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Applications close 30 April
Twelve fellowships on offer for NSW-based writers with disability or who are D/deaf to take up a one-week in-person residency fellowship or a four-week online fellowship. This program is generously supported by the Create NSW Project Funding.
Applications close 14 May
Each year, six fellowships, including accommodation, all meals, travel expenses and manuscript consultations, are awarded to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers from anywhere in Australia.
Applications close 9 May
The Ann Moyal Non-fiction Fellowship encourages excellence in non-fiction writing. The Fellowship aims to support established writers with an Australian focus who are developing an original work founded on research in the broad fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Applications close 23 May
Irish Writers Centre’s popular online course on maintaining the momentum to finish you novel. Available to Australia and New Zealand writers for the first time.
Expressions of Interest close 13 May
Another International Lamplight Residency with Ireland, made possible through Creative Australia International Engagement funding. This online residency is an opportunity for fiction writers to enjoy the combined warmth and support of Varuna and the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin.
Expressions of Interest close 24 May
This prestigious two-month international residency in Shanghai, China runs from September to October each year. Alumni from Western Sydney University and alumni from Varuna, the National Writers’ House, are invited to apply.
Applications close 14 June
An inaugural program presented in partnership with the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing (RCALC). This is the only national literary program in Australia specifically for regional and remote writers. Nine fellowships are available - 3 in-person and 6 virtual.
Applications close 11 July 2024
Led by award-winning writer, teacher and Mununjali author Ellen van Neerven, this small online class for First Nations writers of all genres uses reading as a tool to sharpen artistic vision and ambition.
Save the Dates 1-3 November 2024
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival returns this year on 1-3 November 2024 to bring some of the greatest literary minds in the country together and share ideas about writing, culture and creativity.
We at Varuna, the National Writers House, on the lands of the Darug and Gundungurra peoples, thank the First Nations leaders, delegates and communities for their generosity, grace and good faith in inviting us to walk with them in a ‘movement of the Australian people for a better future’.