Art Competition 2025
Our virtual Art Competition returns for 2025!
2024 Celebration Painting & Overall Winner, Zainab Hussein, East Midlands.
Once again, we want you to showcase your artistic skills in an attempt to become a HASSRA Champion and win up to £300 in cash*
Entry is live now!
The three categories for 2025 are:
- Weather Wonders - Dramatic skies, rain, fog, snow, nature’s moods in action.
- Faces and Expression - Portraits that tell a story through emotion, culture, or character.
- Urban Jungle - Explore city life, architecture, street scenes, or hidden corners.
Category winners will each receive £250 - the overall winner will receive an additional £50!
Runner Up in each category will receive £150.
Third place in each category will receive £100.
The next 3 highest placed entries in each category will each receive £50.
All entries submitted must have been created during 2025.
Please include your name, HASSRA number, region, which category you are entering each artwork submitted, the dimensions of your artwork and in what medium the work was created**.
All HASSRA membership numbers start with the prefix HAS, you can find your number by logging into your HASSRA Live account. How to find HAS number
Entries should be no larger than 1MB, only one entry per category is allowed.
Entries should be emailed to: hassra-art-competition@outlook.com
**PLEASE NOTE – ANY ENTRIES THAT ARE SUBMITTED WITHOUT THE FULL DETAILS REQUESTED ABOVE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Closing date for entries is Midnight on Sunday 28th September 2025. We will not accept any entries received after this date.
All entries will be available to view on our HASSRA Flickr pages. Winning entries will be published in the next edition of Livelife.
Entrants will be deemed to have given permission for their entries to be published by HASSRA. HASSRA reserves the right to publish entries through other channels in addition to the foregoing.
You can also view all of last year’s entries and much more on our HASSRA Flickr pages (external only).
Judging
Judging will be undertaken following the closing date by a panel of experts. All entries will be anonymised prior to judging.
Decisions are final, and no discussions will be entered into following the announcement of winners.
*All prizes will be paid by BACS. Winners will be contacted for details to arrange prize payments. No alternative method or prizes are available.