Can anyone enter the Archibald Prize?
Do you have to be famous?
Do you have to be a certain age?

(Questions submitted by 'Laura')

Anyone who has lived in Australia or New Zealand for a full year before the closing date and who pays the $30 handling fee, may enter the Archibald Prize. (For the next closing date, see the General Conditions.)

You do not need to be famous to enter (however, winning would certainly make you more famous!). Although so far only adults have won the Prize, the rules do not specify a minimum age.

(Incidentally, although the rules state that the portrait should be "preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics", many artists have painted self-portraits. After all, if you were to win, or be chosen as one of the finalists, you would certainly be distinguished in art.)

For further details about entering the Archibald Prize, or one of the other competitions, see the Prizes Information page.