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Humanities and Communication Creative Competition 2026

When
12 AUG - 14 OCT 2026
Where
Online
Enter the competition

Wild ideas, creative solutions, endless possibilities

Attention all Year 11 and Year 12 students across Queensland!

Poster for UNISQ Humanities & Communication Creative Competition; first prize $1000, runner-up $500; collage of retro images in background.

Unleash your wild ideas and showcase your creative talents by submitting your finest work in our creative competition. Whether it’s a school assignment or a personal project, we want to see your creativity shine through in any format — digital, written, video, illustrated, or audio.

Categories include:

  • Creative Writing
  • Photography
  • Advertising
  • Journalism
  • Media Studies
  • English Literature, and
  • Communication.

Not only do you have the chance to win an amazing cash prize, but your submission can be used as part of your portfolio for non-ATAR entry into the UniSQ Humanities and Communication degrees!

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to get recognised for your hard work and creativity.

Key dates

  • Submissions open — 12 August, 2026
  • Submissions close — 14 October, 2026
  • Winners announced — 4 November, 2026

More information

For more information about the 2026 Humanities and Communication Creative Competition, please email us.

  • The categories for this competition are based on UniSQ’s Humanities and Communication current discipline offerings.
  • You can submit a successful school project or your own creative work.
  • Please be advised that the use of generative AI is not permitted in the UniSQ Creative Competition.
  • Only one entry is permitted.
  • Our website will feature an online gallery of student works so please ensure that you fill in all your personal details along with the project and description correctly.
  • If you are under the age of 18, please make sure your parent or guardian has given consent for you to enter, otherwise it will be deemed ineligible.
  • You may submit your work via a shareable link from a popular file sharing site such as Dropbox, OneDrive or Google Drive. For example, your submission might be a video on YouTube or Vimeo. If you are submitting your work via a link, please ensure your file is listed as public so it is accessible by our judges otherwise it will be deemed ineligible.
  1. By participating in this competition, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of the competition judging panel. All decisions on selecting the winner of the competition made by the judging panel are final.
  2. The judging panel reserves the right to disqualify any participant or winner and may refuse to award any prize to a person who is ineligible or has violated any rule, gained unfair advantage in participating in the competition, or obtained winner status using fraudulent means, including the use of generative AI.
  3. The judging panel reserves the right to reject entries with objectionable content.
  4. The judging panel reserves the right not to award prizes should the quality of submissions not warrant.
  5. By submitting an entry, the entrants thereby grant the University of Southern Queensland Humanities and Communication the right to use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, modify, publish and otherwise make use of the submitted work or other information in any and all media, whether now known or hereinafter created, throughout the world and for any purpose. In addition to other things, the rights granted to the University of Southern Queensland Humanities and Communication includes, but is not limited to, the right to resize, crop, censor, compress, edit, feature, caption, affix logos to, and to otherwise alter or make use of the submitted work.
  6. By submitting an entry, entrants thereby represent and warrant that the submitted work or information does not and shall not infringe on any copyright, any rights of privacy or publicity of any person, or any other right of any third party, and the entrants the right to grant any and all rights and licenses, including but not limited to, all necessary rights under copyright, free and clear of any claims or encumbrances.
  7. Students are only permitted one competition submission.
  8. Prizes are subject to change depending on both the number and quality of submissions received.
  9. By submitting an entry, you give permission for the University of Southern Queensland Humanities and Communication to contact you regarding the UniSQ Creative Competition, upcoming events and opportunities relevant to you, as well as our course offerings.