2025 Pilgrim Artists Festival Submissions

Make a Submission to the
2025 Pilgrim Artists Festival

For our 8th Pilgrim Artists Festival this 5-14 September 2025, we are seeking submissions reflecting on the theme: Remember

We accept entries from Christian artists worldwide, of all ages. Your entry need not be explicitly religious but should engage meaningfully with the theme.

You'll find prize information below and the full details you need in the submission forms (click through to 'Guidelines for Submission').

We look forward to seeing your work!

Please note this year's dates:

If you are 18 or older, submit by midnight at the end of Saturday, 2 August and your submission is free. Or you can submit with a fee of $10 extra per week up to midnight at the end of Wednesday, 27 August.

If you are under 18, your submissions are always free. Youth submissions are due by midnight at the end of Wednesday, 27 August.

We cannot accept any submissions after 27 August.

Visual Art and Music Submissions

Literary Submissions

2025 Pilgrim Artists Festival Poster without Sponsors, featuring large Pilgrim Artists Branding circled by dark leaves

Prize Information

Literary Prizes
The 2025 Literary prizes for adults (18+) are:
• The $250 W.R. Gingell Prize for Fiction, with $100 Wandering Bookseller voucher
• The $250 Christina Baehr Prize for Non-fiction, with $100 Wandering Bookseller voucher
• The $250 Wandering Bookseller Prize for Poetry, with $100 Wandering Bookseller voucher

In addition, university students and recent graduates (graduated in the last three years) are also eligible for:
• The $75 Award for Fiction by University Students and Recent Graduates
• The $75 Award for Non-fiction by University Students and Recent Graduates
• The $75 Award for Poetry by University Students and Recent Graduates

Prizes this year for teens (13-17) are:
• The $60 Dreamer's Prize for Teen Poetry
• The $60 Married by Josh Prize for Teen Non-fiction
• The $60 Married by Josh Prize for Teen Fiction

Prizes this year for children (12 and under) are:
• The $25 Suzannah Rowntree Prize for Child Poetry
• The $25 Suzannah Rowntree Prize for Child Non-fiction
• The $25 Suzannah Rowntree Prize for Child Fiction

Exhibition Prizes
Prizes this year for adults (18+) are:
• The Pilgrim Hill Acquisitive Award
• The $1000 Mandala People’s Choice Award, for the winner of the popular vote
• The Orchard's Nest People's Choice Award, one night at the boutique Huon Valley accomodation for the runner-up
• The $600 Lili Baehr Joie de Vivre Prize, celebrating joy in art and music
• The $250 Eco Shack Photography Award
• The $250 Daffodil Road Yarn and Valley Seamstress Handicraft Award
• The $250 The Aurora Chasers Handbook Landscape Award
• The $250 Kingsley Downs Prize for Classical Realism

For youth (under 18), prizes are:
• The $200 Mandala People’s Choice Award for Youth
• The $200 Lili Baehr Joie de Vivre Prize for Youth, celebrating joy in art and music
• The $100 Jarvela Digital Photography Award for Teens 15-17
• The $50 Jarvela Digital Photography Award for Under 15
• Two separate $75 John Everett Millais Youth Art Awards for Classical Realism
• The $70 Artery Gift Certificate Ned Isham Prize for 15-17
• The $60 Artery Gift Certificate Ned Isham Prize for 11-14
• The $50 Artery Gift Certificate Ned Isham Prize for 8-10
• The $40 Artery Gift Certificate Ned Isham Prize for 5-7
• The $10 Artery Gift Certificate Ned Isham Prize for Under 5
• The $60 DKAA Creative Challenge Prize in handicraft for Teens 13-17
• The $30 DKAA Creative Challenge Prize in handicraft for Children under 13