Write on Art is free to enter. The 2026 cycle of Write on Art is now open for applications and will close at 10 a.m. on 21st July 2026.
Use the link below to go to the competition's application portal. You will need to set up an account before beginning your application.
Key rules to remember:
- Choose an artwork from the Art UK website to write about. We cannot accept entries for artworks that are not on the Art UK website.
- Please do not go over or under the word limit by more than 10%. Entries that do not adhere to the word limit will be disqualified. However, if you are submitting a poem for the Creative Writing category, you are welcome to go more than 10% under the word limit for your age group, as some poems can be shorter pieces of writing.
- Please use the submission form linked at the bottom of this page to submit your writing to the portal. Do not include your name or any personal information in it. This form must be anonymous.
- Please ask a responsible adult (teacher, care worker, youth worker, counsellor, parent or a relative over the age of nineteen) to sign the responsible adult form at the bottom of this page. You must then upload it to the application portal. Any submission without this form will be disqualified.
