‘2025 USU CREATIVE AWARDS’
25 AUGUST - 19 SEPTEMBER, 2025
Lily Tucker (2025 Art category finalist), 'VITULA_SUITE, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Open to all students at the University of Sydney (USyd), the annual USU Creative Awards is Australia’s largest university student union creative prize, highlighting the very best of visual arts, short film, writing and music from our student body.
Platforming the voices of USyd’s emerging creatives, the 2025 USU Creative Awards showcases works engaged with a vast range of themes, including queer identity, representations of femininity, grief and catharsis, the quotidian, and memory.
Although varying in subject matter, many of the works are grounded in personal experience and navigate socio-political matters pertinent to young people within contemporary society. Featuring finalists across all four categories, the Creative Awards sheds light on the experiences and perspectives of USyd’s student community.
The USU Creative Awards are divided into the categories Art, Music, Word and Short Film, with each category awarding the following prize amounts:
1st Prize: $1250
2nd Prize: $800
Member’s Choice: $500
Winners from all categories will be announced on 18 September 2025.
All shortlisted entries will be exhibited at Verge and online from 25 August - 19 September 2025, presenting an amazing opportunity for students to showcase their work to peers, industry professionals and the local community.
USU Member’s Choice voting will be available in the gallery and online, exclusively to USU Members, from 25 August, and closes at 12pm on Wednesday 30 October.
Whether you’re a student, USYD staff member or part of the community, sign up to become a member of USU here.