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Opportunities and awards

The Lighthouse Award and Australian Life photography competition open now, plus the winner of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and finalists of Vanda and Young Global Song Competition, and more!

25 Feb 2025 9:00

Celina Lei

A black and white photo of a group of people dressed in formal suits and dresses at a party, looking comically devastated.

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Australian Life photography competition open for entries. Image by 2024 winner, Hank Paul, ‘Matildas Vs France Penalty Shootout’. Photo: Supplied.

First Nations Book Awards

This award is presented by the First Nations Writers Festival, which will recognise two writers from each region with a prize package of up to $5000: Australia, Torres Strait Islands, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, West Papua, Papua and the islands within Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Completed but unpublished book manuscripts of various genres may be submitted, as well as short stories between 5000 and 9000 words for awards of $200 to $500.
EOIs for book manuscripts close 28 February and submissions for short stories close 30 March; learn more and apply.

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Celina Lei

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_