Queensland Photographic Awards

July 13, 2006: The 2006 Queensland Premier’s Multicultural Photographic Awards will be held again this year with more than $25,000 in cash and prizes on offer.

Open to professional and non-professional photographers, the awards celebrate the diversity of the “Sunshine State” and focus on multiculturalism in action. The theme for this year’s Awards is Queensland’s “People in Places” and entrants in the competition are encouraged to capture the many people from diverse backgrounds who have come to call Queensland their home and the evnironments in which they live.

Photographers may enter work in two categories: the Open category and the School Student category. The Open category, which offers a winner’s prize or $15,000 and a Highly Commended prize of $5000, can be contested by all photographers. The School Student category, with first prize at $4000 and Highly Commended at $1000, is open only to primary and secondary school students. A People’s Choice Award, covering all entries, will be decided by popular vote. The winner will receive $1000 worth of photographic equipment. Winners of two other awards, the Premier’s Encouragement Award and the Minister’s Regional Award, will each receive $500 worth of photographic equipment.

Closing date for entries is Friday 11 August, 2006. Photographers who would like to submit images can obtain guidelines and an entry form by phoning (07) 3405 5215 or emailing photographic.awards@premiers.qld.gov.au. A guidelines booklet with an entry form can be downloaded from www.photographicawards.qld.gov.au.