ARTISTS have three weeks to enter the New Light Art Prize, which is a competition open to anyone from the north of England, including Cumbria.

Prizes included the £10,000 Valeria Sykes Award, the £2,500 Patron's Choice Award and the Emerging Artists Prize which is the opportunity to host a solo show at the Saul Hay Gallery. 

Artists who were born, live or have studied in one of the historic counties of the North of England - Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Yorkshire and – for the first time – Cheshire, can submit their work online via www.newlight-art.org.

Entry into the competition costs £20 for the first two pieces of artwork and £10 for any subsequent entries.

Prize winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 29th September 2023 at The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum in Birkenhead where their artwork will feature in a launch exhibition. It will then embark on a tour to Bankside Gallery, London, Rheged Arts Centre, Penrith, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, Northumberland and finishing at The Mercer Gallery in Harrogate on 31st December 2024.

Artists who were born, live or have studied in Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Yorkshire and Cheshire, can submit their work online via www.newlight-art.org.