Pottery Making Illustrated 2027 Dish the Details Contest

Submit now to Pottery Making Illustrated’s 2027 readership-wide contest, Dish the Details. Submit your best serving dishes, tableware, and functional vessels, and divulge about the details and delights you use to create them. Winning entries will be featured in the print and online editions of the January/February 2027 issue.

All ceramic artists, both US and international, making functional forms and vessels, are invited to apply to Pottery Making Illustrated's Dish the Details contest.    

To be considered for the Dish the Details competition, please submit the following materials and a $10 processing fee via Submittable by November 1, 2026:          

1.  Please submit up to 10 (total) high-resolution images of your process* and your finished, fired pieces** (at least 5x7 inches in print size at 300 dpi resolution). Your making process does not need to be the whole process and can be just one aspect, such as carving a sgraffito surface, modifications to a thrown-and-altered vessel, or a creatively trimmed foot. 

• *Process images (4–6 total) should depict a compelling part of how you make your piece, from forming to decorating to glazing or finishing.
• **The finished images of fired work can show up to 4 different pieces, or they can be a combination of overall and detail shots of fewer than 4 pieces. 

2.  Please submit complete information for each image of finished fired work, including title, materials used, processes used, firing temperature, dimensions, and date completed.

3.  Please submit complete information for each how–to image: two to three sentences explaining what is happening in each process image.          

4.  Contact information, including name, address, and email.          

5.  Current artist statement saved as a PDF, Word, or .txt document.