The Queensland Music Awards
Proudly Produced by QMusic
Celebrating our brightest emerging artists and established legends, the Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) are a state-wide search for Queensland’s best music.
The 2020 QMAs will be taking place at the decadent Fortitude Music Hall. It will be a night of celebrating great Queensland music under the chandeliers!
Tickets to the Queensland Music Awards 2020 will be on sale in early 2020.
Voting for the People's Choice Awards opens on Thursday 6 February 2020.
Songwriters and filmmakers from all across Queensland are invited to enter the Queensland Music Awards.
The QMAs Self-Nominating categories include Schools, Pop, Rock, Heavy, Singer Songwriter / Folk, Blues / Roots, Soul / Funk / R’n’B, Country, Hip-Hop / Rap, Electronic / Dance, Jazz, World Music, Music Video (for filmmakers only).
Songs submitted for these Self-Nominating Award categories will automatically be considered for the Indigenous Award, Regional Award and Remote Award.
They will also be considered for the Emerging Artist Of The Year (NEW), Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year Awards.
More information can be found in our Frequently Asked Questions and Terms and Conditions.
Submissions for the 2020 QMAs have now closed.
The Billy Thorpe Scholarship, to be announced at the 2020 QMAs, is also open for applications.
Applications for the Billy Thorpe Scholarship have now closed.
Find out more on the Scholarship here.
QMAs launch Emerging Artist Of The Year Award + $24,000 Songwriting Prize
The 2020 Queensland Music Awards (QMAs), produced by QMusic and taking place on Tuesday 3 March 2020 at The Fortitude Music Hall, has unveiled an exciting new Major Award category with the Emerging Artist Of The Year Award.
Open to all early-career Queensland musicians, entries are open now and close midnight, Thursday 24 October 2019.
Call Out For Nominations: Billy Thorpe Scholarship & Queensland Music Awards
The Award provides $10,000 for an emerging artist to record with an established producer and receive career-planning advice from Chugg Entertainment.
New Home For 2020 Queensland Music Awards
The eighth annual Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) to be held in March 2020 will have a new home in The Fortitude Music Hall. Entries are now open!
Clea Joins Queensland Greats
Brisbane singer songwriter Clea has been celebrated in Fortitude Valley today with the unveiling of her 2019 Queensland Music Awards Song of the Year plaque for her single 'Dreaming'.