JANUARY 3, 2025
Submissions open
May 31, 2025
Submissions close
Week of July 14, 2025
Finalists Announced
September 27, 2025
Exhibition and voting opens
October 24, 2025
Voting closes
October 25, 2025
Winners announced
Thinking of submitting for SSNAP 2025/26?
The Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP) is a biennial competition and exhibition of Canadian visual art. Offering $50,000 in awards, SSNAP is one of Canada’s largest celebrations of contemporary art. The prize is administered by the not-for-profit Salt Spring National Art Prize Society to recognize, showcase and advance the accomplishments of Canadian visual artists.
As a past participating artist, I am grateful to SSNAP for the opportunity to show my art and meet fellow artists, art appreciators, and collectors alike. SSNAP showcases a current and representative slice of the Canadian fine art scene and it’s thrilling to see a distilled selection of Canadian talent in one place.
Still Water
When it was announced that I was a finalist for SSNAP, I was overwhelmed by the realization that what I had seen through the lens of my camera when I came across, and consequently took my photograph ‘Canadian Farmhouse’, had been seen and understood through their eyes. When I deposited my winning cheque—my reward for Outstanding Work by a Salt Spring Artist—the teller drew a 1st place ribbon on my receipt. SSNAP is unlike other competitions. And it starts here.
Canadian Farmhouse
Thrilled that I was one of the SSNAP finalists in 2021 with my photograph Venetian Laundry Day. It was an amazing experience to exhibit alongside so many talented artists. I’m grateful for all the support of the volunteers and SSNAP organization. I will be submitting again in 2023!
Venetian Laundry Day
In order to further the appreciation and reach of contemporary Canadian art, SSNAP is intended to be as widely accessible as possible. Artists wishing to learn more about submissions can find further information here.
The Salt Spring National Art Prize is managed by the SSNAP Society, a registered charity based on Salt Spring Island, BC, the ancestral and unceded traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples. Since its inception in 2015, the society has sought to advance, recognize, and nurture artistic creativity and originality in Canadian visual arts.
The Parallel Art Show (PAS) is a juried art competition held concurrently with SSNAP that celebrates the outstanding work of artists who reside in British Columbia’s Southern Gulf Islands.
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