Jackson’s Art Prize

Submissions for Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 are now open! Enter before 25th February 2025.

Now celebrating its tenth year, Jackson’s internationally renowned art prize continues to recognise the work of hundreds of fine artists year after year. Artists working in painting, drawing, and printmaking, of all ages and abilities are encouraged to enter up to five artworks.

This year sees 23 awards, an exciting Guest Judging Panel, an extended longlist and shortlist, more recognised entries than ever, and an early bird entry price of just £5. Read on for more details on this year’s competition, and bookmark this page for future reference.

Awards and Prizes

There are 23 awards to be won, including eight Material Awards sponsored by notable brands, a Student and Amateur Award, the People’s Choice Award, six Judge’s Choice Awards selected by our Guest Judging Panel, and five Jackson’s Choice Awards and the First Prize selected by the Jackson’s Judging Panel.

First Prize

£6,000
£2,000 Jackson’s art materials
A filmed interview in your studio
An invitation to sit on the Guest Judging Panel for 2026
Exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair
Exhibited at Bankside Gallery

Judge’s Choice Awards (x 6)

£1,000 Jackson’s art materials
Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

Jackson’s Choice Awards (x 5)

£1,000 Jackson’s art materials
Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

People’s Choice Award

£1,000 Jackson’s art materials
Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

Student Award and Amateur Award

£500 Jackson’s art materials
Invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair
Invited to exhibit at Bankside Gallery

Material Awards

Oil Award, supported by Michael Harding

£1,500 in Michael Harding materials

Acrylic Award, supported by Talens

£1,500 in Talens materials

Watercolour Award, supported by Schmincke

£1,500 in Schmincke materials

Drawing Award, supported by Faber-Castell

£1,000 in Faber-Castell materials

Pastel Award, supported by Sennelier

£1,000 in Sennelier materials

Intaglio Award, supported by Cranfield

£1,000 in Cranfield materials

Relief Award, supported by Speedball

£1,000 in Speedball materials

Planographic Award, supported by Lawrence

£1,000 in Lawrence materials

Judging Rounds

This year we look forward to introducing the Extended Longlist, which recognises up to 4,000 entries that pass through the first round of judging.
1,000 of those artworks will pass through to the Longlist.
100 will then be chosen to create the Shortlist.
60 artworks from the shortlist will be invited to exhibit.

Dates and Deadlines

Submissions open: 25th November 2024

Submissions close: 25th February 2025

Affordable Art Fair: 7th – 11th May

Bankside Gallery: 24th – 29th June

Entry Fees

£5 early bird entry | 25th November – 31st December
£6.50 discounted entry | 1st January – 18th February
£7 full price entry | 19th – 25th February

Our mission is to support artists by creating opportunities, celebrating their work, and fostering a thriving creative community. Jackson’s Art Prize operates without profit. Every entry fee goes directly toward covering running costs, the prize fund, and exhibitions.

Exhibitions

We look forward to exhibiting a selection of shortlisted works at the Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath for the sixth year.

Following that, we will exhibit a larger selection of the shortlist at Bankside Gallery in central London for the third year.

Guest Judging Panel

The Guest Judging Panel will be revealed shortly.

FAQs

What are the entry criteria?

We accept:

Paintings
Drawings
Original Prints

We do not accept:

Three-dimensional/sculptural work
Digital, computer manipulated, or AI art
Pure photography
Artwork of an inappropriate or offensive subject matter
Digital prints e.g. giclee

Do I have to submit a new artwork?
No, submitting a new work is not mandatory, but it is encouraged. Your entry/entries should reflect your current or lifelong body of work.

Is there a size limit?
No, you may enter a 2D artwork of any size. However, artworks over 2m wide are not guaranteed to be invited to exhibit due to space restrictions and will have to be evaluated when the other exhibitors are confirmed.