2025 Blue Heeler Film Festival

Entries close: 12 October 2025 The theme for this year’s Blue Heeler Film Festival is “Nurture”. They are looking for films that explore the power of nurturing—whether it’s caring for the environment, relationships, ourselves or nurturing an idea. For all the details please visit https://filmfreeway.com/BlueHeelerFilmFestival      

Singleton Art Prize 2025

Entries close: 16 June 2025. Over $20,000 in prize money across 12 categories across a range of mediums, subject, and even a section for youth and Singleton locals! Full entry information is available at our website https://www.singletonartprize.org/ Opening night is Friday 25th July 2025.

Arts On Tour’s Backroads

Applications close: 17 September 2025 Arts On Tour’s small halls touring initiative is back in a revised format! This program helps connect regional and remote NSW communities to small-scale, high quality performing arts events. This year, there is a total of 3 x $7K grants available to support a tour to 1-3 independent or community-run…

2025 Tea Cosy Competition

Entries close: 24 August 2025 Anyone may enter the ‘Challenge’ and as many times as you like. Tea Cosy Categories for 2025. 1) My Country 2) Floral Design 3) Featured Friends 4) Recycled Materials 5) Australia Big Things 6) Under the Sea 7) Treasured Memories – Enter your favourite antique or vintage cosy, which does…

2025 Trivet Challenge

Entries close: 24 August 2025 Anyone may enter the ‘Trivet Challenge’, as many times as you like. The Categories: 1) Timber 2) Metal 3) Ceramic 4) Fabric 5) Recycled Materials 6) Novelty 7) Treasured Memories -Enter your favourite antique or vintage trivet, which does not have to be made by the contestant   The Prizes:…

Audience Development Fund

Application closes: 27 June 2025 The Audience Development Fund (ADF) offers public galleries in NSW assistance in targeting and developing new audiences. It encourages galleries to create innovative public programs that engage artists and the community. The fund is designed to support galleries to develop and trial new models for engaging audiences that will increase…

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards

Entries close: 30 June 2025 These awards seek to capture the imaginations of school students across Australia, inspiring them to express their thoughts and feelings through the medium of poetry in their pursuit of literary excellence. Only students enrolled in an Australian education facility (Kindergarten to Year 12) are eligible to enter. For all the…

Bundanon Artist-In-Residence Program

Applications close: 29 June 2025 Accessible Arts partners with Bundanon to present a valuable week-long residency program specifically for artists with disability or who are d/Deaf. Musicians, writers and visual artists with disability or who are d/Deaf from NSW and the ACT are encouraged to apply. Five artists will be funded to undertake a six-night residency at…