The Department of the House of Representatives is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the 2026 Yarning Competition.
Yarning is an Australia-wide storytelling competition that invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students from across Australia to share their perspectives and stories with the Australian Parliament.
It provides a platform, through art, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to connect with, and learn about, the work of the Australian Parliament.
Students may choose a creative medium such as visual art, text, photography, video or audio to address one of the four themes – Country and Connection; Identity and Culture; Family and Community; Reconciliation.
Three winners from each of the year groups (Years 7/8; Years 9/10; Years 11/12) will receive an expenses-paid trip to Parliament House in Canberra, including flights and accommodation, and a prize pack valued at $250. Their artwork will also be exhibited at Parliament House.
All competition entries will be displayed on the Yarning website.
For further information and entry submission, please visit the website: Yarning Competition – Sharing Stories, Celebrating Culture. Entries close 11 May 2026.
Quotes attributable to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Milton Dick MP:
“The Yarning Competition is a wonderful new program where we recognise the emerging talent of our First Nations artists and young people from across Australia.”
“Yarning was designed to give young First Nations people a platform to share not just their artwork, but their ideas and perspectives.”
Media enquiries
Georgia Arndell, Communications Manager, Department of the House of Representatives
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