[5] Each year three Honourable Mentions are also acknowledged, along with the Smith & Singer People's Choice Award of $5,000 which is announced at the end of the exhibition.
The Wai Tang Commissioning Award has been established by her husband, Kee Wong, to recognise and honour her significant impact on the arts and preserve her legacy within MAPh’s collection and exhibition history.
[6] [7] Kathy Mackey with "Reliquary 1" a pigment ink-jet print on cotton paper from an unnamed series of young women juxtaposing human skin with metallic and reflective objects.
[16][4][17] Joseph McGlennon with "Florilegium #1" a pigment ink-jet print from the series "Florilegium" showing animals in exotic landscapes inspired by naturalist Joseph Banks[18][4][19] Valerie Sparks won $25,000 with "Prospero's Island – North East" a pigment ink-jet print from the series "Prospero's Island", which digitally combined images of Tasmania to become the setting of Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
Melbourne-based, Iranian-born artist Hoda Afshar won for her photograph ‘Portrait of Behrouz Boochani, Manus Island’ (2018) a pigment ink-jet print from the series "Remain".
[24] Katrin Koenning with "Three" a triptych of pigment ink-jet prints from the series "Lake Mountain" showing bushland recovering from bushfires.
Christian Thompson with "Rule of three" four chromogenic prints from the series "Flower walls 2018–" showing the artist immersed in colourful arrangements of Australian native flora.