Fine Art, Sculpture and Photography Competition

Theme – People and Animals

Age Categories:

Deadline for Entries:

• Photography – jpeg to be sent to comps@sheepfair.co.uk by 10th September
• Art / Sculpture – images to be sent to comps@sheepfair.co.uk by 16th September
• All work will be displayed in the Willoughby Art Gallery over the weekend and an exhibition book will also be created to commemorate the event.
• Prizes will be awarded in each age category on Saturday 3rd October at 1.30pm
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Fine Art and Sculpture – How to Enter

• 2d or 3d art is welcome in any media.  
• All art should be no bigger than 120cm x 120cm x 60cm in any dimension including the frame.
• Sculpture should be less than 20kg and able to be lifted by one person (4ftx4ftx2ft max).
• Send an image of your artwork to comps@sheepfair.co.uk  by 16th September 2026. Include your name, age, the artwork media and dimensions and any sale price in the email.
• Include a short description how the artwork was made to help the judges understand your work.
• New media and cgi images should be included in the Art competition.
• Bring your artwork to the Willoughby Gallery on the  30th September (1700-1930),1st and 2nd October (1200 – 1930)
• 2d work should be in a frame with a hanging string on the back or unframed work should be well supported on a mount or board that can be used for fixing to the wall. Attach a label to include your name, age, the artwork media and dimensions and any sale price on the back of any artwork

Photography Competition – How to Enter

• Send a jpeg copy of your photograph to comps@sheepfair.co.uk by 10th September 2026. (6000x4000pixels or 24mb jpeg max size)
• Photographs can be made using a film or digital camera, smartphone and have strong identifiable ‘real world’ content of people, places, animals, plants, landscapes etc
• Include your name, title of work, and a brief description of how and when the photo was made and why you photographed its subject in the email.
• Bring your artwork to the Willoughby Gallery on the  30th September (1700-1930),1st and 2nd October (1200 – 1930)
• Photographic prints should be in a frame with a hanging string on the back or have your unframed work well supported on a mount or board that can be used for fixing to a wall or display board.  Attach a label to include your name, title, brief description and any sale price on the back of the photographic print

The Small Print:

• Entrants in categories (Under 7, 7-11 (Y3 – Y6), 11-16 (Y8-11), 16-18 (Y12/13)  must live or go to school / college within a 15mile radius of Corby Glen
• Entrants in the 18+ category must live within 25miles of Corby Glen
• Images solely generated from AI prompts will not be accepted
• All sales of works are to be arranged between the artist/photographer and the buyer, the buyer can receive the artwork from the artist/photographer after the exhibition is taken down from 5th October only.
• Works unsuitable for viewing by people of all ages may not be included in the exhibition.
• Artists and photographers exhibit at their own risk.
• Uncollected works after 7th October will be given to charity or disposed of as appropriate.
• By entering the competition all entrants agree to images of their entries being used in all forms of publicity for the CGSF.
  
• Each artist is able to enter one photograph and one artwork (2d or 3d) to the competition.