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The Women In Art Prize 2026

Discover our comprehensive range of prizes and awards designed to celebrate and elevate emerging women artists across the UK and beyond. Entries open on the 8th of March 2026.
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Main Awards

Painting First Prize
The Women In Art Initiative
£1,000
Photography First Prize
Eve Arnold Award
£1,000
Sculpture Prize
£1,000
Digital & Moving Image Prize
£1,000
Print making Prize
  • £500 prize money
  • The Print winner will receive a dedicated page on www.printed-editions.com for 3 months
  • Dedicated mailshots to collectors. Promotion of artwork on social media
  • The Artist can list up to 12 prints
The Susan Angoy Award
Awarded to a female artist of African and Caribbean heritage
£2,000

The Susan Angoy Prize offers a cash award of at least £2,000 (final amount to be confirmed).

Artists are encouraged to reflect on how their work can serve as a vehicle for change and hope in a world facing uncertainty, environmental challenges, and intolerance.

The winner will also receive a place on the Tim May Mentoring Programme, comprising a minimum of three sessions with Sharon Walters (valued at £1,000).

Best Overseas Artist
Open to all artists outside the UK
£1,000

Winner's work will be made into a print and framed for the 2025 exhibition

Additional opportunities include:

  • Sonia Bb platform podcast interview on Create Magazine
  • Article feature and AQ Society interview
  • 1-hour coaching session (top 4 overseas artists)
  • Disruptor's magazine article
  • Artvox social media PR and artist profile interview

Exhibition & Media Opportunities

Cass Art Exhibition
Solo Exhibition opportunity plus £250 worth of Art vouchers
Zebra One Gallery
Exhibition space in Hampstead for one month
Square Feet Gallery
Private View and Exhibition in Marylebone, London
FLUX Exhibition
Exhibition Space at Flux 2025 and 10-page feature in The FLUX Review magazine
Stocked in over 700 bookstores
Media Coverage
  • Feature in Fabric Magazine (50,000 monthly copies)
  • Interview and studio visit/outreach campaign
  • Dedicated page on printed-editions.com for 3 months (Print winner)
  • Dedicated mailshots to collectors
  • Social media promotion
Art Fair Opportunity
Booth at @forgeartfair in November 2025 for one finalist

Additional Prizes

Young Woman Artists Award
For artists 26 years and under
£500
The Riverstone Award
For artists 65 and over
The Hosking Houses Residency Award
Open to women artists aged 40+, offering up to one month free residency in 2027 or 2028 for a single person (or same gender couple equally engaged in a united project) at the Trust's cottage in Clifford Chambers, a Warwickshire village near Stratford-upon-Avon.

"Nearly every woman I know needs this residency, it is a wonderful gift."

"I cannot imagine an environment more conducive to creativity than Church Cottage...the quiet, the beauty, the luxurious bed and bath and the overflowing bookshelves. I have spent time at many other residencies in the US and Europe and I have never felt more at home and productive than here in this most magical of cottages."

For more information about the Hosking Houses Trust, please visit: https://hoskinghouses.org.uk
The Art Academy London
Free place on masterclass weekend (2025)
Mall Galleries Prize
Best Figurative Painting
10 free entries to Open Exhibitions (Worth £180)
HSoA Prizes
  • Abstract Painting Prize - Exhibition at Hampstead School of Art
  • Young Artist Prize - Art course up to £400 (ages 18-25)

Special Events

Private View and Award Ceremony
The British Library
Art on a Postcard
All finalists entered into the 2025 International Women's Day Auction

Conditions for Entry

• Any female artist over 18 living and working in the UK may submit
• Overseas women artists may apply for the Overseas Prize only
• Work must have been completed in the last two years
• Maximum of two works submitted (only one work will be chosen)
• Works should not be larger than 1 metre wide or 130 cm high (including frame)
Artist Voices

What Artists Say

Hear from the talented artists who have been part of the Women in Art Prize community

"As the Woman in Art Prize exhibition comes to a close, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to both of WIAP. It has been an unforgettable experience to take part, and I truly appreciate all the effort and care you put into organizing this meaningful event. WIAP have provided artists with a professional yet welcoming platform to share their work. During the exhibition, I not only had the chance to connect with visitors but also gained great inspiration from fellow artists. These experiences have given me fresh perspectives and renewed motivation in my practice."
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Zifan Sun
Artist