Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards in Australia

Award Categories

• There are six categories as part of the Awards:
  • the Open category;
  • the Student category;
  • the Social Media category
  • the Green Heart category
  • the LaVonne Bobongie award; and
  • the People’s Choice award.

Prize Information 

• There are eight (8) prizes available to be won (each a Prize):
  • Open category winner will receive a cash prize of $5,000 (five thousand dollars);
  • Open category second place will receive a cash prize of $2,000 (two thousand dollars);
  • Open category third place will receive a cash prize of $1,000 (one thousand dollars);
  • Student category winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500 (one thousand and five hundred dollars);
  • Social Media category winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500 (one thousand and five hundred dollars);
  • Green Heart category winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500 prize money (one thousand and five hundred dollars);
  • LaVonne Bobongie award winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500 (one thousand and five hundred dollars); and the
  • People’s Choice award winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500 (one thousand and five hundred dollars).

Eligibility Criteria

• Image eligibility
  • For an image to be eligible for judging in the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards 2024, it must be:
    • taken within the Brisbane Local Government Area on or after 10 June 2023
    • watermark free; and
    • the work of the entrant.
    • Permission must be sought for any people in an image.
    • Additional eligibility conditions apply for the LaVonne Bobongie Award and the Green Heart, Social Media and Student prize categories.
• Entrant eligibility            
  • To be eligible you must:
    • live, work or study in the Brisbane Local Government Area and be able to provide proof of this if requested
    • not be a Council employee, including its contractors (not including its volunteers)
    • not be an immediate family member of:
      • the Lord Mayor
      • a member of the judging panel.

For more information, visit Brisbane City Council.