Wootha Prize is back for 2026

The cancellation of the Maleny Expo in 2025 was met with widespread disappointment, not least because it meant the  Wootha Prize competition and exhibition that traditionally runs within the Expo would also not take place.

The good news is that this year the Wootha Prize will once again take place. This year the Wootha Prize will be hosted by Barung Landcare as before, but staged from 1–4 May within another event located in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. 

The theme for this year's Wootha is "sustainable by design". There are three categories and a first prize of $10,000 on offer. Entries are open now, see barunglandcare.org.au/woothaprize

Top row: Trevor Herbstreit, Scimitar Skeleton Clocks (People’s Choice 2024); Ted Upton, King Quail (Tiny Treasures Winner 2024); Keith Savage, Flow (Sculpture Winner 2024). Bottom row: Rick Hayward, Monochrome Cabinet (Overall Winner 2024); Paul Chapman, Our Obi Obi detail (Evolve Winner 2024), William Bayliss, Mundi Mundi Entrance Table detail (Furniture Winner 2024).  Photos courtesy Barung Landcare