Realise Your Dream - Calling for submissions

So, you're a big fry in your creative field. You know your mullet from your flathead, in a manner of speaking. But you've been thinking - there must be something bigger out there. Well, British Council is here to help, with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to broaden your creative horizons in the UK. Renowned for recognising talent on the rise, Realise Your Dream nurtures Australia’s best emerging creatives with a professional development programme in the UK. Five lucky people will be awarded $8000, a return flight to Britain and a chance to connect with UK creative leaders. Past winners - including playwrights Tommy Murphy and Lally Katz, filmmaker Sasha Ettinger Epstein and performer Candy Bowers - cite their Realise Your Dream experiences as pivotal to their careers, propelling them to further local and international success. Unlike many awards and scholarships, applications for Realise Your Dream are open to people of any age, from any creative field, living anywhere in Australia. The only stipulation is that applicants are in their first 10 years of creative practice and can articulate how a trip to the UK will advance their career. Entries for Realise Your Dream open Monday 16 May 2011 and close Friday 4 July 2011. Visit www.realiseyourdream.org.au, where you can watch the amazing "Chippy" animation by RYD creative partners Boccalatte, and read more about the award, how to enter, past winners and more. Realise Your Dream is presented by the British Council with major partners NAB, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Stamford Hotels and Resorts, triple j and BBC Knowledge in association with PPR, Boccalatte and Show Group.