The Gallipoli Art Prize Competition commenced in 2006 and will be conducted annually up to and inclusive of the Centenary Year 2015.

Winner 2010: "The dead march here today" by Raymond Arnold.
Winner 2009: "Smoke/PinkLandscape/Shovel" by Euan Macleod.
Winner 2008: "Max Carment, War Veteran (The last portrait)" by Tom Carment.
Winner 2007: "Glorus Fallen" by artist Lianne Gough.
Winner 2006: "Ataturk's Legacy" by artist Margaret Hadfield.

View prior year winner and finalists.

The Gallipoli Art Prize Organising Committee invites any eligible artist (see entry conditions below) to submit a painting for the Gallipoli Art Prize, which will be administered by the Gallipoli Memorial Club Limited (hereafter referred to as the Club) and under the control of the Gallipoli Art Prize Organizing Committee.

Prize money of $20,000 is awarded to the artist of the winning entry subject to the conditions below, in competition for the Gallipoli Art Prize which includes the Club's acquisition of the work and its copyright for the Gallipoli Memorial Club Museum Fund.

The Gallipoli Art Prize will be awarded to the artist who best depicts the spirit of the Gallipoli Campaign as expressed in the Club's "Creed".

The Club’s Creed is:

CONDITION:
Each competitor must either have been born in Australia, New Zealand or Turkey or hold Australian, New Zealand or Turkish citizenship.

Each competitor may, at their expense, submit ONE piece of original work produced in oil, acrylic, and water-color or mixed. The term of reference to be used is the spirit of the Gallipoli Campaign as expressed in the Club's Creed as set out above.

ENTRIES:
The submitted work must be original work and not have previously entered in this or any other competition and is not to exceed in size 4 square metres and being not smaller in size than 38 cm by 30 cm. It should preferably be produced on canvas or similar material. Wet drawings will not be accepted.

The entry must be delivered at the competitor's expense to: The Gallipoli Art Prize Organizing Committee, Gallipoli Memorial Club Limited, 12 Loftus Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia between the hours 9AM and 4PM on Monday, 21st March 2011 and Tuesday, 22nd March 2011. Early submission of work (such as interstate or overseas entry) is possible only by prior arrangement with the Club Secretary.

The entry form includes a statutory declaration and should accompany the work submitted to the competition together with a non-refundable handling fee of $20.00 per work (inclusive of GST). Any work not accompanied by a fully completed entry form and payment of the $20.00 handling fee will be ineligible for the competition. The name and address of a competitor must be clearly marked on the entry submitted. Each entry may submit along with work entered a description or statement about your entry which must be 200 words or less. If selected as a finalist, your statement will accompany your work put to public exhibition and be incorporated as part of the art prize catalogue. To facilitate ease of publication, you may choose to submit your written statement by e-mail to john@gallipoli.com.au or by written statement (preferably typed in Word). The Organizing Committee may edit your statement for purpose of clarity or suitability of publishing.

The work submitted does not need any attachment to facilitate hanging but, must be labeled on the back providing the artist's name, address and "title" of the work.

STATUTORY DECLARATION:
Each competitor must complete the statutory declaration disclosing their country of birth or citizenship and confirming that the whole of the work submitted was executed within the preceding twelve months and is the original work of the competitor.

JUDGES:
The Gallipoli Art Prize Organizing Committee shall appoint a panel of four judges to consider entries submitted and select the wining work. The decision of the judges will be final and no correspondence on their decision will be entered into. A decision by a majority of the judges on any issue shall be deemed to be a valid and binding decision of the judges as a whole.

If in the opinion of the majority of the judges, the works submitted for the competition in any year are not of sufficient merit to justify an award being made, no award shall be made for that year.

EXHBITION:
It is intended that a selection of finalists' works, to a maximum of forty, will participate in a public exhibition at the Club in Sydney commencing Thursday, 21 April 2011 to end on Sunday, 1May 2011 between the hours of 10AM to 5PM every day. An artist whose work has been selected for exhibition will allow their work to be exhibited and reproduced by the Club solely for the printing and electronic media in advertising and promotion and in an exhibit catalogue for the exhibition.

WINNER:
A selection of finalists will be notified by telephone (by close of business Friday, 1st April 2011) and will be requested to attend an official presentation to be held at the Club. The winner’s work is acquisitive for the Club. The competitor agrees to an automatic transfer of ownership of the work to the Club on official announcement or if notified of the decision of the adjudication by the Club Secretary.

COLLECTION OF WORK:
It is expected that a competitor whose work was not included in the selection of finalists' works will be notified within two weeks of entry received and once notified must return to collect their work as soon as possible between the hours of 9AM to 4PM Monday to Sunday. Works not selected as finalists which are not collected from the Club within one month of the entry closing date, unless prior arrangement made with the Club Secretary shall be sold by the Club or otherwise disposed of at the discretion of the Club Secretary.

NOTES:
An entry will not be accepted unless free of charges. No payment will be made by the Club for freight or other charges incurred in the delivery and collection of any work and insurance is solely the responsibility of the applicant.

Due care will be taken of submitted works, but exhibits are accepted at the owners risk. Neither the Gallipoli Art Prize Organizing Committee nor the Club or the Club Secretary will be responsible for any loss or damage, howsoever caused.