - 7 pm November 7 - 10 am - 6 pm November 8 - 10 am - 5 pm, 2026
April 6. 2026
Small Expressions
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
June 15, 2026-August 2027 (ship + show)
April 12, 2025
Stitch by Stitch 2025 (UK)
https://www.alisonholt.co.uk/sbs25/index.php
Deliveries by hand, June 29 -Sept 5, 2025
April 18, 2026
Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee 44th Annual Quilt Show
www.smokymtnquilters.com/quilt-show.html#
June 19/20, 2026
April 20, 2026
Wearable Art exhibit, Yardage Exhibit & Mixed Media Exhibit
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
Dates TBA, to be held at the TBD in City TBD, State TBD, USA.
April 20, 2026
Lagniappe: The Art of Everyday Beauty, Functional Art
https://www.surfacedesign.org
New Orleans, LA
Aug 13 - 16, 2026
April 22, 2026
Minnesota Quilt Show & Virtual Conference MQ Quilt Show
https://web.cvent.com/event/3cd35be8-b35c-45d7-80a9-6fdbc7f17621/websitePage:7d7538e6-7e70-4bff-a376-f7b213a53d27
May 27, 2026--June 18, 2026 (ship + show)
April 30, 2026
American Quilter's Society Grand Rapids, MI
https://www.americanquilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/qw2026-contest-rules.pdf
July 17, 2026-August 2026 (ship + show)
April 30, 2024 Men's Exhibit 2026 https://www.rmqm.org Jan 9, 2026-April 18, 2026 (ship + show)
April 30, 2025 Balance (SAQA CO/WY/UT) https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry June 30, 2025-12/31/2026? (ship + show)
April 30, 2025 ( intent to enter) Peace, TFAM https://www.tfamartists.ca/ May 15, 2025-?
April 30, 2025 AI: Artistic Interpretations (SAQA Global) https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls Nov 30, 2025 - Feb 28, 2030 2026 place holders
April 24, 2024 Voices in Cloth: South African National Quilt Festival (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) http://festival.quiltsouthafrica.co.za June 1 -July 9, 2024
April 30, 2024 Untangled Original Fiber https://artspacema.org/call-for-entry June 29-August 3, 2024
April 2024 Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival (La Connor, WA) QFAMuseum October 4-6, 2024 Calls for Entry http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/ World of Threads
Festival 2023 (Oakville, ON, Canada) http://worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions.html
Fiber National Biennial 2023? (Lorton, VA) https://www.workhousearts.org ? Front Range Contemporary Quilters members show Rhythms (Lakewood, CO) https://www.artquilters.org/ Aug 6 - Oct 4, 202
Place Holders
April 15, 2025
Dimensions: Contemporary Fiber (Arts Warwick Center for the Arts)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14151
June 13, 2025 drop in person-August 20, 2025 in person
April 15, 2025
Art Quilt Australia 2025
https://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au/exhibitions/art-quilt-australia/
June 28, 2025-October 3, 2025 (ship + show)
April 20, 2025
(Visions Museum of Textile Arts members) Conexiones / Connections (Sand Diego, CA)
https://vmota.org/call-for-entries
April 29, 2025
https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/events/at-the-zoo-mini-quilt-challenge
May 9-Aug 30, 2025 (ship + sh
May 1, 2025 SAQA Journal - Member Gallery: Puppy Love Published quarterly
May 1, 2026
Artfully Yours (SAQA Regional Texas)
https://www.saqa.com/events/artfully-yours-saqa-regional-call-entry
TBD-July 15, 2029 (ship + show)
May 8, 2025 (Lancaster, PA) AQS Quilt Week American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests August 7-Sept 20 2025 (ship+show)
May 14, 2026
STITCHED STATES: 250 YEARS—A QUILTED MAP OF OUR NATION
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 12, 2026-Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
May 14, 2026
In The American Tradition
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 12, 2026- Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
May 14, 2026
Modern Twist: A Twist On Tradition
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 12, 2026- Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
May 15, 2025 Rummage Sale Treasures Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts June 1-August 3, 2025
May 15, 2025 European Meeting Patchwork and Textile Arts: Avant Garde https://www.patchwork-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/reglement-avant-garde-EN-v2.pdf July 31, 2025- Jan 2027 (ship + show, show travels)
May 15, 2025 International Quilt Festival 2025 (Houston) https://www.quiltsjudgedshow.com/ July 9- Nov 21, 2025 (ship + show)
