The John Byrne Award is an online exhibition and competition exploring personal and societal values.

Our aim is to encourage reflection on and commitment to values through the exchange of ideas presented in creative work.

We welcome creative work from all disciplines and encourage our community to explore the huge variety of inspiring ideas shared through the John Byrne Award.

We accept entries from all 16 to 30 year olds living in Scotland.

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The John Byrne Award

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Monthly Winners

Are we teaching addiction to children?

Out of the womb and into a prison?

What are you looking for?

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Why do we suffer silently?

Who am I outside my physical body?

How does our childhood beliefs affect and improve our life?

Is our culture of consumption a beast that cannot be stopped?

Where does the consciousness come from?

How far would we take our beliefs if thats all we had?

How should we live, die, and hope if human exceptionalism and reason becomes unreasonable?

How do we understand language?

If you feel discomforted by something, it means that you are in the frames of ‘common sense’ and ‘comprehension’, and are not free from discrimination.

Are you running away from yourself?

What is home?

How does the media distort women’s perception of self?

Editor's Picks - June

Can nostalgia and patriotism evoke emotionally durable connections within fashion?

Why Have I Been Conditioned to Fear Solitude?

If merely a social construction, why is ‘race’ so important?

How do we stop looking for who we were?