Call For Entries 2025

Entries open on 9 December 2024 for the 2025 MAKE Award: Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design, a national award for Australian designer/makers.

The winner of the MAKE AWARD will receive a cash prize of $35,000 with a second prize of $10,000, making it the richest non-acquisitive prize for craft and design in Australia.

The MAKE AWARD is open to designer/makers working across all related disciplines including ceramics, glass, furniture/woodwork, metalwork, textiles and fibre, and jewellery.

Entries are encouraged from designer/makers with a high level of skill either working with materials that are new to their practice or working in new and innovative ways.

Key Dates
Entries open: 9 December 2024
Entries close: 5 May 2025
Finalists notified: 30 July 2025
Exhibition dates: 10 October – 19 November 2025
Tour Dates: Coming soon

Key Points

• The MAKE AWARD is free to enter.
• Entry is open to Australian designer/makers.
• Work must be created within 18 months of entry date.
• Work must not have been exhibited elsewhere in an exhibition context.
• Work should demonstrate innovation in material use or technique that is an extension of designer/maker's usual practice.

Read the full MAKE AWARD Terms and Conditions