Junior Category Artists can enter a maximum of two artworks.
Entry via our online entry form must be received by 17 May 2025 5.00pm. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Junior section is for persons 17 years and under at the time of entry. Entries open to junior artists residing in Australia only.
Entry fee is $15 per artwork and is non-refundable.
Junior entries will be preselected. Finalists will be notified by email and on the website. Please note that there is no refund on entry fees for artworks not hung. (Note: Preselection is highly unlikely for junior categories.)
Junior entrants have the OPTION to list their work for sale. Sales from junior categories attract a 15% commission.
The event organiser reserves the right to hang the artwork as it sees fit, including not hanging or rotating artwork.
After entry submission, the entry details provided by you will be used for the exhibition tag and digital/social channels. Details will not be edited by the organiser nor can they be resubmitted. Please make sure spelling of names, titles etc is correct. A receipt with your submission details will be emailed to you directly after your entry has been submitted.
Details supplied with your entry will be used to contact you now and in the future, unless you inform us by email (info@thedoylesaward.com.au) not to do so.
Artwork must be original two dimensional paintings or drawings in any traditional medium (no digital work). Artwork(s) must not breach any copyright – this includes copies of professional artist’s work done in workshop settings. (No Giclée prints).
Artwork must have been completed within the last 12 months and must not have won a prize or be a finalist in any competition.
Artwork must be framed and ready for hanging with cord or wire. Stretched canvas is considered framed. Artwork not meeting this criteria will not be accepted.
Artwork must be clearly labelled on the back with Title, Artist’s Name, Category, and a Contact Number.
Artwork not received on drop-off day, or before the freighted entry deadline, will be disqualified.
Under no circumstances will wet paintings be accepted. This includes any area of the painting small or large, on the back, front or sides.
The organisers reserve the right to refuse inappropriate material.
The Judges decision is final. People’s Choice is decided by votes at the event.
All artworks must remain in place for the duration of the exhibition. The artist agrees to allow the organisers to have non-exclusive rights to use images of artwork for promotional purposes.
Freighted artwork will be returned in the packaging it arrived in wherever possible.
Expenses in conjunction with transit of artworks will be at the expense of the owner of the artwork (artist or guardian).
The entrant acknowledges, undertakes, warrants and agrees that, by submitting an entry to the Doyles Art Award, the Doyles Art Award (and its directors, servants, agents, contractors and volunteers) and the owner and/or operator of any venue in which the exhibition is conducted (and its directors, servants, agents, contractors and volunteers) shall be not be liable for any loss or damage to any entry, including (without limitation) during transit, installation, exhibition and/or deinstallation.
The entrant acknowledges, undertakes, warrants and agrees that they shall remain solely liable and responsible for any loss or damage to any entry submitted to the Doyles Art Award and hereby releases the Doyles Art Award and the owners and/or operators of any venue in which the exhibition is conducted (including their respective directors, servants, agents, contractors and volunteers) from, and indemnifies them in respect of, any and all costs, expenses, claims or liability in any way arising out of any loss or damage to an entry or the submission or acceptance of the entry into the exhibition.
The entrant acknowledges that both the Doyles Art Award and the owner and/or operator of any venue in which the exhibition is conducted (and their respective directors, servants, agents, contractors and volunteers) are relying upon the entrant’s releases, indemnities, undertakings and warranties herein in agreeing to accept the entry and in agreeing to facilitate the exhibition in the venue.
The Doyles Art Award recommends that all entrants arrange their own insurance for entries to the exhibition covering all potential losses, including accidental damage and theft.
No responsibility is taken for uncollected artworks. Uncollected artworks will be deemed abandoned goods and disposed of accordingly.
