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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
- 1Create an accountCreate an account with our competition platform, or sign in to your existing account. Your details from a previous year are saved.
- 2Prepare your workGood quality, tightly cropped photos; an artist biography; an artist statement; an artwork description; and the title, dimensions, year and medium of each artwork.
- 3Complete the entry formOne form for each artwork. Opt in to the newsletter if you want your results by email.
- 4Check outPay online to complete your entries. Good luck!
Who can enter
- Works in any 2D medium – painting, drawing, printmaking, and more
- Artists based in the UK or internationally
- Amateur, emerging, and established artists
- Any theme or subject matter
We don’t accept
- Three-dimensional or sculptural work
- Digital, computer manipulated, or AI art
- Pure photography
- Digital prints e.g. giclée
Awards
31 awards, including six chosen by our guest judges
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
Shortlisted work is invited to exhibit in London
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
The 2027 guest judging panel
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











