New Buffalo AKA Sally Seltmann has been announced as one of 10 Australian artists included on the 2008 Australian Music Prize short list. The nomination is in recognition of New Buffalo’s 2007 album release ‘Somewhere, anywhere.’.

As well as contesting the $25k main prize [donated by the PPCA], and the $15k Red Bull Award, New Buffalo is also in the running to win The Australian Music Prize/Myspace.com Public Voting Poll. Public voting is open now and will close on Wednesday March 5. The winner of the MySpace vote will be announced on Sunday March 9th and will receive $50,000 worth of promotional support on MySpace Australia.

It’s an easy, one-step, no-registration process and can be done here. The Australian Music Prize winners will be announced on Thursday March 13.