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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Call For Entries

Entries to the 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize are now open.

We are excited to announce that entries to the 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize are now open. It is free to enter the Prize.

Entering its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize (NPPP) is one of the Gallery's most popular annual events. The prize provides a powerful visual record of the year that was - a celebration of identity, both collective and individual.

To be eligible for entry your photograph must:

  • be a photographic work of art, created using either traditional photographic emulsion or digital processes
  • be a photographic portrait of a person or persons, taken from a live sitting which occurred after 9 February 2024
  • be entirely your intellectual property
  • be submitted electronically for the first round of judging
  • be submitted with a subject consent form
  • be submitted with any model or subject agreements entered into during the creation of the photograph

To be eligible to enter, you must be an artist or collective that is:

  • an Australian citizen, or a resident of Australia until the end of 2027
  • 18 years or over at the time of your online entry

The Gallery is committed to supporting artists, so each selected finalist will receive:

  • a total artist/s fee of $1200 (ex GST) to exhibit your work at the NPG
  • an additional artist/s fee of $700 (ex GST) if your work is included in the NPPP 2025 National Tour
  • a total copyright and image licensing fee of $1000 (ex GST)
  • the NPG will organise transportation of your photograph to the NPG and the return to you (within Australia,) and the NPG will cover associated costs
  • an allowance, to be determined by the NPG, for return domestic, economy travel and meals for each Artist, up to a maximum of 3 Artists, and to the NPG for the Exhibition launch
  • one night’s accommodation for the Artist in Canberra for the night of the Exhibition launch

In 2025, the winner will receive a prize of $30,000 and $20,000 worth of equipment courtesy of Imaging Partner Canon Australia. All finalist artworks will be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 August 2025.

Entries will close strictly at 9:00am AEDT on Friday 31 January 2025. There will not be a deadline extension this year.

NPPP Call for entries
Terms and Conditions
Frequently Asked Questions

If you have questions regarding your submission please contact:


P: (02) 6102 7090

Entries close at 9:00am AEDT on Friday 31 January 2025

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

This website comprises and contains copyrighted materials and works. Copyright in all materials and/or works comprising or contained within this website remains with the National Portrait Gallery and other copyright owners as specified.

The National Portrait Gallery respects the artistic and intellectual property rights of others. The use of images of works of art reproduced on this website and all other content may be restricted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Requests for a reproduction of a work of art or other content can be made through a Reproduction request. For further information please contact NPG Copyright.

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