| Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Herb Alpert Award in the Arts |
California Institute of the Arts |
Given annually in Art, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater[1] |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Various categories[2] |
| Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Award | University of Washington Libraries | A public lecture is given by the artist[3] |
| Art Interview – International Online Artist Competition | Art Interview Online Magazine | [4] |
| Art of the Can | Red Bull | |
| ArtPrize | ArtPrize non-profit organization | |
| Beck Gold Medal | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Best oil portrait by an American artist. Defunct 1969 |
| Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists | The Pittsburgh Foundation | |
| Biennial of Hawaii Artists | Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House | Hawaii artists |
| Blumenthal Prize | Franco-American Florence Blumenthal Foundation | |
| Bonnie Bronson Fellowship | Bonnie Bronson Fund | Named after American painter and sculptor Bonnie Bronson |
| Carnegie Art Award | Carnegie Investment Bank | |
| Carnegie Prize | Carnegie Museum of Art | |
| Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts | Cox Family | For Hawaii artists. Named for Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox |
| Charles Lang Freer Medal | Smithsonian Institution | |
| Chesley Awards | Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists | Named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell |
| Clio Awards | Evolution Media | Advertising, design and communication |
| Cresson Traveling Scholarship | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| Cresta International Advertising Awards | Creative Standards International | Advertising |
| Factor Prize for Southern Art | Society 1858 | now renamed the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art) (Society 1858) |
| Guggenheim International Award | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation | |
| The Homiens Art Prize | Homiens | |
| Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist | World Science Fiction Society | |
| Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist | World Science Fiction Society | |
| Hugo Boss Prize | Guggenheim Museum | |
| Hunting Art Prize | Hunting plc | |
| The Irish American Arts Awards | Irish Consulate General in New York | Defunct |
| Logan Medal of the Arts | Art Institute of Chicago
Society for Sanity in Art | Defunct |
| National Arts Awards | Americans for the Arts | |
| PBS Kids Writers Contest | PBS | |
| Ordway Prize | New Museum | |
| SECA Art Award | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | |
| Mary Smith Prize | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| The Sheridan Prize for Art | The Sheridan Prize for Art | Given annually for the Visual Arts in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| Spectrum Award for Grand Master | Spectrum Fantastic Art | |
| Temple Gold Medal | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Defunct 1968 |
| William E. Harmon Foundation Award | William E. Harmon Foundation | Defunct |
| Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award | Women's Caucus for Art |
| World Fantasy Award—Artist | World Fantasy Convention | |
| Wynn Newhouse Award | Samuel J Newhouse Foundation | |