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Art competitions in Australia

Prizes, open calls, residencies and grants run from Australia. Many are open to Australian artists only and some accept entries from anywhere; each listing says who can enter. For calls elsewhere that Australian artists can enter, use the location filter on the full list.

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Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2026

Caloundra Regional Gallery (Sunshine Coast Council) · Caloundra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$45 ≈ £23
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+5
Dates unconfirmed

Darling Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$75,000 ≈ £39k
Prize / awardPainting
Dates unconfirmed

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2027

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$66,000 ≈ £34k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2027

Hazelhurst Arts Centre (Sutherland Shire Council) · Sydney

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$26,000 ≈ £14k
Prize / awardDrawingPrintmakingCollage+3
Dates unconfirmed

The Alice Prize

Alice Springs Art Foundation · Alice Springs

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$60 ≈ £31
Prize
A$31,000 ≈ £16k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Brisbane Portrait Prize 2027

Brisbane Portrait Prize · Brisbane

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$65 ≈ £34
Prize
A$100,000 ≈ £52k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+2
Dates unconfirmed

The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2027

The Lester Prize · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$140,000 ≈ £73k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingTextile & fibre+1
Dates unconfirmed

Heysen Prize for Landscape

Hahndorf Academy · Hahndorf

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$16,000 ≈ £8.3k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Mandorla Art Award 2028

The Mandorla Centre of Inner Peace Inc. · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$63,000 ≈ £33k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Cossack Art Awards 2027

City of Karratha · Cossack (Karratha)

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$54 ≈ £28
Prize
A$89,000 ≈ £46k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+1
Dates unconfirmed

Bundanon Artists in Residence 2028

Bundanon · Illaroo (Shoalhaven)

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Residency at Bundanon; terms set ou…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

National Works on Paper

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery · Mornington

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Major Acquisitive Award plus furthe…
Prize / awardDrawingPrintmakingCollage+2
Dates unconfirmed

Olive Cotton Award 2027

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre (Tweed Shire Council) · Murwillumbah

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$35 ≈ £18
Prize
A$30,500 ≈ £16k
Prize / awardPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

The Percivals (Percival Portrait Painting Prize)

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville City Council) · Townsville

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$44 ≈ £23
Prize
A$52,000 ≈ £27k
Prize / awardPaintingPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Bay of Fires Art Prize 2027

Bay of Fires Winter Arts Festival · St Helens

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$20,000 ≈ £10k
Prize / awardPaintingSculptureTextile & fibre+4
Dates unconfirmed