How to track Australian art prizes that may be closing soon.
Use this as a review page. Because deadlines change often, treat the official organiser page as the source of truth.
Portrait
Adult / professional
Deadline: Annual - check official
Youth portrait
Ages 5–18
Deadline: Annual - check official
Landscape / sculpture
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Subject / genre / mural
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Painting
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Youth
Young artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Sculpture
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Mixed categories
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Mixed categories
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Youth portrait
Ages 5–18
Deadline: Tour dependent
Contemporary / mixed
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Contemporary / site
Artists
Deadline: Biennial - check official
Contemporary
Artists
Deadline: Check official
Mixed categories
Artists
Deadline: Check official
Youth
Students
Deadline: Biennial - check official
Landscape
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Landscape
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Emerging artist
Emerging artists
Deadline: Check official
Portrait
Artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Portrait
Artists
Deadline: Biennial - check official
Women artists
Women artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Drawing
Artists
Deadline: Check official
First Nations
First Nations artists
Deadline: Annual - check official
Contemporary under 40
Artists under 40
Deadline: Biennial - check official
How to track Australian art prizes that may be closing soon.
Prize entries are best judged by fit, not by panic. A strong decision weighs the artwork, category, cost, exhibition value, terms and timing together.
The practical checks are eligibility, medium, image quality, framing, freight, finalist duties, sale terms, copyright, acquisitive clauses and collection dates.
Artists should keep a record of the submitted image, title, medium, dimensions, entry receipt and terms. That record matters if the work is shortlisted, sold, returned or needed for another opportunity.
Use this page to orient the decision, then compare related Artsoz pages and confirm live details before committing time, money, travel or public work.