The Soft Pastel Art Prize

The Soft Pastel Art Prize is an on-line annual competition which helps to promote soft pastel painting in Australia and New Zealand. The prize is exclusively for paintings predominantly completed with soft pastels and/or pastel pencils. For 2025, an acquisitive first prize of $5000 cash is offered together with three minor prizes to the value of $1000, $500 and $200.

The 2025 competition will commence in April 2025. Further Information

The Soft Pastel Art Prize is sponsored, and run by, softpastels.com.au .

The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize Winner Sticks and Stones Sue Cochrane The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize - Second Place Shadow Land Lyn Henry The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize - Third Place The Shepherd Gary Back The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize - Staff Pick Watching Ewe Catherine Lidden

2024 On-Line Exhibition The on-line exhibition of all entries in the 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prizes is now available for viewing. Many of the paintings are for sale and very reasonably priced. View the on-line exhibition The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize - Highly Commended Little Blue Lake, North Eastern Tasmania Sharon Davidson The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize - Highly Commended Teeming with Life Debbie Banks The 2024 Soft Pastels Art Prize - Highly Commended The Tutor Penelope Gilbert-Ng