British Science Week Poster Competition
British Science Week
Apply NowFancy shaping how childhood could look in the future? Enter the British Science Week Poster Competition—create and submit up to five posters exploring positive futures, showcase your creative and science communication skills, and boost your portfolio before 16 April 2026.
The British Science Week Poster Competition is an annual, UK-wide competition inviting children and young people to create posters based on a fresh theme each year. For 2026 the competition explores visions of a good/positive childhood in the future, with work developed by participants in early years, primary and secondary/senior categories.
Entries are submitted online via the competition submission platform and settings may submit up to five posters. All submitted posters will be considered by a judging panel and used (anonymised) for research by the British Science Association and the NUSTEM team at Northumbria University alongside the Government Office for Science.
Teachers, group leaders or submitters will be asked to tag posters with up to three theme tags to support researchers. Shortlisted posters may be published and winners will receive STEM-themed prizes; runners-up may be selected by public vote.
Key rules: posters must be original, A4 or A3, submitted as a 2D image (photo, jpeg or PDF), and entrants must provide names and ages. The competition accepts entries from individuals, teams and settings across the UK and includes detailed briefs and terms & conditions for each age category.
16 Apr 2026
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- Entrants must be within the official age categories (3-19) as listed on the competition page.
- Entries welcome from schools, youth or community groups, parents, or individual children/young people.
- Each school/group/individual can submit a maximum of five entries in total (only the first five will be included if more are submitted).
- Posters must be original work created by the entrant(s) and must be A4 or A3 (2D images only).
- Teams are judged in the age category of the oldest team member; prizes will be split across team members.
- Entrants must provide entrant first name(s), age(s) and category when uploading; follow category abbreviations (EY, IN, JU, S1, S2, S3).
- Students with SEND should be entered into the category that best fits their level of work regardless of age.
Free to enter; submit up to five entries per setting via the online submission form. Read the full briefs and terms & conditions before entering.
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