| Opens | Closes | Notified | |
| 2020 Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English and Literacy | Friday 6 December 2019 | 1pm Monday 20 April 2020 | July 2020 |
| 2019 Publisher Fellowships | closed | closed 8 March 2019 | May 2019 |
| 2019 Author Fellowship | closed | closed 23 September 2019 | Mid-November 2019 |
| 2019 Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing | closed | closed 23 September 2019 | Mid-November 2019 |
| 2019 Fellowship for a Visual Artist | closed | closed 23 September 2019 | Mid-November 2019 |
“The Copyright Agency Author Fellowship was a real life saver. It allowed me to focus purely on this difficult and ambitious novel and to dedicate my body and soul to creating a work of real excellence. I cannot thank the Copyright Agency enough.”
– Melissa Lucashenko, recipient of the 2016 Author Fellowship
The Copyright Agency offers Fellowships for Australian writers and visual artists to create significant works; and to publishers for career-enhancing and leadership opportunities.
Fellowships are intrinsically important to Australian creative writers and visual artists as it buys them time to create new work.
For 2019, two $80,000 Fellowships are available for Australian writers who have achieved some success and critical acclaim with their writing and who have a publisher interested in publishing their work.
The Copyright Agency will also offer a $80,000 Fellowship for a Visual Artist to create an important new work for exhibition.
“We’re really pleased to be able to offer even more support for our members who work so hard to make Australia a creative nation as part of a broader aspiration to be a nation of thinkers,” says Copyright Agency Chair, Kim Williams.
Publisher Fellowships
The Copyright Agency’s Publisher Fellowships provide leadership, professional development, and career enhancing opportunities for people working in the Australian publishing industry.
Two Fellowships will be awarded each round.
Amount of grant: $15,000
“Since completing the Fellowship I’ve been promoted twice in-house at Allen & Unwin. I believe the Fellowship played a significant role in advancing my career.”
– 2016 Publisher Fellow, Louise Cornegé, Allen & Unwin. Read her report here.
Author Fellowship
The Copyright Agency’s Author Fellowship will support an established Australian author to create a new work for publication.
One Fellowship will be awarded each year.
Amount of grant: $80,000
Fellowship for Non-Fiction writing
The Copyright Agency’s Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing will support an Australian author to create a new work of creative non-fiction for publication. The Fellowship will support the creation of new non-fiction writing which will engage with key issues and topics.
One Fellowship will be awarded each year.
Amount of grant: $80,000
Fellowship for a Visual Artist
The Copyright Agency’s Fellowship for a Visual Artist will support an established Australian visual artist to develop and create new work in any medium.
One Fellowship will be awarded each year.
Amount of grant: $80,000
Fellowship applications are assessed by a panel of independent peers.
For further information, see our Frequently Asked Questions.
