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Enter Jackson's Art Prize 2027

Find out the criteria, costs, and how to enter.

How to enter

Four steps on our awards platform

1
Create an account
Create an account with our competition platform, or sign in to your existing account. Your details from a previous year are saved.
2
Prepare your work
Good quality, tightly cropped photos; an artist biography; an artist statement; an artwork description; and the title, dimensions, year and medium of each artwork.
3
Complete the entry form
One form for each artwork. Opt in to the newsletter if you want your results by email.
4
Check out
Pay online to complete your entries. Good luck!

Awards

First Prize£6,000 + £2,000 Jackson’s art materials

Plus a filmed interview in your studio, and an invitation to sit on the 2028 Guest Judging Panel

Jackson’s Choice Awards (x5)£1,000 art materials each

Judge’s Choice Awards (x6)£1,000 art materials each

People’s Choice Award£1,000 art materials

Student Award£500 art materials

Amateur Award£500 art materials

Oil Award · Michael Harding£1,000 / £500 runner up

Acrylic Award · Golden£1,000 / £500 runner up

Watercolour Award · Schmincke£1,000 / £500 runner up

Drawing Award · Faber-Castell£750 / £250 runner up

Pastel Award · Sennelier£750 / £250 runner up

Intaglio Award · Charbonnel£750 / £250 runner up

Relief Award · Cranfield£750 / £250 runner up

Planographic Award · Speedball£750 / £250 runner up

Material Awards are in sponsored materials.

Exhibitions

A selection at the Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead (5 – 9 May 2027), and the finalists at Bankside Gallery (29 June – 4 July 2027).

Guest judges

Sixth judge to be announced

Jim Moir

Artist and broadcaster

Jennifer Higgie

Writer and critic, editor of Frieze magazine

Georgia Spray

Curator and founder of Partnership Editions

Will Jarvis

Independent curator, founder of Gertrude

Angela Lizon

Artist, winner of Jackson’s Art Prize 2026

To be announced

Sixth guest judge