The National Works on Paper Award is a catch-all term for a body of related awards for contemporary art made on, or with, paper.
Previous entries have been in form drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture.
[1] First awarded in 1998, it is the successor event to the Spring Festival of Drawing and the Prints Acquisitive.
The award and its accompanying exhibition are hosted by the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, located in Mornington, Australia.
In 2008, the total prize pool of the National Works on Paper award was worth A$45,000 and had three components: