Each year women of the South Coast, Emerald Coast and Southern Highlands enter a diverse and unique array of artworks inspired by Meroogal, the four generations of women who lived there, its rich collection and a changing theme.

The Meroogal Women’s Arts Prize is a regional, non-acquisitive competition and exhibition across the fields of visual arts, crafts and design. It is open to a work using any media made by a woman 18 years or over whose principal residence is in the local government areas of Shoalhaven, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama, Eurobodalla, Bega Valley, Wingecarribee or Wollondilly. Diverse and original uses of media are a signature of this annual exhibition, which encourages the practise of traditional women's arts and crafts in a contemporary context.The theme of the prize, which varies each year, establishes a direct connection to Meroogal and the women who lived there as well as acting as a springboard for artistic imagination.

The theme for 2008 was 'Celebrating the everyday things women do.'