Castaways Sculpture Awards 2012

Rockingham Foreshore 12th–20th May 2012

Weather Resistant Large or Small-Scale Works

Entries are invited for selection

  • $17,500 in Non-Acquisitive Prizes for recycled sculpture
  • $5000 Alcoa major prize for recycled sculpture with an aluminium component
  • $3000 Alcoa second prize for recycled sculpture with an aluminium component
  • $3000 City of Rockingham prize for recycled sculpture
  • $3000 Internationl Power Mitsui prize for innovation in recycled sculpture
  • $3000 Sustainable Living Award
  • $500 People’s Choice Prize

Artist fee of $100 paid to each artist/joint/group entry to assist with installation and de-installation costs.

Opening Cocktail Party and announcement of winners: 4.30pm Saturday 12 May 2012

Installation Friday 11th May 2012 9am–2pm (judging 2pm)

24 hour security provided.

Entries Close 2nd March 2012

For further information contact Curator Lyn DiCiero Phone 9336 1861 or via our contact form.

Download the Castaways Sculpture Awards Entry Form


Inaugural Castaways Poetry Prize 2012

The City of Rockingham is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2012 Castaways Poetry Prize, with almost $500 in prizes. Submissions are open until March 13 2012.

To Enter

Visit the Castaways Web Gallery and view the images of entries from previous exhibitions. All entered poems must be inspired by, drawn upon, or using the theme of, images in the Castaways Web gallery

Send a maximum of 3 poems, attached to an email in rtf or doc format, to castaways@rockingham.wa.gov.au with ?POETRY SUBMISSION: Your Title? as the subject line.

The body of your email must include your name, address, phone/mobile number, email address, and the title and line counts of your poems. To ensure anonymity, do not include your details on your entered poems themselves.

Do not post entries. Only entries received via email will be accepted.

Each poem must be no longer than 24 lines.

Poems must be original, unpublished, not have received an award in another competition, and not be under consideration elsewhere from the time of entry in the awards until the official announcement of the winners.

To ensure anonymity no writers names to appear on MS. Winners able to attend will be invited to read their poem at the Castaways 2012 Opening Night Awards presentation on Saturday 12 May 2012.

Employees of the City of Rockingham and their family members are ineligible to enter.

The judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into. Any attempt to lobby judges or City of Rockingham employees, or influence decisions, may result in disqualification.

Entries close 13 March 2012, and winners will be contacted by phone or email prior to the public announcement at the Castaways 2012 Awards night presentation.

The 1st prize winning entry will be published in the Castaways 2012 catalogue.

  • 1st Prize: $250 + 2 copies of the Castaways 2012 catalogue
  • 2 Commended Prizes: $100

‘Man and His Dog’, aluminium cans by Joan Johnson in Castaways Sculpture Awards 2011 (detail).

‘Man and His Dog’, aluminium cans by Joan Johnson in Castaways Sculpture Awards 2011.