Wheeler Centre 2026 Hot Desk Fellows announced
Monday, 4 May 2026 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 22 successful applicants for its 2026 Hot Desk Fellowships.
The emerging writers who will be this year’s fellows are:
- Amarantha
- Nicola Bryant
- Anna Carlsson
- Kanika Chopra
- Frankey Chung-Kok-Lun
- Michael Earp
- Karen Gardner
- Grace Hall (Gabrielle Williams Fellowship)
- Nalini Jacob-Roussety
- Eric Jiang
- Gurmeet Kaur
- Lise Leitner
- Sarinah Masukor
- Madison Pawle
- Vuong Pham
- Jana Pleyto
- Ernest Price
- Tayla Richardson
- Shahrin Shamim (Just Pretending Playwright)
- Samantha Smith
- Saraid Taylor
- Annie Zhang.
Wheeler Centre CEO Erin Vincent said the fellowships “are one of the most meaningful things we do – giving emerging writers a desk and a creative community”.
Now in its 15th year, the fellowship program offers each participant a $1250 stipend and a desk in the Wheeler Centre’s Melbourne building for a 10-week period. Fellows also share work in the Wheeler Centre’s Next Big Thing reading event series.
More information about the fellowships is available on the Wheeler Centre website.
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