May 16, 2025 (SDA members) Future Tense 2025 https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/exhibits/ July 21-December 12, 2025 (ship + show)
May 16, 2025 EIP 2025 SDA (print only) https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/exhibits/ July 17, 2025 send images-October Journal publishes
May 21, 2026
American Quilter's Society Ohio
https://www.americanquilter.com/aqs-quilt-contests/
August 14, 2026- Sept. 2026 (ship + show)
May 28, 2026
Celebrate Life
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 25, 2026-Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
May 28, 2026
A Song in Stitches
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 25. 2026- Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
May 28, 2026
In Full Bloom
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 25, 2026- Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
May 31, 2026
What a Ride (SAQA Virtual Gallery)
https://www.saqa.com/events/urban-rhythms-saqa-virtual-gallery-call-entry
May 31, 2025 Treasures of Our Local Watersheds (SAQA OH/PA) https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry Aug 15, 2025- Jan 15, 2026 (ship + show)
May 31, 2025 "There's no place like home"Original Sewing & Quilt Expo (Irving, TX) https://www.sewingexpo.com/Quilt-Contest show July 31-Aug 2, 2025
May 31, 2025 Drawn to Lines (SAQA Virtual Gallery) https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls July 15, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance via email
May 31, 2025 SAQA Journal Gallery (Exhibition in Print) https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls August 1, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance via email December 2025 - SAQA Journal Gallery in print 2026 place holders
May 24, 2024 (N CA) Northern California Quilt Council New Quilts Exhibit Quilt Guilds, Quilt Teachers - NCQC June 24 - July 30, 2024
May 27, 2024(MoFA students) MOFA IN THE HOUSE: Fiber Connections (Webster Groves, MO) https://missourifiberartists.org July 26-October 28, 2024(ship+show)
Check the following links for other calls for entries
Virginia Quilt Museum https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/
SOFA Sculpture objects functional art and design https://sofaexpo.com/
Minnesota Textile Center https://textilecentermn.org
Nest Arts Factory, Bridgeport CT
SPUN Fiber Exhibit? https://www.nestartsfactory.com/
Textile Arts LA, Los Angeles, CA https://textileartsla.org/
https://www.saqa.com/events/artfully-yours-saqa-regional-call-entry
June 1, 2026
Stitched North (SAQA Regional Alaska)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
August 15, 2026-October 15, 2026 (ship + show)
June 6, 2026
Art In Motion
https://members.bowercenter.org/event-calendar/details/art-in-motion-national-juried-exhibition-1559343
Show dates: August 13, 2026- Sept. 26, 2026
June 11, 2026
Hands All Around
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
July 9, 2026-Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
June 11, 2026
Landscape Quilts
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
July 9, 2026- Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
June 11, 2026
Tactile Architecture
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
July 9, 2026-Dec. 11, 2026 (ship + show)
June 20, 2025 2025 Asheville Quilt Guild Show https://www.ashevillequiltguild.org/entry-form Aug 7-16, 2025 (ship + show)
June 23, 2025 Fiber Art Colorado 2025 https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals.php Aug 22, 2025-Oct 19, 2025 (ship + show)
June 30, 2026
Sensational! Saqa Global Exhibition
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
January 1, 2027- February 28, 2031 (ship + show)
June 30, 2025 SAQA Regional Design showcase (CT, NY, NJ, PA) Saqa.com July 20, 2025-Aug. 2027 (ship, show & travel)
June 30, 2025 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Quilt Contest | The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show August 15, 2025-September 26, 2025 (Ship+Show)
June 30, 2024 Wisconsin Quilt Expo – Alliant Energy Center (Madison, WI) Quilt Challenge, Kid's Quilts, Modern Mini http://quiltexpo.com/quiltcontest September 4-6, 2025
June 30, 2025 SAQA Benefit Auction SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates July 12, 2025 pieces must arrive for online benefit Auction
June 30, 2025 by Contrast (SAQA regional NJ, NY) Saqa.com August 15, 2025-TBA 2026 (ship & show) 2025
