Opportunities and awards

Crime writing awards now open, plus winners of Gallipoli Art Prize and Newcastle Short Story Award.
Andrew Tomkins (an older Caucasian man with long gray hair and a blue shirt) standing in front of a large artwork with rusty colours depicting a sunken vessel and leaves.

2025 Danger Awards

Presented as part of BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2025, the Danger Awards honour books featuring Australia as a setting for stories about crime and justice. In addition to the Danger Award trophy, each winner across four categories receives $1000 in prize money and will be invited to speak at BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2026.
Entries close 16 May; learn more and enter.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_