RMIT announces new non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship

RMIT has announced the inaugural non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship, a new fellowship for ‘established artists working broadly in the field of comics – graphic novel, manga, cartooning, nonfiction comics or experimental narrative art’.

The fellowship includes $15,000 in prize money, a three-week residency at RMIT’s McCraith House on the Mornington Peninsula, a three-week residency at RMIT’s Melbourne/Naarm campus with the chance to work with other creatives at the university and in the wider community, and travel if the fellow is not based in Naarm.

‘Comics-makers are often welcomed in creative writing and arts grants, and comics are very good at crossing industries and disciplines,’ said the organisers. ‘But it’s equally important to have something just for comics, particularly when comics in Australia are more established and better understood than [they’ve] ever been, with a broader range of creators making interesting and challenging work.’

RMIT associate professor Ronnie Scott said, ‘The most valuable thing for any artist is always space and time – and money, which is what affords the space and time – and then it’s about the environment and the support structures. We thought it would be good to offer two clearly defined experiences, one a bit more isolated and one a bit more public and communal, split between the coast and the city.’

To be eligible, artists must have at least five years of experience in comics practice, with a record of solo or collaboratively made books published, contributions to serial publications, a catalogue of zines or other self-published work, online work, work exhibited in galleries, or other forms of practice.

The inaugural fellow will be announced in December 2025.

More information is available on the RMIT website.

Image credit: Reimena Yee.

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