Queensland Regional Art Awards
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA), established in 2011, celebrate the creativity of artists living across regional Queensland. As Australia’s largest regional art awards program, the QRAA showcases outstanding new work while offering valuable opportunities, including cash prizes, professional development, solo exhibitions, and artist residencies.
Enter the 2026 QRAA
Key Dates
- 10 August: Entries Open
- 18 September: Entries Close at 3pm
- 15 October: Finalists Announced
- 16 October: People’s Choice Opens
- 9 November: Finalist Artworks due to Flying Arts
- 24 November: People’s Choice Closes
- 26 November: Gala Awards Night
Entry Information
For more information on how to enter, eligibility requirements, judging, and terms and conditions, please read through the entry brochure here:
Professional Development
These professional development resources have been developed to assist you in preparing your best entry to the QRAA:
Frequently Asked Questions
This year, there is no theme for the QRAA. We welcome all submissions.
- Overall Queensland Regional Art Award
- The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award
- Remote Artist Award
- First Nations Artist Award
- Emerging Artist Award
- Young Artist Award
- People’s Choice Awards
All entries are eligible for the Overall Award and People’s Choice Awards. Your work does not have to fit within any of the smaller prize categories.
Absolutely. In the entry form there is the opportunity to list each collaborator.
Yes, your work can be previously exhibited. We ask that you do not submit works that have previously won a major State, National or International art prize or award.
2025 QRAA – Touring Exhibitions
Touring Schedule:
Talk by Flying Arts: Arts & Culture in 2032 – What Role Will They Play
Brisbane Festival: Queensland Regional Art Awards
2025 Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition – Townsville
The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award Touring Exhibition – Winton
QRAA Annie Tan Watercolour Award Solo Exhibition
2025 Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition – Brisbane (November)
2025 winners
View the 2025 winners, highly
commended and finalists below:
The Merv (Selected works from the Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award category):
- Adrienne Williams, Estuary Moment I
- Alison Mooney, Chaos flows and I ride it
- Alison Murphy, Force of Nature
- Ariella Anderson, Core Sample, Core Witness 5786
- Christopher O’Hare, Waterfall
- Donna Glass, Start Again
- Fiona Endermann, Frolic in the Foam, I don’t think so.
- Gail Meyer, Pulse and Release
- Ketakii Jewson Brown, Nature’s Magnitude
- Kim Herringe, Where Wings Gather
- Kym Tabulo, Gaining Momentum
- Leanne Emmitt, Antbed Architecture
- Philomena Yeatman, Listen to Country
If you would like to purchase any of these works contact [email protected]
