ISLAND Arts Centre offers a wide range of arts workshops and opportunitites to all schools in the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Area. Every year we run the Annual Schools' Arts Competition that sees many talented young people taking part and be rewarded for their artistic effort.
43rd Annual Schools' Arts Competition
We are now accepting entries for the 43rd Annual Schools' Arts Competition 2025/2026! We accept entries from all schools in the Lisburn and Castlereagh Council Area from Primary 3 to Year 12.
Categories open for submission are:
Drama Performance
Musical Performance
Poetry
Short Story
Visual Art
Closing date for all entries is: 5pm on Friday 17 April 2026. For more information about the competition and to download an Entry Pack please click here.
If you would like to find out more about our Arts Education Programme, please click here.