UN FORM ED

UN FORM ED is The Emerging Art Foundation’s short-form edition, our initiative in supporting and promoting the creation and display of works of interdisciplinary creative practice. Each edition will be published in the Spring showcasing up to four entries by artists and writers who explore the interactions between visual and writerly practices.

The Emerging Art Foundation will issue a prompt to which applicants must respond. The aim of the prompt is to invite a broad variety of interpretations and responses to the generative possibilities of language and the challenges of working within formal constraints.

The successful applicants will receive an honorarium of £100 each.

Applications open for UN FORM ED on 23rd February 2026. The deadline for all submissions is 15th March 2026 at midnight.

    • The word count is set at a maximum of 150 words. 

    • The work must include an image or typographical component. 

    • All submissions must be received as a single, PDF document.  

    • Entries must be emailed to submissions@emergingartfoundation.org, with the subject line ‘FullName_UNFORMED2026’.

    • Applications open for UN FORM ED on 23 February 2026. The deadline for all submissions is 15 March 2026 at midnight.

    • Applicants must be over the age of 18 and a UK resident. 

    • In submitting your work to UN FORM ED, you acknowledge that your work will be reproduced in an online and print publication. Your submission must be entirely your own work and must not include any licensed or copyrighted images or content. By submitting your work you confirm that it is entirely your own and complies with these guidelines. 

    • The prompt for the second edition of UN FORM ED is Mine.

    • Applications open for UN FORM ED on 23rd February 2026. The deadline for all submissions is 15th March 2026 at midnight.

    • Each edition of UN FORM ED will be available to download free of charge on our website.

    • The successful applicants will be notified by email. The public announcement will be made in May via our Website and Instagram. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications, we are not able to respond to unsuccessful applicants.