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Olive Cotton Award 2027
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre (Tweed Shire Council) · Murwillumbah, Australia
Biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture with a $25,000 acquisitive prize, held at Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Australia
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Photography
- Theme
- portraiture
- Submission
- Online submission
About
The Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture is a biennial national award presented by Tweed Regional Gallery, attracting entries from well-known and emerging photographers across Australia. It offers a major acquisitive prize of $25,000, a Friends of the Gallery acquisition fund of $4,000 and a $1,500 People's Choice award.
The 2025 edition closed in May 2025 and opened in August 2025. The award returns in 2027; entry dates and conditions will be posted on the gallery website.