ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The STAEDTLER Secondary School Artists of the year competition is back for 2024!
Open to all year 7 to 12 students, it’s a chance for all up and coming artists to share their work for the opportunity to
win 1 of 15 prizes. Entries open on 14th May and close 20th June. This year you will also be able to enter more than one of your masterpieces!
With the help of our panel of 3 talented judges, we are searching for the STAEDTLER Senior
(years 10-12) and Junior (years 7-9) Artist of the Year 2024.
Both first place winners will receive a $1,000 VISA gift card!
For more information on prizes, please click here.
CREATE
ENTER
WIN
Create
Using your favourite STAEDTLER products, show us your creativity and produce a masterpiece you’d like to submit.
You can get your inspiration from anywhere; a favourite place, a person, animal or school art project – we can’t wait to see your work of art!
enter
Upload a photo of your artwork here and follow the prompts. If you are a Teacher, you can enter for your students and upload multiple entries at once. You will need to include artwork title, your name, school and year group.
Please ensure we can see the surface the artwork has been produced on eg. canvas or paper.
Note: digitally created or digitally enhanced artwork will not be accepted.
win
Entries close on Thursday 20th June and the
judging and voting will then take pace.
You can vote for the People’s Choice Award from 21st -28th June – just come back to this page.
Winners will be announced 5th July.
Click Here for full terms and conditions
Prizes and Categories
Year 7-9
(Selected by our panel of judges)
1st Prize $1,000 gift card and Artist of the Year accolade
2nd Prize $500 gift card
3rd Prize $100 gift card and a STAEDTLER prize pack valued at $100 RRP
Year 10-12
(Selected by our panel of judges)
1st Prize $1,000 gift card and Artist of the Year accolade
2nd Prize $500 gift card
3rd Prize $100 gift card and a STAEDTLER prize pack valued at $100 RRP
All Years
(Selected by the public)
Senior People’s Choice Prize (Year 10-12)
$500 RRP STAEDTLER prize pack
Junior People’s Choice Prize (Year 7-9)
$500 RRP STAEDTLER prize pack
School Prizes
(School with the highest entries)
1st Prize $1,000 RRP
STAEDTLER School Prize Pack
School with second highest entries:
2nd Prize $500 RRP
STAEDTLER School Prize Pack
School with third highest entries:
3rd Prize $200 RRP
STAEDTLER School Prize Pack
Enter early for your chance to be in our weekly prize draw to win a $200 RRP STAEDTLER Art pack*.
Each week, for 4 weeks, one entry will be randomly drawn to WIN a STAEDLTER art pack prize worth $200 RRP. The earlier you enter, the more chances you have to win, as your entry will be rolled into the following draw.
WINNERS – Week 1 Winner: Lydia M, WA • Week 2 Winner: Daniela H, NSW • Week 3 Winner: Andrew H, NSW • Week 4 Winner: Sarrul B, NSW
At the end of the competition, all entrants will receive an email to remind them to share their entry to gain votes and be in the running to win the People’s Choice Award.
Voting starts on 21st June via the entry gallery page. You can vote only once per entry but you can vote for as many entries as you like.
PANEL OF JUDGES
We have enlisted the help of 3 amazing artists to form a panel of judges to help select our winners. They are all incredibly talented and each have their own distinct style.
ELENA BUYA
Elena is a content creator and an art teacher at Art Academica, Melbourne.
Elena’s passion is portraits and she creates them with different mediums: watercolours, gouache, pencils, oils, digital and more. It is a fascinating feeling to watch your paper come to life, and of course, portraits are a great challenge because human faces are so complex.
Elena is always learning. She believes that never ending learning is the best addiction one can have and the best part is anyone can do it!
LAITH McGregor
Australian artist Laith McGregor’s practice spans drawing, painting, sculpture and video, all mediums which enable his ongoing exploration of the grey area between real and illusion. McGregor evokes the curious and fictitious at every turn. His practice takes shape with narratives borrowed from film literature, folktales and lived experience.
Laith has exhibited widely across Australia and internationally, from National Gallery of Australia to Michael Reid (Berlin).
VANESSA VANDERHAVEN
Vanessa is a Mum, illustrator & graphic designer living in Torquay with her two small kids, husband and Italian Greyhound. Her art career began at the age of 19 after taking a drawing class during her fashion studies.
Her career has spanned over 10 years and includes many creative pursuits such as branding, custom illustration, workshops and packaging design. She currently works with the likes of top brands Typo, STAEDTLER and Frank Green and also has a range of greeting cards sold nationally.
school resources
Please click here to download A3 poster, newsletter
header and animated banner (MREC) for you to use in
your school to encourage your students to enter.
Inspiration
If you need further inspiration, please click on our art class link to help brush up on your skills or check out our how-to videos. Plus our social media channels are full of ideas and inspiration – scroll down to follow us!
