2025 USU Creative Awards
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.
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
People’s Choice: $500
All shortlisted entries will be exhibited at Verge and online from 25 August - 19 September 2025.
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.
See exhibition & voting
Public Programs
Verge is running a number of Public Programs as part of Creative Awards 2025. They're all fun, student-led and free, so check out what's on!
Terms and Conditions↗
Keen for more? Explore the previous exhibitions below.
2024 Exhibition↗
Curated by Beatrice Waller
2023 Exhibition↗
Curated by Lucy Brosnan
2022 Exhibition↗
Curated by Anneka Scholtz
2021 Exhibition↗
Curated by Emily Roebuck