The Baron Prize is a biannual award, which recognises artists, photographers and filmmakers who have created projects investigating gender, sex, sexuality and identity politics. BARON Books was launched in 2011, stocked worldwide in 20 different countries, many of our books are in collections including the book collections at MoMA NYC and The LUMA Foundation.

The first and second edition of the BARON PRIZE was judged by a transnational panel including Ashleigh Kane (Dazed & Confused), Chiara Bardelli Nonino (Italian Vogue), Ché Zara Blomfield (Art Editor Baron & Curator), Petra Collins (Curator & Photographer), Sue Webster (Artist), Bruce LaBruce (Artist & Director) and Nadia Lee Cohen (Photographer).

Past winners have included Matthew Grubb, Frances Wilks and Ramona Wang.

The third edition of the BARON PRIZE will be judged by a panel including Julie Verhoeven (artist), Matthew Holroyd (Baron Founder), Sunil Gupta (photographer) and PZ Today (Creative Director).

Entry fee is 20 GBP (approx. 27 USD).

Eligibility

Open to artists, filmmakers, photographers working in any medium and from anywhere in the world, over the age of 18.

Prize

The winner will be announced in June 2021 and the winners’ prize is 1000 GBP and a 1000 GBP gift certificate to spend at Baron Books.