| Opens | Closes | Notified | |
| Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English and Literacy | 10 February 2023 | 1pm Monday 22 May 2023 | Mid-June 2023 |
| Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers | 30 March 2023 | 1pm Monday 19 June 2023 | October 2023 |
| Author Fellowship | 9am 19 April 2023 | 1pm Monday 17 July 2023 | October 2023 |
| Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing | 9am 19 April 2023 | 1pm Monday 17 July 2023 | October 2023 |
| Fellowship for a Visual Artist | Please refer to Copyright Agency Partnerships |
“The Copyright Agency’s 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 and winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019
The Copyright Agency offers Fellowships for Australian writers and visual artists to create significant new works.
Year-long Fellowships are intrinsically important to Australian creative writers as it buys them time to create new work.
For 2021, 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 the intended work.
“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.” Kim Williams, (former) Chair, Copyright Agency
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 a mid-career or established Australian author to create a new work of creative non-fiction for publication.
One Fellowship will be awarded each year.
Amount of grant: $80,000
FRANK MOORHOUSE FELLOWSHIP FOR YOUNG WRITERS
The Copyright Agency Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers will support a writer aged 18-35 years to develop and write a new work of fiction.
One Fellowship will be awarded each year.
Amount of grant: $10,000
Fellowship for a Visual Artist
In April 2021 the Copyright Agency announced a new and exciting opportunity for a visual artist. Copyright Agency Partnerships is a new, annual series to support major commissions for mid-career and established visual artists in partnership with leading cultural organisations around Australia.
This replaces the Fellowship for a Visual Artist, which has been offered for three years.
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund regularly reviews and refreshes its grants so that we can better support writers and visual artists.
READING AUSTRALIA FELLOWSHIP FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AND LITERACY
The Copyright Agency’s Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English and Literacy will support an experienced teacher or teacher librarian to undertake professional skills development and career-enhancing opportunities.
One Fellowship will be awarded each year.
Amount of grant: $15,000
Fellowship applications are assessed by a panel of independent peers.
