Write on Art Prize
**Due to the recent outbreak of Covid-19 and the impact on schools, we will be extending the deadline for the 2019–20 Write on Art prize to 31st July 2020. We will confirm the date of the prize-giving ceremony in due course. Please keep an eye on our website and follow #WriteOnArt on social media for the latest updates**
Write on Art is a national writing competition for students aged 15 to 18 studying in the UK, sponsored by Art UK and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
The judges for 2019/2020 are: Sir Simon Schama, Hettie Judah, Karen Gregory and Simon Groom.
The Challenge
Choose one artwork from artuk.org that fascinates you and write about it. Persuade your readers to share your interest and take a closer look at the artwork. See full guidelines in the apply links below.
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Deadline 31st July 2020
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School year |
Word count |
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Years 10 and 11 (England and Wales) Years 11 and 12 (Northern Ireland) (More information when you click the above links to apply) |
400 words maximum. Focus on describing what you see in your chosen artwork. |
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Years 12 and 13 (England and Wales) Years 13 and 14 (Northern Ireland) (More information when you click the above links to apply) |
600 words maximum (excluding footnotes). Include citations to books or articles you have read that helped to inform your essay as either as footnotes at the end of the essay or as hyperlinked words and phrases in the text of your essay. Demonstrate you’ve done some research about the work you have chosen. |
Prize
The winners will win a cash prize and have their essays featured on the Art UK and Paul Mellon Centre websites. Prizes for the 2019–2020 prize will be awarded at a ceremony.
1st place – £500
2nd place – £200
Runners up – three of £100 each
Background
Write on Art was set up by Art UK and the Paul Mellon Centre in November 2017. It’s mission is to encourage an interest in art history among young people.
“Art History is the study of power, politics, identity and humanity and we should be doing all we can – with projects like this – to get as many young people as possible excited by art history and involved in it,” Jeremy Deller, Turner prize-winning artist.