Dear Fear: Letters of recovery to the foods we no longer fear

Eligibility

Eligible countries: No country restriction

AI-generated artwork is not accepted.

Dear Fear: Letters of recovery to the foods we no longer fear Filter All States... Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ---Non US States--- Any US State International Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New B | Call Type | Unspecified | |---|---| | Call Eligibility | International | | Entry Dates | 8/1/26, 9:07 AM - 10/15/26, 9:07 PM 31 Days Left | | Entry Fee? | Yes (3) | | Dear Fear: Letters of recovery to the foods we no longer fear | Dear Fear is a collection of inspiring messages from people in eating disorder recovery. Images by contributing visual artists accompany poems, essays, and other creative nonfiction from authors who have written letters to their fear foods—foods and drinks that trigger intense anxiety, guilt, panic, or distress. Together, these images and texts offer hope, affirm personal sovereignty, and provide companionship to others on their recovery journeys. We invite visual artists working in 2D formats, including photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, digital/new media, and mixed media, to submit images that explore eating disorder recovery, fear foods, compassion, community, bodily autonomy, or related experiences. Your work does not need to depict food literally. We welcome work that approaches these themes directly, metaphorically, abstractly, or indirectly. Please use your project statement to explain how your work engages with the themes of Dear Fear. We welcome both new and previously created work, including work that has been exhibited or published elsewhere. We cannot accept work produced by artificial intelligence (AI). Artists may submit up to five individual works and/or images from a single series. Posted on: 9/11/26, 3:09 PM

What to submit

Work samples, Artist statement

How to apply

Submit up to five works or images from a series with a project statement explaining how it engages with the themes of Dear Fear.