Museum & Galleries NSW Small Grants

Applications close: 8 September 2024 Small Grants aim to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums. There are no set categories for funding, and applications for a broad range of projects will be considered. Previous Small Grants have funded the purchase of computer cataloguing software, exhibition mannequins and display cases, oral history recording equipment…

Hornsby Art Prize

Entries close: 8 August 2024 Total prize pool $23,000 with the major prize $10,000. Categories include Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Digital Art Stills/Digital Photography and Sculpture. For all the details please visit https:https://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/hornsby-art-prize

Scone Art Prize 2024

Entries close: 9 August 2024 The Scone Arts & Crafts are hoping this year’s Scone Art Prize will be bigger and better than ever as it is SA&C 60th anniversary! SECTIONS Section 1 The Bobbie Paradice Prize 1st Prize $5,000          For artwork in any medium       Artist original artworks…

Best Australian Yarn 2024

Applications close: 12 August 2024 The Best Australian Yarn celebrates the art of storytelling by giving writers across the country a platform to share their short stories. It’s a quest to uncover Australia’s finest literary talents and our most engaging storytellers. Submit your best short story for your chance to win a life-changing $50,000 major…

2024 Tea Cosy Competition

Entries close: 18 August 2024 Anyone may enter the ‘Challenge’ and as many times as you like. Tea Cosy Categories for 2024. 1) My Country 2) Botanicals 3) Zoo Animals 4) Book Character 5) My Travels 6) Food of the World 7) Treasured Memories – Enter your favourite antique or vintage cosy, which does not…

2024 Head On Photo Awards

Entries close: 18 August 2024 Australia’s leading international photography awards are back and better than ever, with a prize pool of over $80,000 across three awards categories. The Head On Photo Awards represent a global selection of the best work from emerging and established photographers across three categories: Portrait | Landscape | Exposure (new) For…

2024 Fresh Ink Emerging Writers Prize.

Submissions close: 19 August 2024. Newcastle Writers Festival is inviting emerging writers living in regional NSW to submit to the 2024 Fresh Ink Emerging Writers Prize. The prize seeks to elevate marginalised voices and acknowledges the challenges faced by writers in remote and regional areas. The Fresh Ink Prize is sponsored by Newcastle business Fourth…

Community War Memorials Fund

Applications close: 24 July 2024 Applications to Round 1 of the 2024/25 Community War Memorials Fund are open. The NSW Government established the Community War Memorials Fund to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW. Since the establishment of the program in 2008, grants have been provided for a wide range of projects…