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Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026
Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust (administered by Parker Harris) · London, United Kingdom
Annual international open exhibition for contemporary drawing, with £18,000 in awards including a £15,000 main prize and a £2,000 Student Award. 2026 entries closed 9 June; exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, then UK tour.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Drawing
- Entries
- Up to 3 works per artist
- Size limits
- Max 2.4m on longest side including frame; max weight 33kg
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Open worldwide to artists and drawing practitioners; up to three drawings per artist; only drawings made since January 2025 eligible. Student Award requires current registration on a degree programme (2025/26). Three Boroughs Award for residents/workers of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Greenwich.
About
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (formerly the Jerwood Drawing Prize) is the UK's leading annual open exhibition for drawing. Artists and drawing practitioners worldwide may submit up to three drawings made since January 2025 via a first-stage digital entry; selected works are delivered for exhibition.
It is open to all; a Student Award is reserved for artists registered on a formal programme of study in 2025/26 and a Three Boroughs Award for those living or working in Tower Hamlets, Newham or Greenwich.
Awards total £18,000: the £15,000 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, a £2,000 Student Award and a £1,000 Three Boroughs Award. The exhibition opens at Trinity Buoy Wharf from 17 September to 4 October 2026 and tours UK venues into 2027, with a publication and symposium.