Each year, National Water Week makes a splash across Australia inspiring individuals, communities and organisations to build awareness around the value of water. Access to clean water is hugely important to our daily lives, and it’s down to all of us to protect our water environments and resources, and use water wisely.
Held on the third week of October each year and a water theme is set for the week. This year’s theme for National Water Week is “Water Heroes: Save Every Drop” which highlights the importance of saving every drop.
To celebrate National Water Week, we invite local early learning through to Grade 6 primary level students to design, draw or paint a poster that demonstrates how we can all be Water Heroes, saving water at home, in the garden and at school!
Entries are uploaded to our dedicated National Water Week Poster competition website and entries are now open. Enter now!
Poster entry categories
- Early Learning/Kindergarten (both individual entries and collaborative entries will be accepted)
- Prep/Foundation (individual entries ONLY accepted)
- Years 1 – 2 (individual entries ONLY accepted)
- Years 3 – 4 (individual entries ONLY accepted)
- Years 5 – 6 (individual entries ONLY accepted)
Key dates
- Entries close: 5pm, Friday 12 September 2025
- Winners will be announced during National Water Week, 20 – 26 October 2025
Entry conditions
- Poster size must be A4 or A3
- Any medium, from paper to digital, can be used
- Any art material and digital technology can be used, including paint, textas, crayons, coloured pencils, collage materials, original photographs and digital graphics
- Up to 30 entries can be uploaded at one time using our upgrade bulk entry feature.
Uploaded files are limited to 20MB
- Image files should be in .JPG, .PDF or .PNG formats
- For primary school aged children, group artwork will NOT be accepted (only one child per artwork)
- For early learning/kindergarten both individual entries and collaborative entries will be accepted
- Each child/student/collaborative group can only enter once.
Tips for uploading a poster
- Please ensure only high resolution, high quality images are submitted
- Image files should be in .JPG, .PDF or .PNG formats
- Uploaded files are limited to 20MB
- Original posters can either be scanned or photographed
- Remember if taking a photo, please ensure a clear, non-blurred image is taken. Think about:
- good lighting
- ensuring the poster fills the entire screen, an overhead shot is often best as you are standing above the poster, looking down
- avoiding flash, as if a glossy poster, you will get glare
Judging
Winners will be chosen by:
- how well does the poster communicate relevant water-related issues
- how attractive does it look from a distance
- have art materials been used effectively
- does the poster use innovative imagery, design or concepts
First prize winners in each category from all participating Victorian water corporations are automatically entered into the state level of competition.
Prizes
Early learning / Kindergarten
Prizes (individual and collaborative entries accepted)
- 1st (both individual and collaborative)- $100 prize pack
- 2nd (both individual and collaborative)- $50 prize pack
- 3rd (both individual and collaborative)- $50 prize pack
Primary School
Prizes for each category (individual entries ONLY accepted)
- 1st – $100 prize pack
- 2nd – $50 prize pack
- 3rd – $50 prize pack
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact:
Proudly supported by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and the Schools Water Efficiency Program.
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