The APRA Professional Development Awards are back for another year, an initiative which has helped grow the career of countless music success stories.
Gotye, Abbe May, screen composer Caitlin Yeo, Husky Gawenda, Georgi Kay, Jack Carty, Ngaiire, Morgan Evans and many more have been involved in the past, and now the opportunity has arisen for the next crop to join their ranks.
This year, a new dance/electronic category has been added to the APRA Professional Development Awards, bringing the total number of awards to nine. Each recipient will receive a $15,000 cash prize to support their development.
Applications are now open for emerging songwriters in categories including popular contemporary, country, jazz, classical, dance/electronic, film and television, and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander.
Furthermore, the Smugglers of Light initiative will return in 2017 with the Music and Media Award providing a promising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music or media practitioner with a grant of $12,000.
Head here to apply.
Via Beat Magazine.