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Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives: 23 to 29 March 2026

This week brings opportunities for Indigenous dance groups and emerging writers, plus lucrative artist residencies.

19 Mar 2026 14:12

Alannah Sue

Applications open now for Dance Rites 2026. Image: Daniel Boud/Sydney Opera House | Minjil performs at Dance Rites 2024.

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Minjil performs at Dance Rites 2024. Applications are now open now for Dance Rites 2026. Image: Daniel Boud / Sydney Opera House.

Visual arts. Whether you are an emerging artist seeking a definitive career launchpad or an established professional, the Homiens Art Prize represents a meritocratic and prestigious gateway to significant industry recognition. Open to all artists and awarding US$12,000 annually, the Homiens Art Prize is a high-impact, career-defining opportunity engineered to provide a global stage for all winners and finalists, who feature in quarterly exhibitions. The contest accepts all mediums and artforms, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, installation, and audiovisual work.

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Alannah Sue

Alannah Sue is a writer, editor, theatre critic and content creator with a passion for arts and culture and all that glitters. She relocated to Melbourne in 2025 after spending over a decade embedded in the Sydney arts landscape and finishing up her tenure as Arts & Culture Editor at Time Out. In addition to contributing to ArtsHub and ScreenHub, her freelance portfolio also expands to editorial and copywriting for lifestyle and arts publications such as Limelight and Urban List, cultural institutions like the Sydney Opera House, and marketing and publicity services for independent artists. She is always keen to take a chance on weird performance art, theatre of all kinds, out-of-the-box exhibitions, queer venues, and cheap Prosecco. Give her half a chance, and she will get on a soapbox when it comes to topics like the magic of musical theatre, the importance of rigorous arts criticism, and the global cultural implications of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Connect with Alannah on Instagram: @alannurgh.