Competitions

The Mercy Foundation Youth Awards is a photo competition open to high school students across Australia from years 7 to…

The Simpson Prize is a national competition for Year 9 and 10 students. The competition encourages participants to focus on…

Entries to the 2020 Maureen Freer (FAWQ) Literary Competition are now open. Writers can submit either a short story, poem…

Entries to the 2020 Hilarie Lindsay Poetry Competition are now open. Students in years K-12 from around Australia are invited…

JMC Academy invites high school students to submit their short film for The Mocktail Awards. The nominated films will be…

Young ICT Explorers is a non-profit competition, which has been created by SAP to encourage school students to create their…

Écrire! is an annual short story competition hosted by the Words Alike team for new and aspiring writers. Writers aged 13+…

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is proud to host the Anzac Day School’s Awards. This is a national competition…

Entries for the 2020 Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize are now open. You can submit up to 5 poems of…

SmartFone Flick Fest is Australia’s international smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages. They are a world-wide festival open…

Registration for the 2020 Techgirls Competition is now open. The program combines problem-solving through a social, business and technical lens,…

Entries to the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards are now open for 2020. Students in all years from kindergarten to year…

Do you have a passion for film making and the environment? MobileMuster want you to create a one minute film…

If you are a high school student in Years 9 -12, it is time to put your pen to paper…

Legal Oratory ACT are running a Mock Trial competition for students in years 9-12. Following the success of the competition…

The ATOM Photo Comp is an initiative of Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM). It provides Australian and New Zealand student…

The International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition is an international science competition that enables students from all countries to prove their…

Entry is open to the 2020 Schools Poetry & Short Story Writing Competition. Students all over Australia are invited to…

The Young Ada Short Story Prize is open to 14-18-year-olds who live, study or work in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Young…

Fancy yourself the next Stephen King? KSP Writers’ Centre are looking for submissions for their 2020 Spooky Story Competition. There…

The ABC’s Fierce Girls podcast wants you to tell them about a fierce girl you admire! They’re looking for stories…

Year 12 students have an opportunity to win a 4-week study program in Kagoshima, Japan. Located in the southern tip…

Clip Studio Paint are hosting a manga, comic and illustration contest open to students worldwide. Winners are eligible for cash…

Designed to assess mathematical insight and ingenuity rather than efficiency in tackling routine examples. Students are encouraged to enter the…

In 2020, Belconnen Arts Centre is celebrating the people who excite, inspire, challenge and provoke us to take action. Artists…

What Matters? is a ‘catalyst for young thinkers and young writers to develop a perspective, a point of view, on…

The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition is an opportunity for all young Commonwealth citizens and residents, regardless of region, education or…

The Student Blogging Challenge is about embracing all of the benefits of publishing online — from learning digital writing skills,…

The Australian STEM Video Game Challenge is open to upper primary and secondary school students. Students are encouraged to design,…

Teams of Year 11 and 12 students will work together to solve a contemporary health issue facing Australia. Teams will…

Do you or someone you know enjoy art? Would you like to win $500 while giving back to our community?…

Tell us your story through poetry or song and gain the honour of being awarded a state title and share…

Wool4School is an annual student design competition encouraging budding fashion designers to show the nation what they’re made of. Open…

The Helen Handbury Leadership Award recognises Year 12 students in rural and regional Australia who have shown strong community leadership…

The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be an historian, researching…

Eurekly is designed to help students excel in this world, and we want to hear what student life is really…

Strike A Chord is a new competition designed to encourage the next generation of Australian musicians to experience the life-changing…

For over two decades, Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns has helped hundreds of funny, young peeps hone their comedy…

The Future Leaders Photography Prize is designed to recognize talented young photographers. Year 12 students are invited to submit digital…

Sponsored by the University of Sydney, the Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize encourages students to communicate a scientific concept in…

The Literary Competition invites Queensland and Northern Territory students and teachers to share their literary prowess by submitting either poetry,…

This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth…

During the Debating Association of Victoria’s Senior Public Speaking Competition, senior students (11 and 12) will be given the opportunity…

The Science and Engineering Challenge (the Challenge) is an outreach program aimed at changing student’s perceptions of science and engineering.…

The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) is a competition for high school students in year 10 to learn about the…

BlueShift is a business case competition for secondary school students. Students work in small teams to develop real business solutions…

Bebras is an international student Computational Thinking Challenge and Bebras Australia is run by CSIRO Education and Outreach through the…

The Art Gallery of New South Wales invites budding artists between the ages of 5 and 18 to submit a…

Our annual Cinesnaps Short Film Competition encourages young, aspiring South West filmmakers, YouTubers and Vloggers to create and showcase original…

Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be a scientist? If you’re up for a challenge, the Beamline for…

The Future Leaders Writing Prize is designed to recognise and reward talented young writers. It aims to encourage expressive and…

