There are grants for groups, events, self development, Fellowships, assistance at various stages of a project. Something like 100-150 grant applications are submitted collectively to the agencies, and around 10-15% are successful. There are four rounds of grant application processes per year, and it is important to stage your grant to meet the requirements of your work (and vice versa). Overall there are millions of dollars available each year for artists, writers and organisations catering for them. There are several different rounds for grant applications with each organisation (Julieann provided the links below for each organisation). Create NSW seems to have a professional development approach with priority given to people and organisations focussing on indigenous, regional NSW, outer western Sydney, and special projects like science (eg there is a grant for writers working with scientists). The Copyright Agency seems to cater more for established writers – requiring a minimum of two published books as basic criteria. It seemed to me that the Australia Council of Arts (ACA) was the agency with the widest variety of grants suitable for emerging writers, with a few Fellowships also available. I now know that my book would be considered a writing project, and for that category there are specific grants and criteria. That is, people like me with very limited publishing experience and who don’t have a track record of written works out there. What I realised is that there are quite a large variety of grants made available from quite a few agencies – and some of those are definitely for emerging writers. Jane Mcredie chaired the panel and each organisational head gave an overview of their grant structure and mission, and the types of grants that are suitable for works in progress. Everyone was pretty excited, including me. However, most seemed to be fiction writers, whereas I am undertaking what I can now confidently call ‘a writing project’ (that is, a project that is more factual/wellness-based rather than creative fiction). In fact one of the tips I took on board was that there was a grant-writing workshop being held by Fairfield City Council. Julieann: The place was full of people like me – emerging authors with limited experience in either publishing or applying for grants. Below is a question and answer segment with Julieann (btw – Julieann and I work together – she is writing a book on Food Intolerances and I am providing regular editing/coaching as she progresses).Īfterwards, I interviewed Julieann who was mightily pleased with the level of information and clarity she obtained in little less than 90 minutes. This is the kind of event that NSW Writers Centre seems to do so well: an intimate evening being addressed by people who are the most able to provide vital and up to date information. Therefore – information that is targeted for emerging authors? – bonanza. With the company of about 50 other writers (possibly 60, says Julieann if you count those standing at the back), it was a chance to hear information freshly delivered from the heads of the Australia Council of Arts (Wenona Burne), the Copyright Agency (Nicola Evans), Create NSW (Toni Close) and the CEO of the Writing NSW (NSW Writers’ Centre), Jane McCredie.Īll these organisations have numerous grants for a wide variety of artistic projects, and sifting through the information on individual websites is a research project in itself. The session was fully booked to capacity within 24 hours of being advertised. Wrightson, who is in the last stretch of writing a book on Food Intolerances, had applied for entry to the free info session which was open to the public (with preference being given to Centre members), and to the speedy. Julieann Wrightson called me excitedly last week, saying she had managed to squeeze into the Writers Grant Info evening being conducted by the NSW Writers Centre. Maria Issaris Are you eligible for a grant for your writing project? I know – we have barely completed our website SelfPub – still lots of pockets and pods of information missing – but there are some blogs that can’t wait.īelow is a brief article I wrote about Grants for New Writers – the information provided by Julieann Wrightson, an attendee at a special information night at the NSW Writers Centre early in March.
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