Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 4 to 10 August 2025

Now open: 2026 Stella Prize, Emerging Artist Award, Songwriting Competition, Peter Porter Poetry Prize and more grants and opportunities.
Opportunities, grants & awards. Image: Marty O’Neill on Unsplash.

Sculptures in the Garden introduces the new $2000 Mudgee Regional Tourism Small Sculpture Prize as part of its $60,000 prize pool. This year’s event runs from 11-26 October, set against the backdrop of Rosby Wines in Mudgee, NSW.
Submissions close 8 August; learn more and submit.

CreateSA invites nominations for the Ruby Awards across 11 categories. These annual awards recognise the achievement and excellence of artists, creatives and organisations, demonstrated by innovation, collaboration, community involvement and inspirational leadership.
Nominations close 12 August; learn more and nominate.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former 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_