Five Queenslanders who have become stars of YouTube have won the State Government's inaugural Creator Original awards, taking home $110,000 worth of prizes.

Korean language channel creator Sara Holmes, comical food critic Elly Awesome and beatboxer Tom Thum will get $30,000 each under the "Established creator" category.

It goes towards production and development costs and a trip to Los Angeles, with flights and accommodation, where the creators can access YouTube workshops.

Make-up artist Stephanie Hames and comedian Alysse Paris were selected as "Emerging Creator", which drew $10,000

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Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said their quirky videos had amassed more than 500,000 subscribers and millions of video views between them.

"The awards will enable our talented Queenslanders to take their ideas and skills to the next level and boost their worldwide audience," she said.

YouTube Content Partnerships Manager Sanoop Luke said they had partnered with the Queensland Government to nurture the current and next generation of stars.

"Queensland is home to some truly outstanding YouTube creators," he said.

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Tom Thum said the grant was essential to producing high-quality local content.

"For me as a self-employed creative with no outside funding, most of my productions have been on a bit of a shoestring budget," he said.

"[The grant] is helping people like me achieve things that would be near impossible."

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