place holders
June 1, 2024 Atlanta Quilt Festival Atlanta Quilt Festival August 2-September 8, 2024
June 6, 2024 International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival iQFAF 2024 - Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum (qfamuseum.org) October 4-6, 2024
June 17, 2024 PIQF And the quilting is easy... Or is it? https://www.quiltfest.com/ Show Sept 11-14, 2025
June 19, 2024 PIQF Mid Century Modern https://www.quiltfest.com/ Show Sept 11-14, 2025
June 29, 2024(SEFAA Students) Spotlight on Student Fiber Trends 2024 https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals.php September 27-November 8, 2024
June 30, 2024 (entry link opens June 1) ARTwear (Visions Museum of Textile art, San Diego, CA) https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/ Oct 18, 2025 - Jan 10, 2026
June 30, 2024 (Extended to July 31, 2024) Fibreart International 2025 Open Call for entry Contemporary Craft May 30-August 30, 2025
June 30, 2024 Rhythms (Colorado) https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/ August 6-October 4, 2024
July 2025 July 25, 2025
Art in Hospitals - Global Harmony (Chicago, IL)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Ongoing through Feb 2026
July 25, 2025
Sacred Threads Art in Hospitals UChicago Medicine -
Global Harmony https://sacredthreadsquilts.com
September 5, 2025 to February 2026 - December 2027 - exhibit MAY travel. Details TBD
July 25, 2025 Jacksonville Quiltfest 2025 (Jacksonville, FL)
http://www.quiltfestjax.com/
August 30, 2025-Sept. 30, 2025 (ship + show)
July 28, 2025 PNQE
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
August 27 - September 19, 2025 (ship + show)
July 31, 2025 (SAQA FL/SC/GA)
TRIO SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
December 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027 (Ship+Show) 2026 place holders
July 12, 2024 (local only?)
A Common Thread (Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN)
https://textilecentermn.org/
July 18 to October 24, 2024 (Work requiring return shipment will be sent in late November.)
July 19, 2024
Mini Quilt Challenge: Flower Power
https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/
Aug 1-Dec 21, 2024
August 2025 August 3, 2025
Somebody Told Me (SAQA OR)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Nov 15, 2025- show travels, shipped on Jan 2028
August 5, 2025
Quilts = Art = Quilts
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13681
Oct 3, 2025 - Jan 8, 2026 (ship+show)
August 15, 2025
Artist Inspired (Saqa regional VA, NC)
Saqa.com October 1, 2025- TBA 2025
August 14-16, 2025
Ruby Jubilee Quilt Show (Asheville, NC)
https://www.ashevillequiltguild.org/quilt_show
August 31, 2025
Breaking Boundaries (SAQA Virtual Gallery)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
October 15, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance via email
August 31, 2025
Rooted in fiber: The Natural Textures of Texas
https://www.safiberarts.org/
Oct. 12, 2025-Nov. 14, 2025 (ship+show)
August 31, 2026
Pathways (SAQA Virtual Gallery)
https://www.saqa.com/events/pathways-saqa-virtual-gallery-call-entry
2026 place holders
August 30, 2024
Quilt National '25 The Best of Contemporary Quilts
https://dairybarn.org/quilt-national-25/
November 8, 2024 to September 1, 2025 (ship+show)
August 30, 2024
Quilts Unlimited(Old Forge, NY)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13456
Sep 27 - Dec 6, 2024 (ship+show)
August 31, 2024
Balance (SAQA CO, WY, UT) SAQA
Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
October 20, 2024-December 31, 2026(Ship+Show)
August 31, 2024
Primal Forces: Fire
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
April 30, 2025 to Feb. 28, 2029 (ship+show)
August 31, 2024
Off the Wall SAQA Virtual Gallery
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
November 1, 2024 - Online Gallery opens
Below are placeholder for calls that do not have all the information available
Common Threads: Art & Fiber
https://www.mccordgallery.org/commonthreads
Sept 2, 2024
The Fine Line Gallery Fine Line Creative Arts Center (St. Charles, IL)
October 12 - November 27, 2024 (ship+show)
September 8, 2025
Excellence in Fibers XI, Fiber Arts Magazine
https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/
Winter 2025–2026 issue of Fiber Art Now to be released in early January 2026.
Selected artwork will be eligible for the on-site exhibition at one of our partner venues.
