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BioCraft Competition

The BioCraft Competition will open to entries during Biology Week 2024, from 7-11 October, and is open to all. Create a biology-inspired 3D artwork from recycled, or other, materials and send us a photo to enter.

The competition is open to anyone in the UK and outside the UK. Entries are free of charge and the competition is open to all ages. Entries need to be sent in to us online via a link that will appear on the competition’s webpage when the competition opens on 4th October. The closing date is 4th November 2024.

The terms and conditions of the 2024 BioCraft Competition are available online.

Choosing our BioCraft winners 

A judging panel of RSB staff will decide a shortlist for both the individual and group entry category. The winners and runners up will then be decided by a public vote.

The BioCraft Competition winners in each category will receive a prize for their creation.

Entries will be judged on:

  • the variety of materials used
  • the variety of creative skills used
  • the aesthetic quality of the piece
  • the originality of the piece 
  • how well the piece captures the biological basis of the subject matter

Inspiration 

From the very big to the very small: BioCraft entries can take inspiration from the smallest parts of the natural world that only a microscope can see: think cell structures, bacterial colonies and microscopic organisms.

Entries could instead feature environments or ecosystems. Art could be based around great savannahs, wide-open plains, the deep oceans or immense rainforests and the huge range of diversity contained within them.

Hands-on science: Lab or field equipment could be the focus of your artwork, with fascinating tools and apparatus being used by scientists to provide ways to make wonderful discoveries.

Scientific concepts: Your art could help explain a biological concept, theory or area of biology that particularly interests you.

Art can be a great way to visualise something that may seem complex or difficult to understand.

Contact 

Please email if you have any queries about the competition.