Kingston Arts is now welcoming submissions from visual artists for its annual photographic competition Lens Mist 2012.  ...read more »

The Laura Literary Awards are included in the Laura Folk Fair and complement the Laura Art Prize.  ...read more »

Entry is NOW OPEN in the Summer Holidays Writing Competition for 2011/2012! Students all over Australia are invited to enter their short stories OR poems, and battle it out for the great cash prizes on offer.  ...read more »

This poetry competition is open nationally, and has a junior class category for primary and secondary students.  ...read more »

The Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest (GYMC) is a global competition for young people organized on the occasion of United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Earth Summit) to be held in June 2012 in Brazil.  ...read more »

December 2011     Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Sport Mark Arbib have announced two new initiatives to encourage children to get active at school.  ...read more »

RACV is launching a colouring book that focuses on the future of our home, our holidays and our world.

So children can pick their pencils and show just how creative thy are, and don’t forget to ask for an adult’s help to enter these competitions.  ...read more »

Now in its 14th year in Australia, the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon, in partnership with BUPA, is the world's largest triathlon of its kind, encompassing 10 events held across the country from January to May.

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Trop Jr – the world’s largest short film festival for kids, by kids – is inviting young filmmakers to unleash their creativity on the big screen. Entries for the junior Tropfest are now open, giving filmmakers aged 15 years and under an opportunity to show off their talents and walk the red carpet for the first time.  ...read more »

Wakakirri is a national story sharing festival for Australian schools, with an emphasis on education through the arts. There are a range of categories through which primary school students can enter their stories: Story-Dance; Story-Film; Story-Writing; Story-Arts & Story-Singing.  ...read more »