Art Partner unveils the 2026 Earth Partner Prize
Young creatives aged 14-30 can submit their works for the international prize until October 7 to raise awareness of environmental matters.
Reported by Vogue.
Climate anxiety has a new outlet — and it comes with a $10,000 prize. Art Partner has officially opened submissions for the 2026 Earth Partner Prize, an international competition inviting young creatives aged 14 to 30 to make work that confronts the climate crisis head-on. This year's edition is developed in partnership with the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and conservation organization Re:Wild, and the deadline is October 7 at 23:59 CET.
The scope is deliberately wide. According to Vogue, eligible formats range from photography, film, and fashion design to app development, spoken word, dance, and new media — essentially, if you can make it, you can enter it. Thematic territory is equally expansive: climate justice, corporate greenwashing, Indigenous rights, biodiversity loss, waste and circularity, grassroots activism, and even the psychological toll of ecological collapse are all fair game. The prize is explicitly open to participants from all backgrounds and identities, with a stated focus on amplifying underrepresented voices.
Who's Judging — and What You Could Win
Eight winners will take home monetary awards of $10,000, $5,000, or $2,000, with 20 honorable mentions and a special Impact Award for the project with the most tangible community effect. The jury is stacked: Hans Ulrich Obrist of the Serpentine Galleries, afrofuturist artist Derrick O. Boateng, Re:Wild CCO Dr. Robin Moore, Indigenous Arhuaco filmmaker Marcela Villafaña, sustainable fashion pioneer Shaway Yeh, Dr. Musonda Mumba of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, creative director Ferdinando Verderi, and Art Partner founders Giovanni and Marina Testino. Winning work will be featured on earthpartner.com and promoted across Art Partner's platforms — plus, through the GEF collaboration, there's potential exposure at COP 31, where world leaders and climate delegates will convene to push forward global warming commitments.
The prize already has momentum. Last year's edition pulled in more than 1,200 submissions from over 100 countries, with Nigerian artist Benson Apah claiming the top award for The Last of Us. The numbers signal something real: young people aren't waiting for institutions to hand them a mic on the climate conversation — they're building the language themselves.
The most urgent creative brief of our generation just became a competition, and honestly, there's no better time to enter.
Read the original at Vogue.
