Shortlists for the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA), the leading award for Australia’s best emerging artists, designers, and creatives, have been revealed for 2010. Talented Australians aged 30 and under across seven creative fields - fashion, film, visual arts, visual communications, music, industrial and object design and photography - are invited to submit their work for a chance to receive financial support in the form of $5000 in cash and $5000 in Qantas flights, as well as a rare 12-month mentorship opportunity with leading lights of the international creative community. SOYA winners to date have included fashion labels Antipod!um, Friedrich Gray, Romance Was Born, musicians Wolf & Cub, My Disco, Oh Mercy and Fergus Brown, artists Rebecca Baumann, Danielle Freakley and Grant Stevens, photographers James Brickwood and Nirrimi Hakanson, among many others. The shortlists are: FASHION above. Victoria búl Victoria Carly Hunter Victoria cylk Victoria Dion Lee New South Wales Michael Lo Sordo New South Wales Rachel Gilbert New South Wales Subfusco Queensland Tristan Blair New South Wales We Are Handsome New South Wales FILM Angie Abdilla New South Wales Ben Briand New South Wales Darius Devas Victoria Laura Dudgeon New South Wales Sophie Edelstein Victoria Alexandra Edmondson New South Wales Ariel Kleiman Victoria James McFay New South Wales Ian Meadows New South Wales Jessica Leski Victoria INDUSTRIAL & OBJECT DESIGN Kristian Aus New South Wales Jordan Askill New South Wales Bridget Bodenham Victoria Gavin Bufton Victoria Neil Davidson Queensland Daniel Fitzgerald Victoria Alex Gilmour New South Wales Giles Matthews South Australia TMOD New South Wales Alister Yiap Western Australia MUSIC Cloud Control New South Wales Deep Sea Arcade New South Wales kyü New South Wales Leader Cheetah South Australia Love Connection Victoria The Middle East Queensland Seekae New South Wales Super Wild Horses Victoria Thundamentals New South Wales Washington Victoria PHOTOGRAPHY Nic Bezzina New South Wales Daniel Boud New South Wales Sean Fennessy Tasmania Suzie Fox Western Australia Brooke Holm Queensland Penny Lane Victoria Cybele Malinowski New South Wales Ben Ali Ong New South Wales Stacey Russell Queensland Oliver Bryce Yates New South Wales VISUAL ARTS Jasmin Coleman Queensland Courtney Coombs Queensland Pat Foster and Jen Berean Victoria Pia van Gelder New South Wales Matt Huynh New South Wales Bennett Miller Western Australia Tom Polo New South Wales Clare Peake Western Australia Carl Scrase Victoria Sam Shmith Victoria VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS A Friend Of Mine Victoria Anne Cobai Western Australia Michael Geedrick Queensland Greedy Hen New South Wales Beth-Emily Gregory Tasmania Little Gonzales New South Wales MaricorMaricar New South Wales Motherbird Victoria Robin Tatlow-Lord South Australia RAINOFF New South Wales The winners will be announced at an awards night held on November 11 at the Foundation Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.