Do you have a flair for photography, art, literature or music? Then University of Sydney Union’s Photo, Art, Literature & Music (PALM) Awards are just for you!

The USU wants to support and reward the creativity and talents of students of the University of Sydney Union. Whether it is art, music composition, photography or multimedia, the PALM awards have grown to include a wide variety of art forms.

Originally focused on art, photography and literature this year the PALM awards are also embracing students with musical abilities. For the first time music compositions will also be accepted for the awards.

Along with being able to get your work recognized there is $11,000 in cash to be won plus tons of other cool prizes.

2009 PALM Awards:
Open: 27 May 2009
Close: 14 August 2009
Ceremony: 8 September 2009.

2008 PALM Awards Winners

The University of Sydney Union would like to thank every participant for contributing to an outstanding exhibition this year and congratulate the following winners who all produced a high caliber of works. An overwhelming 362 applications were received for PALM this year, with a large selection forming the PALM Awards exhibition held in Manning House from 1 – 19 Sept.

The exhibition space was the perfect setting of the Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday 9th September where judges, applicants and art enthusiasts converged to hear the announcement of winners. The first and second prize winners in each category were awarded $1000 and $500 respectively, with Highly Commended winners receiving $150 vouchers from PALM Awards sponsor Crumpler.

ART AWARDS
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1st  Place: Helen Mok – Aurora Reflection
2nd  Place: Vanessa Cassey – Waking up
Highly Commended: Peter Dixon – Extreme make over 2

Environment / People
1st Place: Jasmine Avril - Station
2nd Place: Sarah Newall - Rata
Highly Commended: Vanessa Cassey – Arc, Bend, Bow


PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
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1st Place: Lucy Howard-Taylor – You were in a wasteland
2nd Place: Astley Friend – The Art of Destruction           
Highly Commended: Glen Baghurst – Mirror Image

Environment / People
1st Place: Keisha Galbraith - Backstreets
2nd Place: Roy Smith - Jessi 
Highly Commended: Peter Johnson – The impossibility of intimacy #5


LITERATURE AWARDS
Poetry
1st Place: Tessa Lunney - Home
2nd Place: Sara Hames – East and Coast
Highly Commended: Luskasz Swaitek - Columbus

Prose
1st Place: Sara Hames - Oceans
2nd Place: Amelia Schmidt - Smoke
Highly Commended: Farrah Sa’adullah - She 

  
MUSIC AWARDS              
Composition
1st Place: William Gardiner – On Living :: movement 1 :: Reverie
2nd Place:  Julia Wylie – Paper Blue Sky
Highly Commended: Ben Glass – Swirlscape



PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS

Along with the competition winners the PALM People’s Choice Awards were also awarded on the night. The following works earned the votes of the crowd, a $250 prize and a cool Crumpler bag.

Art
Isobel Crumblin – Organic Construction

Photography
Glen Baghurst – Mirror Image

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