Competitions compete in fairness stakes

Only five of the 14 arts competitions win five stars out of five for fairness to artists in an Arts Law Centre assessment.
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The last winner of the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture: Clive Murray-White, Sara Delaney – a head of her time

Each month, the Arts Law Centre of Australia is approached by prize and competition organisers seeking advice on making their rules and guidelines fairer and more equitable for those artists submitting their work.

Executive Director Robyn Ayres said Arts Law first become aware of the need to provide guidance in this area some years ago due to ‘some fairly lacking examples of competitions and prizes’.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts