Awarded for the best visual arts response on the theme of ‘Language’.

Prizes:

The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes and will be invited to attend our annual symposium. We will offer up to £500 travel expenses to help with travel to the event and meals and accommodation during the symposium dates are also covered.

2024 symposium – dates and venue to be announced.

First place: £3,000

Second place: £1,000

Third place: £1,000

Rules:

• Open to all nationalities.

• Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.

• All entries must be written in English.

• Limited to one entry per person.

• Entry is limited to ONE entry per person. This means that you may only submit one artwork in your chosen discipline.

• If your work is from a larger collection, please choose the single image that best displays the potential of your collection. Entries who submit more than one image may be disqualified at the judge’s discretion.

• All media are permitted, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation, stating media, date, and, where relevant, size. Videos should be no more than 8 minutes long.

• Images or artworks generated by artificial intelligence (AI) image generators are not eligible to enter this prize.

• Travel expenses can be used for economy travel costs only and are not exchangeable for cash, any leftover travel budget will not be redeemed as cash.

• Travel expenses can be used for transport only, and can not be used towards accommodation outside of the dates of our symposium.

• Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.

• Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.

For more information, visit The Alpine Fellowship