Walkley opens arts prize
Australia’s Walkley Foundation opened entries for its $5,000 Arts Journalism & Criticism Prize — submissions are now live and the entry window closes April 13 (x.com). It’s a timely call for critics and arts writers ahead of a busy spring festival season. (x.com).
The prize is administered by the Walkley Foundation in association with the Geraldine Pascall Foundation. (walkleys.com) (walkleys.com) It specifically recognises significant contributions to arts journalism and cultural criticism, including reviews, profiles, features, investigations and critical commentary. (walkleys.com) (walkleys.com) Entrants submit via the Walkley entry platform, and the Foundation lists Margie Smithurst as the contact for enquiries at margie.smithurst@walkleys.com. (walkleys.com) (walkleys.com) At the Walkley Foundation’s 2025 Mid‑Year Media Prizes the Arts Journalism & Arts Criticism award was given to Rudi Bremer, Teresa Tan and Daniel Browning for work produced with ABC Indigenous and ABC News Story Lab. (walkleys.com) (walkleys.com) The prize sits alongside the long‑running Pascall Prize for arts criticism, a separate award established in 1988 in memory of journalist Geraldine Pascall. (wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) Walkley’s awards programme runs year‑round and the organisation typically receives more than 1,400 entries across its categories each year as part of its annual awards and Mid‑Year Media Prizes. (walkleys.com) (walkleys.com)
