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Juried prizes and awards for artists, from national painting prizes to small local awards. Each listing gives the prize money, the entry fee, the deadline and who can enter, checked against the organiser's page every day.

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Darling Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$75,000 ≈ £39k
Prize / awardPainting
Dates unconfirmed

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2027

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$66,000 ≈ £34k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (TARO Award)

Taro Okamoto Memorial Foundation for Contemporary Art / Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki · Kawasaki

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
JP¥3,500,000 ≈ £19k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Praemium Imperiale 2026

Japan Art Association · Tokyo

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
JP¥75,000,000 ≈ £398k
Prize / awardPaintingSculpture
Dates unconfirmed

The Alice Prize

Alice Springs Art Foundation · Alice Springs

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$60 ≈ £31
Prize
A$31,000 ≈ £16k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards

City of Ekurhuleni – Arts, Culture and Heritage Directorate · Ekurhuleni

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
South Africa
Entry
ZAR 50 ≈ £2
Prize
ZAR 305,000 ≈ £13k
Prize / awardPaintingTextile & fibreSculpture+7
Dates unconfirmed

Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5

Photoworks · Brighton

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
£30,000
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

RDS Visual Art Awards 2026

Royal Dublin Society (RDS Foundation) · Dublin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
€32,500 ≈ £28k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Paritana 2027 (Fondation H)

Fondation H · Antananarivo

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Madagascar
Entry
Free
Prize
€3,000 ≈ £2.5k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2027

The Lester Prize · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$140,000 ≈ £73k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingTextile & fibre+1
Dates unconfirmed

Heysen Prize for Landscape

Hahndorf Academy · Hahndorf

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$16,000 ≈ £8.3k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Ars Electronica 2027

Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG · Linz

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Golden Nica with up to EUR 10,000 p…
Prize / awardDigital artVideo & filmSound+1
Dates unconfirmed

Portage Ceramic Awards 2027

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Auckland

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
NZ$40 ≈ £19
Prize
Premier award and merit awards anno…
Prize / awardCeramics & glass
Dates unconfirmed

Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026

Freunde der Nationalgalerie · Berlin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Solo exhibition at the Neue Nationa…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Mandorla Art Award 2028

The Mandorla Centre of Inner Peace Inc. · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$63,000 ≈ £33k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Burke Prize 2027 (Museum of Arts and Design)

Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$50,000 ≈ £39k
Prize / awardCeramics & glassTextile & fibreSculpture+2
Dates unconfirmed

AXA Art Prize US 2027

AXA XL / New York Academy of Art · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$15,000 ≈ £12k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking
Dates unconfirmed

Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art

Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art · Accra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and 13 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$10,000 ≈ £7.8k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPhotography+2
Dates unconfirmed

ArtContest 2027

ArtContest · Brussels

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Belgium
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
First, second and third prizes, a j…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis

Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung and Ernst Göhner Stiftung · Basel

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Switzerland
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CHF 105,000 ≈ £95k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed