Weavers’ Annual Industry & Education Awards

20 March 2025

Apply now for the Incorporation of Weavers Annual Awards, featuring three categories with a £500 prize and exhibition opportunity.

1. Best new Woven Fabric or Product

2. Material Innovation Award

3. Colour in Textile Award (Students only award)

This year submissions will be entirely digital with a cost of entry for each category at £12, payable via website.

1. Best new woven Fabric or product 2025

Submissions are judged on design, technical ability and understanding of colour. Work must be available for exhibition at the Weavers Box Opening (15/05/2025) A graphic will be supplied for use on social media, to promote the design or product.

Prize: £500, and Certificate of Merit. Other additional prizes may be awarded at judges discretion

2. Material Innovation

Submissions are welcomed from anyone working in material innovation . This includes but is not limited to makers and designers working in: new processes, fibre development, UX design, digital fabrication and media. Where possible the work should be made available for exhibition at the Weavers Box Opening (15/05/2025)

Prize: £500, and Certificate of Merit. Other additional prizes may be awarded at judges discretion

3. Colour in Textile Award (Students only award)

Submissions are welcomed from undergraduate and postgraduate students studying textile Design (Any Process). Entries will be judged on their use of Colour with special attention paid to any designs showing a novel approach to integrating colour with both design and technical Skill. Where possible the work should be made available for exhibition at the Weavers Box Opening (15/05/2025)

Prize: £500, and Certificate of Merit. Other additional prizes may be awarded at judges discretion.

All sections, except “Colour in Textile Award” (students only) are open to independent designers, designers employed in the UK textile industry and students from universities and colleges. All entrants must be resident and/or resident in the UK.

Please read through full guidelines before applying. Find out more here.

Deadline 11th April.