Creative Cuts - Calling all wood artisans!

Entries now open for the prestigious Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize! Brought to you by Barung Landcare and sponsored by Sunshine Coast Council, the Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize invites woodworkers and artisans from across Australia to enter this prestigious woodworking competition with a sustainability conscience. 

Woodworkers of all levels are encouraged to submit entries. Finalists will be in the running to win an overall cash prize of $10,000, as well as a share in a further prize pool of $6,500.

Finalist pieces of the Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize go on to form the feature exhibition at the Maleny Wood Expo, which will be held May 3 - 5, 2025, at the Maleny Showgrounds. 

The competition theme for the 2025 Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize is ‘Whimsy in Wood’ where creativity knows no bounds! Entrants are invited to explore this theme and create works under the categories of Furniture, Sculpture or Tiny Treasures in ways that captivate and delight the judges and audience alike. 

Entries are now open until March 8, 2025. For more information and to submit your work, please visit malenywoodexpo.com (Pictured: 2025 Wootha Prize - 'Our Obi Obi' by Paul Chapman.)