Hilary Knox, Dee Sunshine and Rob Lewis have been selected as the winners of DACS’ exclusive prize draw for early Payback applicants.
The winners
We’re delighted to award the First Prize - a £250
Metro Imaging voucher - to photographer
Hilary Knox. The artist,
Dee Sunshine, and illustrator,
Rob Lewis, have both been awarded the runners-up prizes, with each receiving a £100 voucher to spend at
Jackson's Art Supplies.
Hilary Knox, whose work combines elements of fine art photography and photojournalism, has been practising for 10 years. She says: “I am delighted to have received the Metro Imaging prize as it will enable me to focus on new work and get it printed for any opportunities to show work that may arise.”
Wales-based Rob Lewis, who writes and illustrates children’s picture books, said: “I am absolutely thrilled to win a voucher for art materials - always extremely useful! I never win anything!”
Dee Sunshine, who has provided artworks for the covers of a number of books and periodicals, said: "It is good to know that once I get home to Scotland after my travels in Asia I will have a £100 voucher for art materials awaiting me because I will most liklely be very skint. A big thank you to DACS!"
Find out more about the prize draw
Still not claimed your Payback royalties?
Visual artists with work in UK books and magazines or on TV still have just over one month to apply online for their share of £4 million in Payback royalties.
The royalties provide a welcome source of income for all types of visual artist. Rob Lewis, who has been claiming royalties for 10 years, says “as anyone who is an illustrator knows, income can be a bit precarious, which is where Payback comes in.”
Hilary Knox said: “It is great to receive acknowledgement for your work, no matter how much you receive in monetary value.”
The online application deadline is 6 October 2014. If you prefer to apply using our paper form, the deadline is 17 September.
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Image: The Luger, Kentucky by First Prize winner, Hilary Knox © Hilary Knox