Competions & Shows
Events are a bit thin on the ground at the moment but things are beginning to look more positive for next year. We will be updating the list regularly and adding new competitions, art shows and exhibitions as they come through.
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Competitions
Earth Photo
Closing Date: 4th May
First Prize: £250 each category winner
Entry Fee: £15 per entrant, up to 10 works
Media: Photography
Website: www.earthphoto.artopps.co.uk
Doncaster Art Fair
Closing Date: 21st May 2021
First Prize: £400
Entry Fee: Free, longlisted artists will be charged £10
Media: Any
Website: www.doncasterartfair.com
RA Summer Exhibition 2021
Closing Date: 24th May 2021
First Prize: £25,000
Entry Fee: £35 per entry, 2 max
Media: Any
Website: www.royalacademy.org.uk
The Gilchrist Fisher Award
Closing Date: 1st June 2021
First Prize: £6,000
Entry Fee: Free
Media: All except video and installation
Website: www.gilchristfisheraward.co.uk
Figurative Art Now
Closing Date: 1st June 2021
First Prize: £5,000
Entry Fee: £15 1 work up to £45 for 4 - Under 30's only
Media: Landscape, any material excluding photography, video, sculpture and digital
Website: www.fan.artopps.co.uk
Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize
Closing Date: 6th June 2021
First Prize: £1,500 plus solo show at Art Space
Entry Fee: £15 up to 2 artworks
Media: Paintings in watercolour, oil, pastel or acrylic.
Website: www.hollybushpaintingprize.com
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (National Portrait Gallery)
Closing Date: 8th June 2021
First Prize: £15,000
Entry Fee: £20 per photo, max 6
Media: Photography
Website: www.npg.org.uk
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
Closing Date: 15th June 2021
First Prize: £8,000
Entry Fee: 1 work £20, 3 works £40
Media: Any media considered as drawing
Website: www.tbwdrawingprize.artopps.co.uk
Sunny Art Centre
Closing Date: 30th June 2021
First Prize: £3000 + solo exhibition
Entry Fee: £25 for one entry, £45 for four
Media:Any
Website: www.sunnyartcentre.co.uk/artprize/
Hahnemûhle Painting Competition for 2022 Calendar
Closing Date: 30th June 2021
First Prize: €350 creative package
Entry Fee: Free
Media: 2D on Hahnemûhle or Lana paper
Website: www.hahnemuehle.com/en/painting-competition
Red Bull Illume
Adventure and action sports
Closing Date: 31st July 2021
First Prize: Trophies and photographic prizes
Entry Fee: Free
Media: Photography
Website: www.redbullillume.com