The following Prizes and Awards were awarded at a ceremony on Wednesday 10 June at our 2026 Annual Exhibition. Congratulations to all the winners!
Many of the prize-winning artworks are available to buy online
The NEAC Climate Emergency Prize
£2,000 for an artwork that addresses the climate crisis
End of Babel by Simon Page
Runner Up (£500)
Rubbish Drawing by Rosie Good
The Doreen McIntosh Prize
For an artist whose work fulfils the New English Art Club’s ideals of rigour, immediate engagement with the visual and a searching attitude. Value £2,000.
Beach Composition by Craig Jefferson
The Hermione Hammond Drawing Award
£2,000 for a drawing by an emerging artist aged 35 or under
Grazing over the Tibetan Mastif by Jean Lim
The Arts Society (Greater London Area) Award
£1,000 to an emerging non-member artist
AND THE Mall Galleries / FBA Award
Ten free submissions to exhibitions by the Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries (worth over £200) for a first-time exhibitor with the NEAC
Saint by Alexandros Kalogerakis
The Borg Scott Art Award (£1,000)
Sunburst by Patrick Cullen
The Ken & Dora Howard Prize
£1,000 for a painting that best captures a sense of light
September from St. Magnus by Charlotte Halliday
The Bowyer Drawing Prize
Selected by the Bowyer family, £500
Entanglement by Lucy Langford
The Michael Harding Award
£500 worth of art materials
Untitled by Robert O'Brien
The Winsor & Newton Award
Art materials to the value of £500
Waxflower by Jacqueline Abel
The Wendy Harman PrizE
£200 for the best work in the exhibition as judged by Wendy Harman
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Patrick Cullen
The NEAC Critics' Prize (£250)
Short & Tall, Up and Down by William Packer
The Dry Red Press Award
The winning work will be published as a greetings card in the Dry Red Press 'Prize Winners' range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist.
Lilac and Tea by Elena Morozova
The Val Harris Prize
One week residency in The Atelier in Hay-on-Wye followed by a one-week exhibition at The Table, the art gallery owned by Val Harris, for a member of the NEAC
Arrangement at Night by Jason Line
NEAC Scholars (2026-27).
And finally, we are delighted to announce the three recipients of this year's NEAC Scholarships:
The Ken Howard Foundation Scholarship (£5,000) goes to Vanessa Wilkey
and
THE TWO Daler-Rowney ScholarshipS
(£500 cash and a £500 voucher to be spent on Daler-Rowney art materials) go to:
Oliver Marr and Sarah Muwanga
Many of the prize-winning artworks are available to buy online
