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To help you spend time on your writing ventures, councils and organisations all across Australia offer fellowships, residencies and grants for creatives and writers! This means that you can take the time needed to be creative while not sacrificing your mental health and financial stability. Check out a list of grants and fellowships available to authors of different backgrounds, disciplines, and locations below.
1. List of fellowships A-Z
Author Fellowship: Australia-wide
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/author-fellowship/
CH Currey Memorial Fellowship: New South Wales
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/fellowships/ch-currey-memorial-fellowship
Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing: Australia-wide
https://www.nla.gov.au/about/fellowships-scholarships-and-grants/fellowships-and-scholarships/creative-fellowships/creative-arts-fellowship
Creative residencies and fellowships: Northern Territory
https://nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/grants/creative-residencies-fellowships
David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellowship: New South Wales
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/fellowships/david-scott-mitchell-memorial-fellowship
Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing: Australia-wide
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/non-fiction-author-fellowship/
Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers: Australia-wide
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/copyright-agency-frank-moorhouse-fellowship-for-young-writers/
Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship: Australia-wide
https://writersvictoria.org.au/hazel-rowley-literary-fellowship/
Margaret Scott Tasmanian Young Writer’s Fellowship: Tasmania
https://www.arts.tas.gov.au/tasliteraryawards/Margaret_Scott_Tasmanian_Young_Writers_Fellowship
Merewether Fellowship: New South Wales
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/fellowships/merewether-fellowship
Queensland Writers Centre Varuna Fellowship: Queensland
https://queenslandwriters.org.au/residencies
Queensland Writers Fellowships: Queensland
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/awards-and-fellowships/queensland-literary-awards/queensland-writers-fellowships
SA First Nations Writers Fellowship: South Australia
https://www.varuna.com.au/fellowships/writerssa
SA Literary Fellowship: South Australia
https://writerssa.org.au/2023/sa-literary-fellowships/
The Queensland Writers Centre Established Writers Fellowship: Queensland
https://queenslandwriters.org.au/residencies
UQ 2024 Creative Writing Fellowship: Queensland
https://writing.centre.uq.edu.au/uq-2024-creative-writing-fellowship
Writeability Fellowships: Victoria
https://writersvictoria.org.au/writeability-fellowships/
2. List of residencies A-Z
Arts Tasmania all that we are Residency: Tasmania
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/all_that_we_are
Arts Tasmania Glover Country Residency: Tasmania
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/glover_country
Arts Tasmania Poatina Arts Residency: Tasmania
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/poatina_arts
Arts Tasmania Tasmanian Residency for Independent Practice: Tasmania
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/tasmanian_residency_for_independent_practice
Creative residencies and fellowships: Northern Territory
https://nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/grants/creative-residencies-fellowships
Deep Creek Residency: South Australia
https://writerssa.org.au/2024/deep-creek-residency-2024/
3. List of grants A-Z
Annual Arts and Cultural Grants: Victoria
https://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/Community/Grants/Arts-and-Culture-grants
Arts Activities in Regional Communities: Western Australia
https://web.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-activities-in-regional-communities/arts-activities-in-regional-communities-guidelines
Arts Grants Program: Northern Territory
https://nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/grants/arts-grants-program
Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups: Australia-wide
https://creative.gov.au/investment-and-development/arts-projects-for-individuals-and-groups/
Arts Short Notice Activity Program: Western Australia
https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-short-notice-activity-program
Arts Tasmania Aboriginal Arts Program: Tasmania
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/aboriginal_arts_program#double-tabid_201216
Arts Tasmania Individuals and groups: Tasmania
https://www.arts.tas.gov.au/grants_and_funding/individuals_and_groups
Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship Program: New South Wales
https://writingnsw.org.au/support/funding-opportunities/boundless-mentorship-2024/
City of Charles Sturt Arts Fund: South Australia
https://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/services/other-services/grants-and-funding/arts-and-culture-grants/arts-fund
Create Grants: Australia-wide
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/individual-grants/create-grants/
Creative Communities Grant: New South Wales
https://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Community/Grants-and-Funding#section-8
Cultural Development Fund: Victoria
https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/people-and-community/funds-grants-and-subsidies/cultural-development-fund-projects
International Travel Fund for Authors and Illustrators: Australia-wide
https://creative.gov.au/investment-and-development/travel-fund-for-literature/
