RSA William Littlejohn Award

Diarmad MacKinnon, Catching a rest on a bench by the Senderstraße Eichhorn Winery on the walk from Strebersdorf to Stammersdorf Vienna, watercolour on paper, 2025
About
The RSA William Littlejohn Award (£2000) for Excellence and Innovation in Water-based Media, funded by The William Littlejohn Bequest and administered by the Royal Scottish Academy, consists of:
- A monetary award to research, develop and produce a new body of work in a water-based medium
- An exhibition of selected completed work at the Royal Scottish Academy at a future date
- Acquisition of work into the Royal Scottish Academy's Collection, a Recognised Collection of National Significance.
We are delighted to announce Diarmad MacKinnon is the 2026 recipient of the RSA William Littlejohn Award.
Lindsay Sekulowicz, Bixa Orellana
Eligibility
- Entrants must be working in water-based media (any pigment mixed with water).
- Entrants must either be born in Scotland or have been resident in Scotland for at least 3 years.
- In the case of students applying, entrants must either be graduating in 2026 or currently studying at postgraduate level at one of the following art schools in Scotland - Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, Duncan of Jordanstone Collage of Art, Dundee, Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, and University of the Highlands and Islands.
How to apply
- Applications are closed for 2026.
Rosalind Lawless, Red Handle, screenprint collaged with acetate, 2022
Previous Winners
- Diarmad MacKinnon, 2026
- Toby Paterson, 2025
- Sarah Casey, 2024
- Lindsay Sekulowicz, 2023
- Rosalind Lawless, 2022
- Samantha Clark, 2021
- John Brown, 2020
- Sam Drake, 2019
- Amy Dennis, 2018
- Alasdair Wallace, 2017
- Frances Rokhlin, 2016
- Catherine Ross, 2015
- John Kellock, 2014
- Kyle Noble, 2013
- Anne Murray, 2012
- Paul Westcombe, 2011
- Jean Duncan, 2010
- Laura Sutherland, 2009
Banner image: Toby Paterson, Tracoba Fragment (Orange), Acrylic on MDF and aluminium, 2025
Return to Opportunities
Works accessioned to the RSA Collections from past RSA William Littlejohn Award winners

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Paul Westcombe, Just Receipts, 2012, ink and watercolour on receipt [2013.009.3]

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Banner image: Toby Paterson, Tracoba Fragment (Orange), Acrylic on MDF and aluminium, 2025

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