2021 Cultural Fund Projects

NOVEMBER 2021 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS

ORGANISATION AMOUNT PROJECT
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 2021 (Year one of Copyright Agency Partnerships) $80,000 TextaQueen’s exhibition Bollywouldn’t
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2022 $15,000 Writers’ panel sessions
Art Fairs Australia 2021 $15,000 Sydney Contemporary 2021 ‘The Value of Shock in Art’ & UNTOLD
AATE/ALEA National Conference $20,000 AATE/ALEA 2022 National Conference Darwin
Australian Booksellers Association $20,000 In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) – Australian books missed during COVID
Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) $29,800 pa x two years Together, Everywhere: The Australian Children’s Laureate program 2022–2023
Australian Library and Information Association $25,000 Australian Reading Hour 2022 (virtual events)
Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) $30,000 ANAT Residency Program 2022
Australian Poetry $15,000 Australian Poets Festival 2022
Australian Publishers Association $25,000 BookUp 2022: What next for the Australian book industry?
Australian Society of Authors $38,000 Copyright Agency Developmental Mentorships for Writers and Illustrators
Brisbane Writers’ Festival 2022 $10,000 Author/Editor and Author/Illustrator Series
Byron Writers’ Festival 2022 $15,000 Three writers’ panel sessions
Cooperative for Aborigines Ltd. T/A Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education and Training $12,250 Kerry Reed-Gilbert First Nations Poet in Residence at Tranby
Griffith Review, Griffith University $30,000 Emerging Longform Voices Award 2022
Hobart Writers’ Festival 2022 $2,200 Writers’ panel sessions
Island Magazine Inc. $17,000 Better payment for writers and two major literary prizes
Melbourne Writers’ Festival $30,000 MWF Podcast Series 2021
NT Writers’ Centre Inc. $22,000 in 2021/22, $17,442 in 2022/23 and $22,000 in 2023/24 The Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards
NT Writers’ Festival 2022 $5,000 Writers’ panel sessions
Perpetual Limited $32,500 in 2021/22, then $37,500 pa x two years Miles Franklin Literary Award (2022–2024)
Perth Festival 2022 $15,000 The Literature Weekend, writers’ panel sessions
Pigeons Project Ltd T/A 100 Story Building $9,980 Author/illustrator masterclasses for children’s writing, editing and publishing program
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) $20,200 pa x three years SCBWI Australian Narrative Illustrator Awards
State Library of Queensland $40,500 pa x two years black&write! editor training
Sydney Writers’ Festival 2022 $25,000 Our Favourites’ Favourites: Writers’ panel sessions
Tablo Pty Ltd $10,000 Commissioning Australian women writers for Tablo Tales literary imprint series. Support for one title – Ali Cobby Eckermann verse novel
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) $11,000 Author/Editor series (online and onsite BWF festival event)
The Walkley Foundation $7,000 pa x three years June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism
University of South Australia $12,000 Australian Women Writing the Natural World
University of Technology Sydney $40,000 Copyright Agency New Writer in Residence 2022
Writing WA Inc. $9,150 Love to Read Local Week 2022; author events program

July 2021 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS

ORGANISATION AMOUNT PROJECT
Allen & Unwin $16,000 Towards commissioning fees for writers and illustrators for ‘Cities on Country’
Art Gallery of South Australia $30,000 Support for six First Nations artists in 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
Australian Book Review $20,000 Commentary, theatre and visual arts reviews
Belvoir St $32,000 pa x three years Belvoir’s Commissioning Series — Investing in Australian Stories
Better Reading $10,000 Monthly features on Australian emerging authors and debuts
Big Issue in Australia $5,000 Towards writers’ fees for The Big Issue Fiction Edition
Griffith Review $18,000 Unsettling the Status Quo II — Supporting new work by four First Nations’ writers
Guardian Australia $20,000 Weekly reviews of Australian books
International PEN Melbourne Centre $6,000 PEN International’s 100 years freedom of expression — funding for writers’ and speakers’ events
LOST IN BOOKS $10,000 Supporting emerging writers and mentors in The Writers’ Room
Magabala Books $20,000 pa x three years Daisy Utemorrah Award – prize money and judge’s fee
Melbourne Press Club $15,000 The 2021 Michael Gordon Social Justice Journalism Fellowships
Monash University Museum of Art (VISUAL ARTS) $20,000 Survey Exhibition for Vivienne Binns – artist and writers’ fees
Nine/Age $10,000 in 2021/22, then $20,000 pa x two years The Age Book of the Year 2021 – 2023
Overland Literary Journal $10,000 Towards writers’ fees for Overland’s Friday Features
Poetry in Action $22,427 Rebuilding and Rebounding — To create new theatre shows for young people, both live and digital
State Library of Queensland $12,500 in 2021/22, then $22,500 pa x two years Queensland Literary Awards 2021 – 2023: David Unaipon Award and Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Story Factory $30,000 pa x three years The Year of Poetry
The Literature Centre $11,200 Exclusively showcasing Australian authors at the Celebrate Reading National Conference 29 – 30 October 2021
University of Notre Dame Australia $30,000 pa x two years Copyright Agency Environmental Fellowships for James Bradley and Claire G. Coleman
University of Queensland Press $6,200 Payments to Australian poets featuring in Sarah Holland-Batt’s book from her poetry columns in The Australian
UNSW Press Ltd $32,000 pa x three years UNSW Press Bragg Prizes for Best Australian Science Writing
Upswell Publishing $10,000 Commissioning fees for two writers
Varuna the National Writers’ House $10,795 in 2021/22, and $8,795 in 2022/23 Copyright Agency First Nations Masterclasses: Residential and Online
WestWords $20,000 pa x three years Writers in Western Sydney Schools
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