‘2025 USU CREATIVE AWARDS’
25 AUGUST - 19 SEPTEMBER, 2025
Lily Tucker, 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.
ONLINE EXHIBITION
Liv Laverty, Welcome Home, 2025. Single channel video, charcoal on paper, 0:37 mins.
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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.
Are you a USU Member? Vote below for your favourite works across the four categories, and be in to win an Art Gallery of New South Wales membership for you and a friend! Voting is open until 12pm on 17 September - submit yours below:
Whether you’re a student, USYD staff member or part of the community, sign up to become a member of USU here.