Entries are now open!

It’s an annual art competition run by Challenge Community Services and invites people with disabilities, those in care of a disability services provider, as well as children and young people in Out of Home Care, to unleash their creativity and express themselves through art.

• Monday 27 July to Sunday 2 August Theme voting
• Monday 10 August Entries open
• Sunday 20 September Entries close
• Thursday 24 September Voting opens
• Thursday 8 October Voting closes
• Monday 12 October Winners announced.

1. Child or young person in out-of-home care (under 18)
2. Child or young person with a disability (under 18)
3. Painting by an adult with a disability
4. Drawing or sketch by an adult with a disability
5. Mixed media by an adult with a disability
6. Photography by an adult with a disability
7. Sculpture & 3D by an adult with a disability
8. Digital artwork by an adult with a disability
   

The competition is open to Australian residents who are:

1. A person with disability in the care of a disability provider
2. A child or young person in Foster Care/Out of Home Care

Eligible individuals can create a piece of artwork using the campaign theme for inspiration. The artwork can take any format that can be reasonably photographed or submitted digitally including a drawing, painting, photo or sculpture.

Next step is visiting the Challenge website www.challengecommunity.org.au/art-competition and following the prompts to the entry page, where you can submit the entry online.

Entrants under 18 must have parent/guardian/carer approval to enter.

No, this is an online competition.

Yes, there’s a limit of one entry per eligible person.

Yes, we welcome entries from people with disability or in out-of-home care with other service providers.

To ensure that we are providing a fair opportunity to all artists, we will not accept AI generated artworks.

We welcome artists to enter digital artworks created with using digital tools such as Photoshop, Procreate, Illustrator and InDesign