The short answer

An open call from New Contemporaries, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Applications close 30 March 2026. Official terms last checked 5 September 2026.

Not stated by the organiserthe selection odds. Blank is never read as favourable, and nothing here is estimated to fill it.

Closes: 30 March 2026
Entry: £25 non-refundable submission fee.
Support: Stipend
Award: An artist fee, a travel and accommodation bursary, a year-long development programme and an exhibition
Who can apply: Emerging and early-career artists aged 21 or over based in the UK. There are no strict requirements around education, training, upper age limit or career path. Artists previously selected for New Contemporaries are not eligible.
Evidence checked: 5 September 2026

In the organiser's words

What the official page says.

Quoted from newcontemporaries.org.uk and checked on 5 September 2026. This is the organiser's description, reproduced as captured. It has not been through the evidence checks that produced the figures above.

New Contemporaries states a £25 non-refundable submission fee. Applicants must be emerging or early-career artists aged 21 or over and based in the UK, and the organiser states there are no strict requirements around education, training, upper age limit or career path. Artists previously selected for New Contemporaries are not eligible. Selected artists receive an artist fee, a travel and accommodation bursary, access support where needed, a structured monthly Artist Development Programme running September 2026 to June 2027, and an exhibition at Focal Point Gallery and partner venues across Southend-on-Sea, with the opportunity to sell work.

Any medium is accepted. The 2026 round ran from 23 February to 30 March 2026 and has closed; this record is the archive of that round.

The money, to scale

What it pays, and what it costs to ask.

Model my own cost

Award: Not statedAn artist fee, a travel and accommodation bursary, a year-long development programme and an exhibition
Entry fee: £25£25 non-refundable submission fee.
Total to enter: £25£25 – £25 estimated

Critical fields stated6/6

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Entry feeStated
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Official linkStated

Verified facts

The evidence ledger

Blank fields are never interpreted as favorable. The organizer’s current terms remain controlling.

Organizer	New Contemporaries
Type	Open call
Disciplines	fine-art, any
Location / online	Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Eligibility	Emerging and early-career artists aged 21 or over based in the UK. There are no strict requirements around education, training, upper age limit or career path. Artists previously selected for New Contemporaries are not eligible.
Deadline	30 March 2026
Opens	Not stated
Award / support	An artist fee, a travel and accommodation bursary, a year-long development programme and an exhibition
Entry fee	£25 non-refundable submission fee.
Funding type	Stipend
Verified	5 September 2026

Support ledger

What it gives, and what stays unclear.

Every row is read off this record. Nothing is filled in from what an opportunity of this kind usually offers.

Headline award: An artist fee, a travel and accommodation bursary, a year-long development programme and an exhibition; No figure given
Funding classification: Stipend; Published signal

Not structured in this record

Travel + shipping
Accommodation + studio
Accessibility

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True cost to enter

£25

Application: £25 non-refundable submission fee.

Open cost evidence Model my own cost

Published selection odds

Not published

The organiser does not publish acceptance numbers.

No proxy score, reputation estimate or invented probability replaces missing applicant and selection counts.

Application control list

Build the file set without inventing requirements.

This call publishes no requirements of its own, so these are the common preparation categories for an open call. Confirm every format, word count and required document against the official brief.

01Selected work samplesConfirm officially
02Artist statement or proposalConfirm officially
03Short biographyConfirm officially
04CV or résuméConfirm officially
05Captions and file specificationsConfirm officially

Seven-day application plan

A calm route to submit.

Day 1Eligibility + source
Day 2Select evidence
Day 3Draft narrative
Day 4Budget + logistics
Day 5External review
Day 6Format + upload
Day 7Submit + archive

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