Three years have passed and it’s on again! Entries are now open for the prestigious Melbourne Prize for Music 2025 & Awards. The annual Melbourne Prize, run by the Melbourne Prize Trust, operates in a three-year cycle, which includes Literature, Urban Sculpture & Music and in 2025, it’s music’s turn once again. Past winners have included Missy Higgins, Deborah Cheetham, Mojo Juju, Andrea Keller, Kutcha Edwards, Scott Tinkler and many more. Now entries are open for your opportunity to participate.
ENTRIES OPEN
Entries open today in the Melbourne Prize for Music 2025 & Awards.
Click here for the guidelines and entry form.
- • $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Music 2025
- $20,000 Beleura John Tallis Award for Emerging Composers 2025
- $10,000 Professional Development Award 2025
- Falls Creek Musicians Residencies 2025 – two 14-day residencies, each with a $1,000 grant
- Open to all music genres (performers and composers)
- For Victorian residents only
- Artists may apply directly or be nominated
Please visit our website www.melbourneprize.org
With thanks, Melbourne Prize Trust
Providing opportunities for Victorian writers, sculptors and musicians since 2005
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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the Melbourne Prize Trust operates, the People of the Kulin Nation, and pay our respects to the elders past, present and future.