Sunday 11th January Deadline for Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Competition 2026!
Published: 6th January 2026
The Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council are raising a glass to everyone who entered their competition in 2025 and especially to their amazing award winners!
"In the words of our Chairman, John Ball, "The GC&DC Awards exist to champion the skills in our trade that too often go unrecognised and to honour the people behind them who are too rarely in the spotlight."
Here's to you all!
If the festive mood is starting wear off and your thoughts are turning to exciting plans for 2026, now is the perfect time to submit your entry for the next GC&DC Awards.
The online entry form for the 2025/26 Competition is OPEN NOW for submissions and will close at midnight, Sunday 11th January 2026.
The competition is free to enter and open to all in the jewellery, silversmithing and allied trades, including craftspersons and designers as well as apprentices, students and hobbyists.
Visit the GC&DC website to view all the briefs and for further details on how to enter.
ALL ENTRIES will be need to be sent in for judging and must be posted-in or hand delivered to The Goldsmiths' Centre, London to arrive between 13 - 14 Jan 2026.
Please do not send any work prior to these dates as the competition team will not be there to receive them.
We look forward to receiving your entries!"
Get the GC&DC 2026 Competition Entry Form HERE
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