Italy’s largest computer graphics conference is now accepting applications for entries in four contests: VIEW AWARD, VIEW SOCIAL CONTEST, VIEW AWARD GAME, and ITALIANMIX.

The BBC launches a competition calling for for budding animators, illustrators and creatives to create a vision of the future.

SIGGRAPH 2013 announces a call for cutting-edge Real-Time Live! content to be presented as part of this year’s Computer Animation Festival.

Toronto Animation Arts Festival International issues a call for submissions.

The Deadline for submissions to the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart academic symposium, “Change and Continuity: Interdisciplinary Aspects of Animation, Comics and Literature,” is February 18, 2013.

The deadline for submissions to the 2013 Animated Com Award at the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart is February 1, 2013.

The deadline for submissions to Nickelodeon’s 2013 animated shorts program is March 29.

Awarded annually to a graduating high school senior enrolling in a college, university, or trade school to study animation, the deadline for applications to the Warner Bros. Animation/Hanna-Barbera Honorship is Monday, March 4, 2013.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now accepting entries for the 40th Anniversary Student Academy Awards competition in 2013.

The 2013 VIEW Award issues a call for entries for animated shorts with 2D/3D animation and VFX made in the last two years.

SIGGRAPH 2013 invites students and professionals to showcase their expertise and unique technical and creative skills at the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, July 21 – 25, 2013, in Anaheim, CA.

Autodesk seeks the latest and greatest creative talent to submit content for its 2013 Best of the Best Show Reel, which will premiere at NAB 2013 from April 8-11 in Las Vegas, NV.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Nick Park, the magic behind “Wallace & Gromit” and “Chicken Run,” helps kick off a new UN initiative, “Forests for People: UN International Short Film Contest.”

ASIFA Egypt organizes a workshop for African animators during the second edition of the Luxor African Film Festival, to be held March 15-24, 2013.

The tenth annual Animation Block Party is now open for festival submissions.

AniMazSpot 2013/14 announces its Call for Entries beginning on January 1, 2013, along with the appointment of Festival Director Jim Keeshen.

The deadline for submissions to the Holland Animation Film Festival is January 1, 2013.

The deadline for submissions to the Creative Focus platform at the 2013 International Animation Film Market (Mifa) in Annecy, France is January 15, 2013.

The iheed Institute announces a new winter animation competition, “The Signs of Meningitis,” for its online animation platform, iheedCrowd.

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2013 and Dailymotion launch a new free online animation film contest entitled “+ de courts!”