Awards
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 15-21 December 2025
Major prizes and opportunities for photographers, stage and screen writers, wearable art, and more.
Creative Australia Awards 2026 recognise arts practices from poetry to punk rock
Twelve artists – across disciplines including dance, literature, community arts and contemporary music – are recognised in this year’s Creative…
Queensland Literary Awards announces delayed shortlist after judges' mass resignation in May
The Queensland Literary Awards have announced their 2025 shortlist. A delay was caused by a mass resignation of judges, protesting…
Opportunities and awards
This week's opportunities include short film funding in Blacktown and the 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Short Stories Awards, plus a call-out…
APRA Music Awards 2025 celebrate Kylie Minogue and Australian talent
The APRA Music Awards featured Australia's best and brightest music talent, along with recognition of several breakthrough artists.
Voter fraud wreaks havoc at recent music awards
An incident of voter fraud altered five out of six publicly voted winners of the 2024 Music Victoria Awards.
Percival Everett wins America's National Book Award
The biggest night in American literature celebrated a diverse group of winners in the shadow of Trump's re-election.
Failure and frustration spawn success for Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners
Six books including a debut novel and a debut poetry collection have each received $80,000 in this year’s Prime Minister’s…
Powerful women creators sweep the 2024 Art Music Awards
This year's Art Music Awards offered a nod towards the lived experience of women creators, celebrating their strength and stewardship…
Photo competitions: 7 expert tips to stand out
ArtsHub summarises seven tips offered by the Head On Foundation to help photographers stand out in a competition.