Applications are open for QMusic's newly expanded suite of $15,000 scholarships, alongside the return of the People’s Choice Awards, which festivals and venues are also invited to nominate for from today. Applications close Thursday, 11 January.
Queensland artists and filmmakers have gained a one-week extension to self-nominate for the genre awards, which opened last month and will now close midnight Monday, 20 November.
Artists who have released songs and music videos between 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 are eligible to nominate across 18 wide-ranging award categories.
Finalists from each category are automatically entered into major award categories Song of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year, as well as the Regional & Remote Award.
Pop Award
Heavy Award
Blues / Roots Award
Soul / Funk / R’n’B Award
Country Award
Hip Hop Award
Electronic Award
Jazz Award
World Award
Rock Award
Indigenous Award
Stage + Contemporary Classical Award *UPDATED
Children's Music Award
Youth Award (Ages 10 - 17)
Folk Award
Music for Screen Award *NEW
Video Award
Nominations close Monday 20 November
Billy Thorpe Scholarship
Carol Lloyd Award
Grant McLennan Fellowship
Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship
Dalwood-Wylie Foundation Scholarship
Nominations close Thursday 11 January
Festival of the Year
Metro Venue of the Year
Regional Venue of the Year
Accessible Venue of the Year
Nominations close Thursday 11 January
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Emerging Artist of the Year Award
Highest Selling Album
Highest Selling Single
The annual $15,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging artist or band to record with an established producer and receive career planning from Chugg Entertainment.
The $15,000 Carol Lloyd Award honours the contribution the late Carol Lloyd made to the Queensland music scene and awards $15,000 to support an emerging female-identifying or non-binary singer-songwriter Queensland musicians to record a full-length album or record and tour an EP.
The $15,000 Fellowship offers the recipient an opportunity to travel to New York, London or Berlin to be immersed in a foreign and vibrant musical culture to further develop their artistic skills.
The annual $15,000 Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging Indigenous Queensland musician or band to develop and record a song or series of songs, to support and develop their ongoing career in the music industry.
The $15,000 Scholarship will be awarded to a Queensland-based contemporary musician who lives with a disability.
The 2024 Queensland Music Awards is proud to welcome back the People’s Choice Awards. Queensland's best regional and metro venues and festival will be decided by public vote, as well as judging by an expert industry panel, weighted at 60:40 respectively.
Are you Queensland's best venue? Nominate your Queensland-based venue to be decided by public vote, as well as judging by an expert industry panel.
When nominating for this award, you will be able to opt-in for the Accessible Venue of the Year category.
Are you Queensland's best festival? Nominate your Queensland-based festival to be decided by public vote, as well as judging by an expert industry panel.
