Nominate for the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship

Nominations have opened for the 2023 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, with an even more generous amount on offer than in the past. 

From 2011 to 2022, a total of 100 Fellowships were awarded, each worth $160,000. From this year, their value increases to $200,000 per Fellowship, tax free.

Even without the tax exemption, the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships are by far the most valuable award for artists and creatives in the country. This is enhanced by their untied nature.

This year, eligibility for the Fellowships has also been made more flexible. To be eligible, nominees must be at least seven years into their creative practice. There was previously an additional upper limit of 15 years, which is no longer in effect.

The two criteria used to select Fellows are "outstanding talent and exceptional courage". Specifically, this talent and courage relates to the creative practice and not to cases of personal hardship.

Nominations are welcome from artists, creators and cultural leaders across the entire spectrum of the visual, performing, interdisciplinary, new media and literary arts, as well as the humanities.

Nominations close Sunday 27 August.

For details, go here.