Vucic awarded 2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship
Dženana Vucic, a Bosnian-Australian writer, editor, critic and 2020 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow, is the recipient of the 2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship, which ‘offers support and development to a...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 longlist announced
The longlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted authors and their works are: 'Mood' by Roz Bellamy (nonfiction) 'Abomination' by Ashley Goldberg...
Clarke, Dovey among Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship recipients
Writers Maxine Beneba Clarke and Ceridwen Dovey are among nine artists to be awarded 2019 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, each worth $160,000 over two years. Clarke is the author of...
black&write! Writing Fellowship 2019 winners announced
The 2019 black&write! Fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Adelaide-based writer Tania Crampton-Larking and Canberra-based writer Lisa Fuller. Crampton-Larking, who returned to her birthplace...
Wheeler Centre 2019 Hot Desk fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2019 Hot Desk Fellowships. This year, the Wheeler Centre is offering three new fellowships for regional and interstate writers, who...
PRH announces new fellowship program for underrepresented writers
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has established an annual fellowship program that aims to ‘find, nurture and develop’ unpublished writers with a focus on underrepresented sections of the community. Modelled...
SLV extends fellowships program with three new fellowships
State Library Victoria (SLV) will this year offer three new fellowships alongside its regular fellowships program. The inaugural fellowships to be offered this year are: Photography Fellowship: offered to an...
Wheeler Centre to offer new fellowships for regional, interstate writers
The Wheeler Centre will offer three new fellowships for regional and interstate writers as part of its Hot Desk Fellowships program in 2019. The new fellowships will be offered to...
Western Sydney Emerging Writers’ Fellowships announced
Western Sydney literature organisation WestWords has announced three recipients of the 2019 Western Sydney Emerging Writers’ Fellowships. The three writers awarded fellowships are: Fiona Murphy for hybrid memoir ‘The Shape of Sound’,...
SLNSW 2019 fellowships announced
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the six recipients of its 2019 research fellowships, including the inaugural Dr A M Hertzberg Fellowship, which examines ‘the impact of globalisation...
SLV 2018 fellowships announced
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2018 fellowships, including the inaugural Indigenous Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Research Fellowship. The recipients of the Creative Fellowships, worth $15,000 for...
Brooks awarded Australia Council literature fellowship
Poet, novelist and essayist David Brooks has been awarded an Australia Council Fellowship for literature.Brooks will use to the fellowship, worth $100,000 over two years, to ‘undertake research and development...
Otago Uni announces 2015 fellows
The University of Otago in New Zealand has announced the recipients of its 2015 fellowships for literature and children’s writing. The Robert Burns Fellowship has been awarded to Wellington-based poet...
Nelson awarded Sri Lankan writing fellowship
The 2014 Templeberg Residential Writing Fellowship has been awarded to Canberra-based writer Lucy Nelson. The one-month fellowship, which is offered by Writers Victoria and Templeberg Villa, will send Nelson to...
Jaivin wins 2014 NSW Writers’ Fellowship
Sydney writer Linda Jaivin has won the NSW Writers’ Fellowship for mid-career and established writers, offered annually by Arts NSW. The $30,000 fellowship will allow her to research her new...
CAUL, ASA announce research fellowships
The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have announced a new fellowship program to provide authors with access to university libraries’ special collections....
WA writer among 2014 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows
Western Australian writer Kate Fielding is one of 10 artists to receive this year’s Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, each worth $160,000 over two years. Fielding, who is based in Kalgoorlie, is...
University of Otago announces 2014 Fellows
In New Zealand, the University of Otago has announced the recipients of its 2014 fellowships for literature and children’s writing. The Robert Burns Fellowship has been awarded to poet Majella...
NLA Fellowship recipients announced
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the recipients of a number of its 2014 National Library Fellowships. The recipient of the 2014 Japan Fellowship is Emiko Okayama from...
Peter Blazey, Wesley Michel Wright, Ernest Scott prizes announced
The University of Melbourne’s Australian Centre, School of Culture and Communication and Faculty of Arts announced the winners of the Peter Blazey Fellowship, the Wesley Michel Wright Prize and the...