Nominations open for The Ruby Awards (Australia)

Ruby Award categories 

• Outstanding Community Event or Project 
  • This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a community in South Australia. A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender, or disability, or it could be an online community.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Outstanding Regional Event Or Project 
  • This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a regional community in South Australia.
  • A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, and cultural background, religious belief, gender, or disability, or it could be an online community within a regional area in South Australia.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Outstanding Work, Event Or Project For Young People 
  • This award is for an outstanding arts or cultural work, event or project for young people presented or held in South Australia. Nominees must be able to demonstrate a positive impact on and/or outcomes for young people.
  • The nominated work can be a performance, show, production, film, visual arts exhibition, publication, project, or initiative aimed specifically at people aged 30 years and under.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Outstanding Work Or Event Within A Festival 
  • This award is for an outstanding work or event presented or held as part of a festival program in South Australia.
  • Works and events can include performances, shows, productions, films, artworks, publications, and visual arts exhibitions presented as part of a festival.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Outstanding Work Or Event Outside A Festival 
  • This award is for an outstanding work or event presented or held in South Australia, not as part of a festival program.
  • Works and events can include performances, shows, productions, films, artworks, publications, and visual arts exhibitions presented not as part of a festival.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Outstanding Collaboration 
  • This award recognises activities that encourage strategic and innovative collaboration between independent artists and groups, funded arts, and cultural organisations, or with organisations outside the arts and cultural sector.
  • Nominations will be accepted for creative developments, projects, events, exhibitions, publications, or performances that have been developed through a collaborative process that includes the sharing of resources and knowledge.
  • Both the partners involved, and the outcomes of the collaboration will be considered for the award.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Outstanding Contribution By An Organisation Or Group 
  • This award recognises a small-to-medium organisation or group that has made an outstanding contribution to arts and culture in South Australia.
  • Nominees must be small-to-medium arts or cultural organisations or groups, receiving no funding or less than $1 million in funding from Arts South Australia.
  • The award is open to:
    • Amateur companies
    • Small-to-medium funded and unfunded arts or cultural organisations
    • Community organisations
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Volunteer organisations or groups
• Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award 
  • Named in honour of South Australian theatre director Geoff Crowhurst, this award recognises the contribution of an individual or organisation to community arts and cultural development.
  • Nominees must be able to demonstrate credibility through involvement in arts and cultural projects that build stronger, more cohesive communities. This may be evidenced by creative collaborations between the arts and cultural sector and communities, working to achieve artistic and social outcomes.
  • A community is determined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender, or disability, or it could be an online community. The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector
    • workers Community workers
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Professional artists Volunteers
• Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award
  • This award recognises outstanding artistic or cultural achievement or contribution by an individual young South Australian. Nominees must be aged 30 years or under as of 30 June 2024.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector workers
    • Community workers
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Professional artists
    • Volunteers
• Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award
  • This award recognises outstanding artistic or cultural achievement or contribution by a South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-focused organisation or group, or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identified individual.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector workers
    • Community workers
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Professional artists
    • Volunteers
• Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • This award recognises an extraordinary South Australian who, through a lifetime of outstanding service, has made an indelible contribution to arts and culture.
  • Nominees must be able to demonstrate credibility through a lifetime’s body of work, creative originality, professionalism, or leadership.
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector workers
    • Community workers
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Professional artists
    • Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees must reside or be based in South Australia or have been a resident or based in South Australia during a period of major professional achievement or development.
• If you have previously won the Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group award, Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement or one of the memorial awards, you cannot nominate again for the same category.
• By entering the Ruby Awards, you are giving Arts South Australia the right to use your application material for awards-related promotional purposes including display and publicity.
• Previous applicants are encouraged to apply.
• Nominations can be made in up to two award categories for a single work/ project. Each nomination should address the specific category in which it is being considered.
• Nominations for individuals must include written confirmation of their agreement to accept the nomination.
• All nominations must be accompanied by at least one high quality image that best reflects the nomination. Please ensure a high-resolution jpg (300dpi) colour photograph, in landscape orientation, is provided with your submission.
• Images for a nominated work, project, event, or activity may include, but are not limited to, publicity shots, production or rehearsal images, examples of work from the nominated activity, published or media images.
• Images for an individual may include professional headshots or clear images of the nominee.

For more information, visit Government of South Australia.