The biennial Canadian portrait competition will be held in 2025\. Eligible entries are portraits of Canadians by Canadian artists, either paintings or drawings.

  
The aim of The Kingston Prize is to encourage and reward the creation of contemporary portraits by Canadian artists, to promote Canadian artists through competition, and over time to develop an historical record of Canadians, by Canadians.

**Awards**: The Kingston Prize of $25,000 and two Honourable Mention awards of $3,000 each. At each exhibition venue, there will be a People’s Choice award of $1,000.

  
The opening exhibition of thirty finalists will be held at a venue in the Greater Toronto Area in November, 2025.

  

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