Image: Nature's Table by Liz Walker, 2011
2012 Alan Marshall Short Story Award
The Alan Marshall Short Story Award, founded in 1985, is presented by Nillumbik Shire Council in partnership with Yarra Plenty Regional Library. The 2012 judge is Louise Swinn, Editorial Director of Sleepers Publishing.
Download the 2012 Alan Marshall Short Story Award Entry Form.
The three categories in the Award are:
• Open Section - stories up to 2500 words by writers who reside in Australia
First prize $2000
Second prize $1000
• Local Writers Section – stories up to 2500 words by writers who live, work or study in the Shire of Nillumbik
$1000 prize
• Young Writers Section – stories up to 1000 words by writers aged between 15 and 19 years who reside in Australia.
$400 prize
2011 Winning Entries
• Open Section - First Prize
Massage 8000 by Laura Jean McKay
• Local Writers' Section
Sugarloaf by Helen Verity Hewitt
• Young Writers' Section
Glass by Letitia Parish
For information phone 03 9433 3359 or email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au.
Related Publications for sale
Illuminations: The Alan Marshall Short Story Awards 2003-2010
Edited by Rachel Hennessy, published by Nillumbik Shire Council, 2011.
Write On: ...further winners from the Alan Marshall Short Story Award 1996-2002
Edited by Peter Dougherty, published by Nillumbik Shire Council, 2003.
$10 for two books (one copy of each publication while stocks last). For information phone 03 9433 3359 or email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au .
The Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award
Entries for The Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award have now closed. The winners will be announced on 21 June 2012.
The Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award is an exciting initiative presented for the first time in 2012. Ekphrasis is a genre of poetry that explores works of art—usually paintings, photographs, or statues. Ekphrastic poetry seeks to interpret or ‘get inside’ its visual subject.
Poets were invited to respond to one or more of twelve artworks selected from the Nillumbik Shire Council Visual Art Collection.
•First prize: $500
•Second prize: $300
•Third prize: $200
•Youth prize: $150 (12-18 years old)
Twelve poems will be selected by judges Helen Lucas, Fee Sievers and August Skipper. The twelve poems will be printed on a series of postcards with their corresponding art work.
For further information phone 03 9433 3126 or email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au.
The Nillumbik Prize
Nillumbik Shire Council in association with Montsalvat presents one of the oldest community art shows in Victoria, The Nillumbik Prize. Celebrating the artists and works around the Nillumbik region, entrants must demonstrate a connection with the Nillumbik Shire as a local artist or through a Statement of Connection.
1st Prize $5,000 (non-acquisitive) for a work of excellence in any medium. Two commendations as well as a People’s Choice Award, each to the value of $500 are also given. An exhibition of the finalists will be held at Montsalvat from 14 June to 12 August with prize winners announced at the official opening on Thursday 14 June 2012.
For more information or to obtain an entry form, contact Montsalvat on arts@montsalvat.com.au or phone 03 9439 7712.
Application forms are available to download from www.montsalvat.com.au.
Eltham Library Community Gallery exhibition program
Applications to exhibit open in July each year and close in October. Artists and groups with a connection to Nillumbik are encouraged to apply. To be notified when application forms and guidelines are available, email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au or phone 03 9433 3359.
Download the 2012 Eltham Library Community Gallery Exhibition Program here.
Laughing Waters Artist-in-Residence Program
Nillumbik Shire Council and Parks Victoria host an annual Laughing Waters Artist-in-Residence Program. Artists reside at either Birrarung or Riverbend, located in Laughing Waters Road, Eltham. Both properties are in protected bushland owned by the State and managed by Parks Victoria.
The program aims to:
• Provide the opportunity for contemporary artists to develop their practice in an inspiring natural and cultural environment
• Contribute to our cultural development by providing access to high quality arts activities and giving local artists professional development opportunities
• Raise awareness and help conserve the environmental and cultural values of the properties where the artists’ reside
• Profile the Shire of Nillumbik as a leading arts location in Victoria
Applications for the 2012 program have closed. To register your interest in the 2013 program, email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au or phone 03 9433 3359.
Grants
More information about these grants is available on the Grants page
Arts and Culture Grants
Supports local groups and organisations to develop high quality arts and cultural activities that add vibrancy to the Shire and benefit the community.
Bushfire Recovery Grants
The arts can help develop a sense of belonging and reconnection with community and provide an effective step in trauma recovery. For information contact Cath Rutten, Bushfire Recovery Arts Officer, on 9433 3720 or cath.rutten@nillumbik.vic.gov.au .
Cultural Achievement Grants
To encourage and recognise outstanding cultural and sporting achievements. For information contact Irene Pagram, Coordinator Arts and Culture, 9433 3132 or irene.pagram@nillumbik.vic.gov.au .
Arts and Culture eBulletin
To receive the Arts and Culture eBulletin each month, or list your event, contact the Arts Administration Officer on 9433 3359 or artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au.