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Portugal Students Prize 2026

The Portugal Students Prize is open to all students enrolled in secondary school in Portugal for the 2025/2026 academic year, aged 11-18 years old (at the time of entry).

Entry is open from 6 January – 6 March 2026.

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How it works

01

Nomination and Shortlisting

Participating students must be nominated by their teacher. Teachers can nominate up to 5 students to enter. Upon entry, students will be asked to enter the name of their nominating teacher.

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02

Exhibition

The shortlisted artworks are exhibited in Portugal. Members of the public can enjoy the artworks and engage in the public vote. Local students are offered the opportunity to engage in educational programming.

At the exhibition, the artworks are judged for a second time and voted on by the public. The judges scores are aggregated, and a Grand Prize winner is named.

03

Public Vote

To increase exposure for the artists, the general public are invited to cast a vote online or in person for their favourite shortlisted artwork. The most popular artwork is awarded the Public Vote Prize.

04

Sale of Artworks

The shortlisted artworks besides the Grand Prize winner will be sold at a fixed price and are split evenly between the artists and the local expressive arts programming.

Artists receive the same split as they would through a gallery and Associação SAF, the Portuguese arm of The Sovereign Art Foundation, receives the other half to fund expressive art programs for disadvantaged children in need in Portugal.

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Key Dates

Entry Deadline

6 January — 6 March 2026

Shortlist Announcement

— June 2026

Finalists Exhibition

July — December 2026

Winner Announcement

— December 2026

Judges

To be announced

Events

To be announced

Supporters

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Organiser
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