November 2022 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
| ORGANISATION | AMOUNT | PROJECT |
| AATE/ALEA National Conference | $15,000 | AATE/ALEA 2023 National Conference Canberra |
| Adelaide Writers’ Week 4 – 9 March 2023 | $15,000 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| Association for the Study of Australian Literature | $12,000 | ASAL Writers and Critics Program 2023 |
| Australian Book Review | $10,000 | Commentary and longer book reviews in Australian Book Review |
| Australian Poetry | $10,000 | Australian Poets Festival 2023 |
| Australian Publishers Association | $15,000 | BookUp 2023: Common Ground |
| Australian Rural & Regional News | $5,000 | Writers’ fees for book reviews and author interviews connected to rural & regional Australia |
| Australian Society of Authors | $24,000 | Copyright Agency Developmental Mentorships for Writers and Illustrators |
| Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative | $15,000 | Engage/Experiment/Exhibit, an engagement program to support the development of emerging Aboriginal artists from NSW |
| Brisbane Writers’ Festival | $10,000 | The Second Book Online series 2023 |
| Byron Writers’ Festival 25 – 27 August 2023 | $10,000 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| Canberra Writers’ Festival 9 – 12 August 2023 | $7,500 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| Children’s Book Council of Australia | $10,000 | CBCA Shadow Judging project with writers and illustrators |
| Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation | $15,000 | Story Lines: Artist Talks and Demonstrations |
| Express Media | $16,800 | Toolkits 2023 – ‘Connect’ |
| Griffith University, Griffith Review | $20,000 | Emerging Voices Award 2023 |
| HEAT Magazine | $10,000 | HEAT writers’ fees in 2023 |
| International PEN Melbourne Centre | $5,000 | Keep Words Free: Freedom to Write, Freedom to Read 2023 |
| Island Magazine | $10,000 | Writers’ fees and the Nonfiction Prize 2023 |
| Left Bank Literary on behalf of Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship/APA | $15,000 | Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship |
| Melbourne Writers Festival 4 – 7 May 2023 | $17,500 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| NT Writers Festival 1 – 4 June 2023 Mparntwe/Alice Springs | $7,500 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| Perth Festival Writers Weekend 25 26 February 2023 | $15,000 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| Red Room Poetry | $10,900 | Poetry Month 30in30 |
| Small Press Network | $15,000 | SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2023 |
| Sydney Writers’ Festival 22 – 28 May 2023 | $17,500 | Writers’ panel sessions |
| TarraWarra Museum of Art | $14,192 | Commission fees for Elyas Alavi and Torika Bolatagici in the TarraWarra Biennial 2023 |
| Writing WA | $11,625 | Love to Read Local Week 2023 |
July 2022 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
| ORGANISATION | AMOUNT | PROJECT |
| 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | $10,300 | 4A Digital 2022: visual artist fees for commissioning and exhibiting contemporary digital and new media art |
| ACCA 2022 (Year two of Copyright Agency Partnerships) | $80,000 | James Nguyen’s exhibition Open Glossary |
| Art Fairs Australia | $15,000 | Sydney Contemporary 2022 Talk Contemporary program, as well as ‘First Nations Voices: Walk Look Listen’ featuring new videos by First Nations artists exhibiting at the Fair |
| Australian Rural & Regional News | $5,000 | Writers’ fees for book reviews connected to rural & regional Australia |
| Big Issue in Australia | $5,000 | Towards writers’ fees for The Big Issue Fiction Edition |
| Children’s Book Council of Australia Victorian Branch | $8,000 | Professional development for four emerging author/illustrators to participate in the Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program |
| Cooperative for Aborigines Ltd. T/A Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education and Training | $15,000 | Writers’ fees for First Nations LGBTIQA+ Poetry anthology 2023 |
| Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts | $20,000 | Towards the writer’s stipend for the Deakin University/Copyright Agency Children’s Writer-in-Residence program |
| Express Media | $11,430 | Toolkits 2022 – ‘Connect’ mentorship program |
| Guardian Australia | $20,000 | Weekly reviews of Australian books |
| Inside Story | $9,000 | Writers’ fees for Inside Story commissions 2022–23 |
| Institute of Professional Editors | $10,000 | Writers’ fees for Books without barriers: A practical guide to inclusive publishing |
| Mascara Publishing | $6,280 | Professional development for writers and editors at the Mascara x Varuna Residency Program |
| Melbourne Press Club | $15,000 | The 2022 Michael Gordon Social Justice Journalism Fellowships |
| National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) | $24,985 | Towards fees for Australian visual artists involved in ‘Art is a real job’ |
| Public Interest Journalism Initiative | $5,250 | Towards commission fees for three Australian journalists writing for Health Check on Local News: A spotlight by local journalists |
| Red Room Poetry | $15,000 pa x two years | Towards fees for Australian poets published in Moments On Earth – 20 years of Australian Poetry (Year 1); and for payments to Australian poets to present their work (Year 2) |
| The Countess Report | $5,000 | Towards fees for Australian writers for the 2022 Countess Report |
| The Literature Centre | $13,000 | Writers’ fees for published authors/illustrators to present at the Celebrate Reading Conference 2022 |
| University of Queensland Press | $8,000 | Towards writers’ fees for First Nations writers for Shape Shifting: First Nations Creative Nonfiction anthology |
| UWA Publishing | $10,000 pa x three years | Towards the winning author’s prize money for the Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2023-25 |