September 10, 2024 Craft Forms (Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13206
Nov 11, 2024 - Feb 7, 2025 (ship+show)
September 14, 2024(SAQA Texas)
Texas is a State of Mind
SAQA Calls | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
October 16, 2024-January 15, 2025(Ship+Show)
September 15, 2024 (Sequim, WA)
Sublime Marvel – Splendor, Enterprise, & Awe
http://fiberartsfestival.org
Virtual Exhibition and Sequim Museum & Arts
Sept. 27, 2024-November 30, 2024 (ship + show)
September 15, 2024 Threading the Needle: National Art Quilt Exhibition CaFÉ (callforentry.org)
October 16-December 15, 2024 (ship+show)
September 19, 2024 AQS Quilt Week Daytona Beach AQS Quilt Week
February 19-22, 2025 September 30, 2024 Stitching Together History:
250 Quilts Commemorating the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Quilt Museum
December 2, 2024-December 24, 2027 (not traveling)
Feb 28, 2029 (traveling)
September 30, 2026
Derivatives (SAQA Regional Ohio)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
TBD
September 30, 2024 European Quilt Association: EQA Challenge "Legende"
Dec 31, 2024-after Feb 2025 (ship+show)
September 1, 2025
Artists under 35 Submission Scholarship Application
Quilt National '25 - The Dairy Barn Arts Center
May 24, 2025-September 1, 2025
The following calls for entry do not have updated information
Sept 1, 2024(USA Quilters entry opens)
Broward Quilt Expo 18th Biennial - Getting to Gnome Me
March 8-9, 2025 show dates TBD, 2025(New Zealand)
Auckland Festival of Quilts - check back for info 2025
The 2023 Festival of Quilts 3rd – 5th November 2023 TBD 2025
October 16, 2025
Art Quilt Elements 2026
www.artquiltelements.org
March 13, 2026-April 25, 2026 (ship + show)
October 31, 2026
Fungus Among Us (SAQA Global Exhibition)
https://www.saqa.com/events/fungus-among-us-saqa-global-exhibition-call-entry
April 30, 2027 - February 28, 2031 (ship + show)
October 31, 2025 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon 2026 Quilt show
https://www.quiltcon.com, 2025(ship+show)
Jan 2026-Feb 22, 2026 (ship & show)
October 31, 2025 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon 2025 American Patchwork & Quilting Diamonds Challenge
https://www.quiltcon.com, 2025(ship+show)
Jan 2026-Feb 22, 2026 (ship & show)
October 31, 2025 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
2026 Community Outreach Challenge
https://www.quiltcon.com
Jan 2026-Feb 22, 2026 (ship & show)
October 31, 2025 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
Windham Artisan Cotton Fabric Challenge 2026
https://www.quiltcon.com
Jan 2026-Feb 22, 2026 (ship & show)
October 31, 2026
Colorado Quilts Exhibit 2027
Call for Entries (rmqm.org)
July 9, 2026-October 16, 2027 (ship + show)
Below are placeholder for calls that do not have all the information available
October 2, 2024 (Ontario, CA)
Call Opens Aug 1, 2024
Road to California Road to California Contest
Nov. 29, 2024- Jan. 28, 2025 (ship & show)
Oct 15, 2021
The McClean Textile Gallery (McLean, VA)
https://www.callforentries.com/national-call-for-entry-to-showcase-wall-hung-fiber-art.html
4 Week Long Exhibits During 2022
October 17, 2024 AQS Quilt Week(Branson, Mo)
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
Feb 6-March 23, 2025 (ship+show)
November 15, 2025
Local Color 7: Circular Thinking (SAQA CT)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Ship + Show TBA see rules for delivery/shipping
November 30, 2026
Money, Money, Money (SAQA Virtual Gallery)
https://www.saqa.com/events/money-money-money-saqa-virtual-gallery-call-entry
November 20, 2025
AQS Quilt Week Paducah, KY American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
March 20, 2026-may 2, 2026 (ship & show)
November 30, 2025
Markings: Traces and Impressions (SAQA CT)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
May 1, 2026- June 30, 2028 (ship + show)
November 30, 2025
Made It Splash (SAQA Virtual Gallery)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
December 15, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance via email
November 30, 2025
Pollinators
https://www.saqa.com/events/pollinators-saqa-global-exhibition-call-entry
May 31, 2026-Feb. 28, 2030 (ship, show & travel)
November 30, 2025
Hanging Prepositions (Saqa Regional Indiana)
https://www.saqa.com/events/hanging-prepositions-saqa-regional-call-entry
Feb. 11, 2026-May 1, 2029
2026 place holders
December 8, 2025
Vivid, Fiber Arts magazine
https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/
Selections will be featured in the spring 2026 issue of Fiber Art Now, and be eligible for an on-site exhibition.
