Calling all artists and creatives!
Submit your work for the Guildford Festival of the Arts 2026. We're accepting any and all visual art mediums, and there is no specified theme.
This year's prizes are:
1st Prize: £1000, Runner-up: £500, Student Winner: £150 (gift voucher), Plublic Vote Winner: Exhibition Opportunity
Meet the Panel
This Year's Open Call Judges
2025 winners
£250 Knight Frank Prize chosen by panel of judges.
Student George Weil Prize (£50 Voucher).
Public Vote Prize with exhibition at New House Art Space.
Submissions
Get the details you need before sending your work our way.
Please only submit once. If your work is part of a series, installation, diptych or triptych, send one image that encompasses the whole piece.
This year's judges are: Sally Varrah, Councillor Jane Tyson, Monica Popham and Andy Newbold. Last year's panel included Alex Tommis, Sue Dragon, Nathalie Scott and Peter Gordon.
31st July 2026
If you have been selected, we will contact you via the email address provided in late August or early September.
If your work is selected to exhibit at Guildford Festival of the Arts 2026 you welcome to sell your art through the festival team during the festival. Please note that the festival team will take a 15% commission to put towards next years festival.
Submit any visual art, of any medium, that could be displayed in a gallery or on a screen.
Still have questions?
Get in touch and we'll try our best to help!