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Music, Speech & Drama: 12-16 November 2025. Dance: 31 Jan-1 Feb 2026. Creative Arts: March 2026.
CREATIVE ARTS

Creative Arts entries cover the Short Story, Poem, Handwriting, Art, Sculpture, Photography, Pottery, Ceramics, Graphics, Textiles and Original Music Composition classes. There will also be an Art class for Adults (A8).

Our next festival will be in March 2026.

Calendar

Monday, 8 September 2025

2024/2025 Creative Arts Syllabus available here and from Wansbroughs Solicitors and Devizes Books and Devizes Library

Monday, 1 December 2025

Entry period opens for Creative Arts Classes

Friday, 30 January 2026

Creative Arts Entries close

Friday, 6 March 2026

Announcement of Results

Thursday, 19 March 2026

Presentation of awards

Friday – Saturday,
20 – 21 March 2026

Exhibition of winning items

Adjudicators

James Smith:    Senior Art

Jacqui Edwards:    Junior Art

Jan Ellinger:    3D Art, Ceramics and Pottery

Matthew Harffy:    Stories

Lucy Maxwell-Scott:    Senior Poetry

Jan Stallard:    Junior Poetry

Lorraine Wade:    Handwriting

Sue Reynolds:    Textiles

Louise Scammell:    Graphics

Colin Waldeck:    Photography

Michael Johnson:    Music Composition

Classes

Details of all classes will be in the 2025/2026 Creative Arts Syllabus, available here from 8th September 2025 :

The Syllabus will also available for free from Devizes Books, Handel House, Sidmouth Street, Devizes SN10 1LD and Wansbroughs Solicitors, Northgate House, Northgate St, Devizes SN10 1JX from 8 September 2025.

Rules

Entries open on 1st December 2025. Before making your entries please read the relevant Rules and Policies on the Rules and Policies page.

See the answers to frequently asked questions at the bottom of this page.

Trophies

There are trophies to be won in each class of the Creative Arts programme.

Entries

Entries will open on 1st December 2025.

For any queries, please contact our Creative Arts Manager Claire Magill ( claire@devizes-eisteddfod.org.uk )

2025 Results are now available here:

Creative Arts Results 2025

 

Creative Arts Presentation Evening

For all those who entered the 2025 Creative Arts Festival, all 863 of you, we trust you found the experience enjoyable and rewarding. The climax of the event was the Presentation Ceremony held in the Devizes Town Hall Assembly Room on Thursday, 20 March when nearly all 35 class winners were presented with their trophies. Thank you to all the adjudicators also, each of whom told the capacity audience how much they enjoyed judging the work and telling the audience what they were looking for when marking the entries.

Creative Arts Public Exhibition

Congratulations to all those whose work was displayed in our two day exhibition held at the Devizes Library on 21/22 March.

Winning items (except entries from Partner Schools) may be collected from Devizes Books (Sidmouth Street, Devizes, SN10 1LD) from Monday, 24 March 2025 until Friday 4 April 2025. (Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm)

Work from Partnership Schools will be returned directly to the schools on Tuesday and Wednesday 25/26 March 2025.

 

Creative Arts FAQs

         How do I enter the Eisteddfod?

Your entry must be made on-line via this website from Monday 2nd December 2024. You will receive an automated acknowledgement email on receipt of your entry. Please check that all the details of your entry are correct. Note that entries will close at 5pm on Friday 31st January 2025. All the associated submitted items must arrive at the Eisteddfod by the closing date: 5pm Friday 31st January 2025.

         How much does it cost to enter?

It costs £3 per item to enter.  

If you are from an Eisteddfod partnership school you will be invoiced the total amount after entry.

Otherwise please pay by bank transfer (sort code: 30-92-63, account number: 00091902, account name: Devizes Eisteddfod) as soon as you have made your entry.  Please use the Reference number you will be given on entry as the Payment Reference. Your entry will only be confirmed when payment has been received, when you should get an email confirming your payment and entry. If you do not get this confirmation email shortly after payment, then please contact us as something has gone amiss and we will investigate.

If you prefer to pay by cheque, please make it out to Devizes Eisteddfod and put the Reference number on the back of the cheque. Be sure to include your cheque when sending your items to the Eisteddfod. As above your entry will only be confirmed on receipt of payment.

         How do I submit items for the Eisteddfod?

If you are from an Eisteddfod partnership school, you will be contacted to arrange collection of your items from your school by a member of the Eisteddfod committee.

Otherwise you will need to send or deliver your items by 5pm on Friday 31st January 2025 to:

Mrs Claire Magill, c/o Devizes Books, Sidmouth Street, Devizes, SN10 1LD
(Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm).

In all cases, please ensure that each item is clearly marked with the child/student’s name, Eisteddfod class, and title of the work.

         When do I need to enter? 

The deadline for all entries is 5pm Friday 31st January 2025.  We are not able to accept any entries after this date. 

         What if I have additional item(s) to those I have already entered on-line?

If, after entering on-line, you find you have any additional item(s) (perhaps from a newly-arrived member into your school class), then make a new entry for them on-line. It doesn't matter how many entries you make, they all get combined.

         When will I hear about the results?

Schools/parents of winners and any runners-up will be notified by email by Friday 7th March 2025. All results will be available on the website on Friday 7th March 2025.

         What awards will be given?

The adjudicators will give a completed comment sheet and certificate for every item received. For each Eisteddfod class, they will select a class winner who will receive a trophy.  In some classes there will also be runners-up who will each receive a medal.

         How will awards be presented?

All class winners and any runners-up will be invited to the Creative Arts Presentation which will take place at 6.30pm on Thursday 20th March 2025 at the Town Hall in Devizes.  They will receive their awards from the adjudicators and be able to see their work on display.  This exhibition of displayed work will then be on display in Devizes Library on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd March 2025, 9.30am to 4pm.

         Which items will be displayed at the Creative Arts Presentation?

All class winners’ items will be displayed, together with those from any runners-up.  Depending on available space, we may also be able to display some other work that the adjudicators were particularly impressed with.

         Who may attend the Creative Arts Presentation?

All class winners and any runners-up, together with their parents or other family members, will be invited to attend the Creative Arts Presentation evening on Thursday 20th March 2025.  Anyone else may come to Devizes Library to see the displayed work on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd March 2025. (9.30 am to 4 pm)

         When will items be available for collection after the Eisteddfod?

If you are from an Eisteddfod partnership school, all your items will be delivered back to your school by a member of the Eisteddfod committee on Tuesday and Wednesday 25/26 March 2025.

Otherwise, items can be collected from Devizes Books, Sidmouth Street, Devizes, SN10 1LD (Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm) from Monday 24th March 2025. Items must be collected by Friday 4th April 2025. Any uncollected items will be destroyed.