Chaplaincy Art Competition 2026

The competition 

What can I win? 

• Cash prizes for each of the themed categories – PAUSE, COMFORT, CREATIVE, FAITH 

• Cash prize for the Community Award winner, voted for by students and staff 

Entrants will have their designs displayed in a celebration event taking place in Chaplaincy on the evening of 24 November 2026 - details TBC. 

Timescales 

• Deadline for entries: 5pm – 13 November 2026 

• Winners announced at celebration event 24 November – time TBC 

• Chosen artwork will be installed in Chaplaincy Spring 2027 
   

The winning artwork will be selected by a judging panel that will include representatives from University Chaplaincy and Loughborough University.  

If you have any queries about the competition, please chaplaincy@lboro.ac.uk . 

How do I enter? 

Please read the vision and guidelines below before entering the competition. 

Once complete, please bring your art to University Chaplaincy, first floor, Edward Herbert Building during office hours. Email chaplaincy@lboro.ac.uk to check someone will be there to receive it. 

You must have permission to use any text or images you have not created from the rights holder.  Any use of AI must be acknowledged and contextualised when asked to explain the concept behind your design on the entry form.  

Vision: 

We’re looking for pieces that capture the work and values of chaplaincy - whether that’s offering a safe place to listen and comfort someone, helping people to be creative, enabling students and staff to deepen or explore faith or spirituality or simply take time out to pause from a busy life. We gather our work under four different streams – PAUSE, COMFORT, CREATE, FAITH 
  
Guidelines:  

• Chaplaincy is a respectful, welcoming, diverse community. Artwork should align with the character of the chaplaincy space and team. 

• Chaplains support everyone, whether they hold religious/spiritual beliefs or not. To reflect this, entries could 
   
  draw on shared human experience;  
  be specific to one faith 
  or have an interfaith connection 

Creative guidelines:  

• We welcome all 2D artistic styles and mediums, including mural-style illustrations, text-based designs, photography, mixed media, digital work, and more. 

• Please provide a short explanation (see entry form) of your art (100 words max). Entries will only be accepted with this. 

• Minimum size A5; maximum size A1 

For more information about the work of University Chaplaincy please have a read of our about us page.