Regional Arts Development Fund: Queensland
https://www.arts.qld.gov.au/regional-arts-development-fund
The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund: Victoria
https://writersvictoria.org.au/the-neilma-sidney-literary-travel-fund/
4. Fellowships, residencies and grants by location
4.1 Australia-wide writer’s fellowships, residencies and grants
Create Grants
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/individual-grants/create-grants/
Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/copyright-agency-frank-moorhouse-fellowship-for-young-writers/
Author Fellowship
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/author-fellowship/
Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing
https://www.copyright.com.au/culturalfund/fellowship/non-fiction-author-fellowship/
International Travel Fund for Authors and Illustrators
https://creative.gov.au/investment-and-development/travel-fund-for-literature/
Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
https://creative.gov.au/investment-and-development/arts-projects-for-individuals-and-groups/
Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
https://writersvictoria.org.au/hazel-rowley-literary-fellowship/
Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing
https://www.nla.gov.au/about/fellowships-scholarships-and-grants/fellowships-and-scholarships/creative-fellowships/creative-arts-fellowship
4.2 New South Wales writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
CH Currey Memorial Fellowship
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/fellowships/ch-currey-memorial-fellowship
Merewether Fellowship
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/fellowships/merewether-fellowship
David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellowship
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/fellowships/david-scott-mitchell-memorial-fellowship
Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship Program
https://writingnsw.org.au/support/funding-opportunities/boundless-mentorship-2024/
Creative Communities Grant
https://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Community/Grants-and-Funding#section-8
4.3 South Australian writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
Deep Creek Residency
https://writerssa.org.au/2024/deep-creek-residency-2024/
SA First Nations Writers Fellowship
https://www.varuna.com.au/fellowships/writerssa
SA Literary Fellowship
https://writerssa.org.au/2023/sa-literary-fellowships/
City of Charles Sturt Arts Fund
https://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/services/other-services/grants-and-funding/arts-and-culture-grants/arts-fund
4.4 Western Australian writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
Arts Activities in Regional Communities
https://web.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-activities-in-regional-communities/arts-activities-in-regional-communities-guidelines
Arts Short Notice Activity Program
https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-short-notice-activity-program
4.5 Victorian writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
Writeability Fellowships
https://writersvictoria.org.au/writeability-fellowships/
The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund
https://writersvictoria.org.au/the-neilma-sidney-literary-travel-fund/
Annual Arts and Cultural Grants
https://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/Community/Grants/Arts-and-Culture-grants
Cultural Development Fund
https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/people-and-community/funds-grants-and-subsidies/cultural-development-fund-projects
4.6 Queensland writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
Regional Arts Development Fund
https://www.arts.qld.gov.au/regional-arts-development-fund
Queensland Writers Fellowships
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/awards-and-fellowships/queensland-literary-awards/queensland-writers-fellowships
UQ 2024 Creative Writing Fellowship
https://writing.centre.uq.edu.au/uq-2024-creative-writing-fellowship
Queensland Writers Centre Varuna Fellowship
https://queenslandwriters.org.au/residencies
The Queensland Writers Centre Established Writers Fellowship
https://queenslandwriters.org.au/residencies
4.7 Tasmanian writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
Margaret Scott Tasmanian Young Writer’s Fellowship
https://www.arts.tas.gov.au/tasliteraryawards/Margaret_Scott_Tasmanian_Young_Writers_Fellowship
Arts Tasmania Aboriginal Arts Program
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/aboriginal_arts_program#double-tabid_201216
Arts Tasmania Individuals and groups
https://www.arts.tas.gov.au/grants_and_funding/individuals_and_groups
Arts Tasmania all that we are Residency
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/all_that_we_are
Arts Tasmania Glover Country Residency
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/glover_country
Arts Tasmania Poatina Arts Residency
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/poatina_arts
Arts Tasmania Tasmanian Residency for Independent Practice
https://www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/arts/grants_and_funding/tasmanian_residencies/tasmanian_residency_for_independent_practice
4.8 Northern Territory writers’ fellowships, residencies and grants
Arts Grants Program
https://nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/grants/arts-grants-program
Creative residencies and fellowships
https://nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/grants/creative-residencies-fellowships
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