FAQs

Students aged 4-19 attending school in the UK can enter artworks.

Homeschooled students are welcome to submit too. Homeschooling parents, guardians and teachers will need to register as teachers and add the details of their homeschool by ticking the 'School not listed/homeschool' box on the registration page.

Unfortunately not, the Young Artists’ Summer Show is only open to schools based in the UK.

To participate a teacher has to register your school first. Once your school is registered you can create an account and submit your artwork.

You can check if a school is registered by visiting our registered school checker page. Search for the school by name, postcode or address. If the school is listed, it is registered and you can submit. If it’s not listed, you’ll be able to download a leaflet to share with a teacher so they can register the school.

Prizes are awarded each year for inspiring artworks, as chosen by the President of the Royal Academy. You can also vote for your favourite artwork in our annual People’s Choice Award.

A school must be registered by a teacher before anyone from that school can submit.

Teachers, you’ll need to create an account and select your school from the list. Next, follow the instructions on the confirmation email to activate your account. Once the account is activated, the school is registered and artworks can be submitted. If you already have an account, logging in will re-register your school.

If you’re still at the same school, yes, you can use the same login details. You will need to log in to activate your account before students from your school can submit; logging in will re-register your school. If you have moved to a new school, please create a new account with your new school email.

A school must be registered by a teacher before anyone from that school can submit.

You can check if a school is registered by visiting our registered school checker page. Search for the school by name, postcode or address. If the school is listed, it is registered and you can submit. If it's not listed, you'll be able to download a leaflet to share with a teacher so they can register the school.

When you submit, we ask you to share an image of the artwork which will be seen by the judges and be shown online if the artwork is selected for the exhibition. It’s essential that you submit a good image that represents how the artwork looks in real life; this will give your artwork the best chance of being selected by the judges. We’ve written some tips to help you capture a good image.

Submitting artwork is completely free and is done online. First, a teacher will need to register your school. Once the school is registered, your artwork can be submitted. If you’re 12 or under, a teacher or parent/guardian will need to enter for you; if you’re 13 or over you can submit artwork yourself.

We've written some guidance you can download on the kinds of artwork the judges are looking for when they review submissions. Artworks can be made of any materials; anything from a painting, sculpture, photograph, installation or video piece. There is no theme so artworks can be of any subject. It must be original artwork and not a copy of another piece.

No! Participating in the Young Artists’ Summer Show is free.

Submissions are done online only. Please do not send any artwork to the Royal Academy.

No, we don’t mind when you made the artwork as long as you are between 4-19 years old when you submit it.

Yes! We welcome collaborative artwork entries and there is no limit to the number of students involved. The artwork can be made by more than one student, a whole class, a whole year group or even a whole school! To submit this kind of artwork, choose a student to enter for the first step and on the artwork form use the ‘alias’ field to add the details of the artists involved.

We are aware that the exhibition dates clash with the examination period for GCSE, A Level and BTEC students. If you’re submitting as or for a student at GCSE, A Level or BTEC level, we suggest submitting artwork that is not being assessed for exams.

To submit a video, you need to upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo and add the sharing URL link to the submission form. To use these sites you’ll be required to agree to their terms and conditions.

You must have permission to use any music in your video or we’ll be unable to exhibit it. Read more about copyright on the Artquest website.

Yes, you can edit or delete an artwork submission when you’re logged in to your account; on each submission there is an edit and delete option. If you want to delete an artwork after the submission deadline, please contact us.

All of the artworks are viewed and judged by a panel of artists and art professionals. The panel is divided into two sets of judges who decide which artworks will be shown online and which will be shown at the Royal Academy. One panel looks at artworks made by primary students and one at secondary.

The RA recognises the resources gap between fee-paying and state schools and the impact this has on support for students’ creativity. We ask judges to be mindful of this when making their selections and encourage them to consider representing a fair balance of state and fee-paying students in the exhibition whilst also ensuring representation of work made by young artists across the breadth of the UK.

Everyone who submits artwork will hear from us about the judges’ selection by the end of May.

Everyone who submits artwork will hear from us about the judges’ selection by the end of May.

If your artwork is chosen for the display at the RA, we will be in touch with further details regarding the artwork delivery and collection.

Start by checking your junk mail. If it’s not there, request a new email. If this doesn’t work and you’re a teacher, please check with your school IT department as it may be a firewall issue. Otherwise, contact us.

Double check your files are 5MB or less and are one of the following formats: JPG or PNG. If you want to submit a file that is not a JPG or PNG, you can use a file converter website to change your file so it will upload.

The RA does not sell artworks on behalf of the artists.

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