Five of Australia’s top emerging creatives have won the British Council’s 2009 Realise Your Dream award and will travel to the UK for the chance of a lifetime to work with industry leaders in their chosen fields. The five talented winners were selected from almost 500 entries and announced on 15 September at an awards ceremony held at the Museum of Contemporary Arts.

British Council today announced the 10 finalists in its 2009 Realise Your Dream awards who are vying for one of five opportunities to head to the UK and be immersed in the creative industries. The competition received almost 500 entries and British Council’s director Rebecca Matthews said the standard was the most impressive in the seven years the competition had been running.