"Things like The Threadneedle Prize, especially in the current measures of austerity, represent something really really positive for young artists."
- Jeremy Hutchison, 2011 Exhibitor in The Threadneedle Prize

Three selectors will decide the winner of the £30,000 Threadneedle Prize from a shortlist of six works submitted through the open submission. Each of the five runners up will receive £1,000. The £10,000 Visitors' Choice Prize will be awarded by the general public and all 2012 exhibiting Threadneedle Prize artists will be eligible to win. Two Visitors' Choice Prize runners up will receive £500.

Voting for the Visitors' Choice Prize ends before the final exhibition day. Please check back for dates.

If the public vote coincides with the selectors’ vote, one artist wins a total of £40,000. The Threadneedle Prize is the most valuable art competition for a single work of art in the UK.

Threadneedle Prizes 2012, 8 prizes totaling £46,000

• The Threadneedle Prize: £30,000
• The Visitors’ Choice: £10,000
• The Threadneedle Prize Finalists (5 awarded): each £1,000
• Visitors' Choice Finalists (2 awarded): each £500

 

"I've been painting for a number of years but it's something like this that really raises your profile."
- Patricia Cain, Winner of the 2010 Threadneedle Prize

In addition to the prizes outlined above, the Threadneedle Prize provides artists:

• The opportunity to display work in an open submission to respected artists and curators
• A three-week exhibition of selected artist works at Mall Galleries in central London.
• Online exhibition of selected artist works on the Threadneedle Prize website.
• Invites to events and opportunities to speak about your work with potential collectors.
• Media coverage of the Prize and occasional press photos.