The biennial Canadian portrait competition will be held in 2025. Eligible entries are portraits of Canadians by Canadian artists, either paintings or drawings. Deadline for entries is September 1, 2025. The Competition for the Kingston Prize is open to Canadian artists aged 18 years and over on the date of the deadline for entries.
Awards: The Kingston Prize of $25,000 and two Honourable Mention awards of $3,000 each. At each exhibition venue, there will be a People’s Choice award of $1,000.
The opening exhibition of thirty finalists will be held at a venue in the Greater Toronto Area in November, 2025.
Please refer to the rules for the 2025 competition to prepare your work. Entries may be submitted between March 15, 2025 and September 1, 2025.
For more information and to enter, visit the Kingston Prize website.
