Website: UrbanOutfitters.com
Deadline: May 29 2013
Prize: There will be 5 identical prizes of $1000 Cash + $250 Urban Outfitters gift card + Winning designs will be produced by Urban Outfitters and sold in select stores in the US & online at UrbanOutfitters.com + Item will have a custom swing tag featuring the designer’s name + A trip to New York for an exclusive launch party

Website: Avery Dennison Emerging Fashion Brand Award
Deadline:June 02 2013
Prize: 12,000 Euro
For this year’s WGSN Global Fashion Awards the world’s leading apparel branding solutions provider Avery Dennison/Retail Branding and Information Solutions has teamed up with Arts Thread to find and promote the next new global fashion brand.

ARTS THREAD has teamed up for the fourth season with arguably the leading fashion tradeshow worldwide WHO”S NEXT PARIS to help launch the careers of 10 designers in July 2013.
Deadline: May 13 2013
Prize: 10 designers will be showcased at Who’s Next trade show in July 2013

Deadline: May 31 2013
Prize: First prize £1000, Second Prize £750, Third Prize £500. All three winners will be considered for work experience at Pentland headquarters in London.
ARTS THREAD has partnered with the Churchill Centre and the Pentland Group. To enter the Winston Churchill Design Competition register and upload your entry on ARTS THREAD.

Berlin fashion Film Festival is gearing up for its second edition, which will take place in July during Berlin Fashion Week that runs July 01-04 2013. Fashion designers, filmmakers and professionals of the fashion industry are invited to submit their fashion films directly on the Berlin fashion Film Festival website.
Deadline: May 15 2013

Just Started or looking to start your own creative business?
ARTS THREAD is an Official Delivery Partner of the Start-Up Loans Company – a UK government-backed initiative to help young people start their own business along with FREE mentoring support to help them succeed.

ARTS THREAD’s simple guide to the best avatar and profile imagery to promote your graduate portfolio and to promote yourself on social networking sites.

Marc Scoleri, Co-Founder of CreativeInterns.com, discusses the benefits of creating a quality internship program and explains the steps required to develop the program.

Entry Requirements
Website: D(esign)-day
Location: any
Experience/age: any
How: Email info@d-daydesignveiling.nl
Deadline: April 22 2013
Are you a designer who likes to meet new clients, do you design and manufacture yourself, and can you tell an interested public more about your work? Then join the next D(esign)-day on 24, 25 and 26 May 2013 in the SAM Decorfabriek in Maastricht. Present your work, join an extensive network of talent, generate new contracts and sale without commission!

Ateliers d’Art de France offers 12 talented makers the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Talents boutique and Maison&Objet trade fair, Paris
Deadline: March 31 2013
Prize: 12 winners will have the opportunity to exhibit their work in the Talent store at Maison&Objet, a day’s sales training in preparation for the fair and a publicity campaign focusing on the 12 winners.