Australia's best up-and-coming creative practitioners have less than two weeks left to apply for the British Council's 2010 Realise Your Dream awards to win a rare opportunity to work with industry leaders in the UK.

The 2010 Realise Your Dream entries are open to anyone working in creative fields such as visual arts, fashion, design, advertising, architecture, music, animation, digital media, performing arts, new media and computer games.

Five awards are on offer to Australians in the early stages of their careers. They'll each be flown to the UK by Virgin Atlantic and receive an $8,000 NAB Cash Passport from National Australia Bank to cover their expenses.