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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

Tylee Cottage Residency

Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui · Whanganui

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Four-month residency at Tylee Cotta…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Turner Prize 2026

Tate · London

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
£55,000
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes 2027

The Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven · Milford Haven

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Awards for Excellence, Graduate Awa…
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+5
Dates unconfirmed

British Ceramics Biennial Award 2027

British Ceramics Biennial · Stoke-on-Trent

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
One Award prize to a selected artis…
Prize / awardCeramics & glass
Dates unconfirmed

Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics 2027

Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery · Waterloo, Ontario

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Canada
Entry
Free
Prize
CA$18,000 ≈ £10k
Prize / awardCeramics & glass
Dates unconfirmed

Aperture Portfolio Prize 2027

Aperture · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$9,000 ≈ £7k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

National Contemporary Art Award 2027

Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery · Hamilton

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
NZ$30,000 ≈ £14k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

National Works on Paper

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery · Mornington

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Major Acquisitive Award plus furthe…
Prize / awardDrawingPrintmakingCollage+2
Dates unconfirmed

Taoyuan International Art Award

Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (Taoyuan City Government) · Taoyuan

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grand prize and selected awards (am…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Prix Marcel Duchamp 2026

ADIAF (Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français) · Paris

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
France
Entry
Free
Prize
€90,000 ≈ £77k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Sobey Art Award 2026

National Gallery of Canada / Sobey Art Foundation · Ottawa

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Canada
Entry
Free
Prize
CA$465,000 ≈ £265k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

RPS International Photography Exhibition 168

Royal Photographic Society · Bristol

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Selection for a touring exhibition…
Open call / exhibitionPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

S+T+ARTS Prize 2027

Ars Electronica · Linz

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
€40,000 ≈ £34k
Prize / awardNew media, XR & generativeDigital artInstallation
Dates unconfirmed