The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a literacy engagement program that was introduced by the Premier in 2004 to encourage students…

The NCSS Challenge is a programming competition open to all school students and teachers. The Challenge teaches students to code…

Team registrations for this 2020 maths challenge are open. To take part you’ll need to: Enlist a team advisor, usually…

Wombat Books are seeking original illustrations from Australian school-aged students (aged 5 – 18) to publish in a unique picture…

Get in the pool this March, and swim to support young Aussies living with mental health difficulties. 1 in 4…

Want to make a real ad campaign? In 2020, the Queensland Government is taking Co-Lab to Rockhampton and are looking…

Stringybark Publishing is proud to sponsor our annual flagship award, The Stringybark Stories Short Story Award 2019. Clean the spilt…

The Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the natural heritage of the Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and…

QTAC are calling on you to design an art piece that will feature on the cover of the 2021 QTAC…

Combining all suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, Your Shot will give 150 new contestants and wild cards from…

Programming Challenge 4 Girls is a programming competition for year 9 & 10 girls designed to introduce them to computer…

With the support of Ergon Energy, LiteHaus International are providing thirty high school students in North Queensland with a personal…

Are you a creative young Queenslander (aged 13-25) with a flair for graphic design? Here’s your chance to design the…

‪Award-winning literary travel magazine Nowhere Magazine’s accepting Fall 2019 Travel Writing Contest is open now, you could win US$1,000 and…

She Maps are looking to find Queensland’s Coolest School. There’s $5,650 in prizes to be won and free PD courses…

Pre-university students ages 13 to 17 are invited to take part in Google Code-in: Our global, online contest introducing teenagers…

The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary art prize, welcoming entries from around Australia, in any medium or theme.…

As the first herd of Sydney Zoo Mini Zookeepers celebrate their one year anniversary in the once-in-a-lifetime positions, Sydney Zoo…

Entries are now open for the 2020 Glover Prize. The Glover Prize is a prestigious landscape painting competition, open to…

Write the World is a community of young writers aged 13-18 from across the world. Each month, Write the World…

At Hays Digital Technology, we love to get involved with the tech community and we are excited to be hosting…

Wakakirri is a nation-wide performing arts competitions, inviting schools from across Australia to create a ‘Story-Dance’ that reflects student’s thoughts,…

The Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Prize was first awarded in 1955 to honour one of the early Head Teachers of…

Endemol Shine Australia are currently taking applications for the next season of Australian Survivor. If you think you have what…

The School of Information Technology invites Year 10 secondary students to form a team and participate in a mathematics competition…

Write a haiku for a chance to win a book about poetry. A haiku is a Japanese poem of 17…

Get your entries in for the National Photographic Portrait Prize. Over $50,000 in prizes goes to the creator of the…

The EAAFP Waterbirds Photo Contest aims to raise awareness of importance of the conservation of migratory waterbirds and sustainable management…

The Somerset National Novella Writing Competition is open to all Australian high school students. It is a wonderful opportunity for…

The Indigenous STEM Awards recognise the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM professionals and students as well as…

Are you thinking about studying at the University of Canberra in 2020? If you haven’t made up your mind yet,…

The Annual National Ag Day Careers Competition is back again for 2019 and is open for entries from students in…

Entries are now open for the 2019 New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing. In this, the seventh year of…

In celebration of the emerging creative talent which exists across Western Australia, the Junior Art and Design Awards are open…

Grant applications are now open for the 2020 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.…

The Women’s Art Prize Tasmania is the state’s only female art competition. Re-launched in 2018, the prize aims to inspire,…

Each year, the Foundation for Young Australians hosts the Unleashed Awards to celebrate incredible initiatives, led by young people, addressing…

Entries are now open for the 2019 Blacktown City Art Prize. The Blacktown City Art Prize is a highly valued…

The 33rd annual Gold Coast Science Competition aims to raise the profile of STEM in our community and encourages students…

The Patrick White Indigenous Writers Award has been designed to encourage Indigenous Australian students in Kindy to Year 12 studying…

Entries are now open for the Youth KSP Poetry Award for 2019. Australian youth aged 10-17 are invited to enter…

Entries are now open for the Youth KSP Short Fiction Award for 2019. Australian youth aged 10-17 are invited to…

The annual Leapsmag Writing Competition is now open for entries. The competition involves writing a personal essay of up to…

The John Glover Art Prize (Glover Prize) is an award for a landscape painting of Tasmania awarded by The John…

The Nature Conservancy Australia’s photo competition is now open for entries. It aims to promote conservation and environmental awareness all…

Broken Hill Art Exchange have a city wide exhibition calling for entries. There are four $1000 prizes in the themes…

The New England Illustration Prize is open for entries. The prize is for both emerging and established illustrators in Australia…