Koala art competition

Published on 18 March 2025

Whether you’re building a career as an artist or writer, or still learning these talents at school, there’s a category for you in the MidCoast Koala Art Competition.

MidCoast Council’s Acting Manager of Natural Systems, Tanya Cross described it as a great opportunity for community members to display their visual art or creative writing skills and use their talent to highlight an important local topic.

As well as the chance to win a prize, selected artworks will be exhibited and may be sold at the artist’s discretion.

The competition is hosted by MidCoast Council’s Koala Safe Spaces program, with the aim of raising the profile of local koalas.

Participants will produce original works that raise awareness of threats to koalas and help change attitudes and behaviour.

The competition is split into three age-group categories:

•  primary school aged students

•  secondary school aged students

•  open category 18 years and over  

Within each age-group category, participants can choose to enter Visual Art, Writing or both.

First prize in the open category for Visual Art is a $300 #shopMidCoast voucher, and for Writing, a $100 #shopMidCoast voucher.

Selected works will be exhibited at the Forster Art Gallery and at Council venues as space permits.  

All entries must be registered online by Friday 5 September.  You can find our Information Pack, Terms and Conditions, and Registration Form at www.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/koala-competition.

This event is part of the MidCoast Koala Safe Spaces Program which supports the establishment and protection of places for wild koalas to live, breed, shelter and move across public and private lands as well as community empowerment, education and engagement. The program is funded by the NSW Government under the NSW Koala Strategy. For more information, visit www.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/koala.