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Enter the Little Sydney Lives photography competition 2026
Photography competition and exhibition for budding photographers aged 5 to 12 years.
In progress
Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 17 May 2026.
Finalists will be notified in June and the winner will be announced on Saturday 26 September.
Exhibition period: From Friday 25 September.
Art & About Sydney
Junior photographers, show us your world.
We invite budding photographers aged 5 to 12 years to enter the Little Sydney Lives photography competition.
Creative brief
Fantastical, botanical, sibling-rivalrous, splashy or routine – we’re looking for stirring images that reveal what our young residents find intriguing.
Celebrating the unique viewpoint of Sydney’s young people, Little Sydney Lives will culminate in an exhibition at Customs House displaying the works of up to 20 junior photographers for 12 months from Friday 25 September.
The prizes
The winner will receive an OM System camera pack worth $2,199.
The runner up will receive an OM System camera pack worth $1,299.
Prize winners will be announced at the formal opening of the exhibition on Saturday 26 September 2026.
Image specifications
- JPEG (.jpg) format
- Maximum file size: 5MB
- Landscape orientation
- Colour or black and white
- The photograph must be taken in Sydney.
- The photograph must have been taken between 13 April 2025 and 17 May 2026.
- You can enter up to 2 images.
- The photograph must be created with a camera (phone cameras accepted).
- The photograph must not use or include any synthetic or artificially generated images or elements (including generative fill in post-production).
- The photograph must not have been created or developed, in whole or in part, using any generative artificial intelligence tools.
Terms and conditions
All entrants must have the consent of their parent/guardian to enter. For the entry to be valid, an entrant’s parent/guardian must have read the completed entry form and read and agree to the Little Sydney Lives terms and conditions.
Key dates
- Entries open: Monday 13 April
- Entries close: Sunday 17 May
- Finalists notified: June
- Winner announced: Saturday 26 September
- Exhibition period: Friday 25 September to Saturday 25 September 2027
Partners
The Little Sydney Lives photography competition is sponsored by OM System.
