PRIZE DETAILS: $15,000 cash prize, plus a four-week placement valued at $5,000.

A non- acquisitive ‘Highly Commended’ prize, to the value of $2,500, will also be announced at each official exhibition launch

A non-acquisitive People’s Choice prize, to the value of $2,500, will be awarded to the artist who receive the most votes from visitors to the gallery. ELIGIBILITY: Australia Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT: The Caloundra Regional Gallery assumes all entries are original and are the works and/or property of the entrant with all rights granted therein. Caloundra Regional Gallery is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant.

If the Work is selected as the winner of the Prize, the artist must be able to transfer full title of the Work to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. USAGE RIGHTS: The Artist shall not publish or promote the exhibition externally within a period of 30 days prior to and after the exhibition, without authorisation from the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The shortlisted art works will be exhibited at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2D exhibition (15 August – 07 October 2012*) at the Caloundra Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast Queensland. (*Dates subject to change at the discretion of Caloundra Regional Gallery)

The shortlisted applicants may be asked to provide a high-resolution file of their submission for promotional material or publication