The Copyright Agency’s Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing will support an Australian author to develop and create a significant new work of literary non-fiction.

The Fellowship will provide sustained support for a year to one Australian writer to create an important work for publication. Applicants should submit a compelling description of their intended project accompanied by a writing sample to demonstrate their literary merit.

As the Fellowship is intended to support one writer, joint applications are not eligible.

The project should span up to 12 months. A project of one or two months is not regarded as a substantial Fellowship activity.

Applications will be accepted for the following literary genres:

• memoir
• biography
• autobiography
• history
• criticism and review
• arts/science writing
• political analysis
• writing on the environment; and
• other genres which contribute to the national discussion/polemic.

To be eligible to apply for this grant, applicants must:

• Have previously published at least two full-length books of their own creative writing (of which one book may be self-published)
• Secured a contract from an Australian-based book publisher OR a letter of interest/intent to publish from an Australian-based book publisher
• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
• Any overdue Cultural Fund grants must be acquitted

• Phone: 02 9394 7600
• Email: culturalfund@copyright.com.au