December 15, 2025 2026
Textures of Canada (Canada) Delights 2024 | Grandnational (grandnationalfibreartexhibition.com)
May 2026-Dec. 31, 2027 (ship + show)
December 6, 2024
Birds of a Fiber 2025
https://www.qfamuseum.org/
Jan 22-March 23, 2025
January 5, 2206
Beyond the Canvas (SAQA Regional SAQA Southern CA and Southern NV ) - Call for Entry
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Feb. 10, 2026- April 15, 2026 (ship + show)
January 14, 2026
New Quilts From An Old Favorite: Food Upcoming Exhibits
The National Quilt Museum https://quiltmuseum.org/nqof2026/
February 18, 2026-June 2027(ship+show)
January 20, 2026
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival (Hampton, VA)
https://www.quiltfest.com/upcoming-shows-and-events/mid-atlantic-quilt-festival/
Feb 11-March 6, 2026 (ship+show)
January 20, 2026
Mid-Atlantic Wearable Art Competition (Hampton, VA)
https://www.quiltfest.com/upcoming-shows-and-events/mid-atlantic-quilt-festival/
Feb 11-March 6, 2026 (ship+show)
Jan 23, 2026
ARTQUILTS journey
https://www.paqa-south.org/
Cary, NC
Mar 2 - May 2, 2026 (ship + show)
January 30, 2026
Art Quilters Celebrate Independence (SAQA Regional Pennsylvania Region (1st and 2nd region members)) - Call for Entry
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
June 4, 2026- June 12, 2027 (ship + show)
January 31, 2026
Opposites (SAQA Regional Oceania) - Call for Entry
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
March 24, 2026-April 2027 (ship + show)
2027 PLACE HOLDERS
Jan 10, 2025
Spaces Between (Surface Design Assoc. members)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14307
March 25, 2025-May 17, 2025 (ship + show)
Jan 10, 2025
Dallas Quilt Show (Dallas, TX)
https://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
March 14-15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Quilts250 (Concord, MA)
https://www.quiltersconnection.org/Quilts250.html
Mar 22 - 23, 2025
January 31, 2025
Now: Contemporary Art Quilts of Today (SAQA Global)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
May 31 - December 31, 2025 (ship+show)
January 31, 2025
EQA (European Quilt Assoc.) Challenge 2025 ContrasteS
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:fdd6795c-02bb-448a-a9eb-cd2f02627996
June 15, 2025
Jan, 2027
Sacred Threads (Indianapolis, IN)
https://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com/cfe.html
2027
February 1, 2026
Connecting with Nature (SAQA Delaware, DC, Maryland & W Virginia Pennsylvania Virginia & North Carolina)
https://www.saqa.com/events/connecting-nature-saqa-regional-call-entry
June 1-15, 2026- TBA August 2026 (ship+show)
February 1, 2026
Saqa Journal
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
Print only in SAQA Journal
February 2, 2026
Southwest Represent!: New Mexico Trunk Show (SAQA Regional)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Shipping information: TBD in March
February 2, 2026
Opposites (SAQA Regional Oceania)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
April 9, 2026-April 2027 (ship + show)February 1, 2026
Saqa Journal-Phoenix
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
Print only in SAQA Journal
February 5, 2026
2026 AQC Challenge: Connections
https://aqc.com.au
March 2026- December 2026 (ship+travel)
February 9, 2026
Quilt visions 2026 (Visions Museum of Textile Art)
https://quiltvisions2026.artcall.org/
Sept 23, 20256-Jan 17, 2027 (ship + show)
February 9, 2026
Indiana Heritage Quilt Show Indiana Heritage Quilt Show (ihqs.org)
https://www.ihqs.org/enter-your-quilt
February 27-March 9, 2026 (Ship+Show)
February 16, 2026
Quilt Canada National Juried Show - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
https://canadianquilter.com/2026-njs-call-for-entry/
June 17 - 20, 2026
February 12, 2026
(International Designers) World of Wearable Art must complete intention to enter WOW
https://www.worldofwearableart.com/competition/key-dates-and-deadlines
See website for dates of ship + show based on location
February 23, 2026
Spotlight Auction
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls -Sold to Benefit SAQA
March 1, 2026 (ship) Event held April 15-25, 2026
February 28, 2026
World of Threads - Toronto, Canada
https://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions.html
Sep 3, 2026 - Jan 17, 2027
February 28, 2026
What a Ride (SAQA Virtual Gallery) - Call for Entry
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
May 1, 2026 - Online Gallery opens
2027 PLACE HOLDERS
February 1, 2025
Micro Textile and Fiber Art- Scythia Scythia Textile
email to receive entry form : scythiatextile@gmail.com
May-June 2025, online or Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine