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A long-running open-entry UK prize with GBP 10,000 for the main award, a group exhibition and editorial coverage. It charges per entry and shortlists heavily, so the fee is the thing to weigh.
Main Prize GBP 10,000, group exhibition, editorial coverage and a website profile. Emerging Prize GBP 1,000 for students and recent graduates. Shortlisted artists exhibit; longlisted artists get a website profile. Late entry window 12-18 October 2026 at the higher fee.
Who can apply
Any discipline, any theme, no size restriction. Collaborative and previously exhibited work allowed; work made in the last three years preferred. The separate Emerging Prize is for students and graduates of the last three years.
Fee to apply
GBP 25 per entry covering two works; GBP 35 for late entries between 12 and 18 October 2026.
Artist paid
Not stated as funded
Disciplines
any discipline
Checked 23 September 2026. Listed from the organiser’s announcement. Always confirm the deadline with the organiser before you apply.
Applying to this?
This one wants what they all want: images, titles, year, medium, dimensions. Keep those on the works themselves and Samlio lays out the portfolio for you, one work to a page, with prices left out of the file that goes to the jury.
Every other Tuesday, three calls worth your evening, with what they pay, what they cost and who they really suit. The same reading you just did, done for you, and an honest word on which one to try.
