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WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW WHEN APPLYING FOR A CREATE GRANT?
Please contact the Cultural Fund before the application closing date if you’re unsure about your eligibility to apply for a Create Grant.
If two people are working on a collaboration, can we apply for one grant together?
- Yes, two people can apply. However, it is preferable for you to nominate just one eligible person on the application form. Both applicants must fulfil the eligibility requirements and provide the required support material (CV and sample of work).
What’s involved in the peer assessment process?
- Applications are assessed by an independent panel of peers with broad experience from the writing and visual arts sectors
- Peers will assess all applications for their literary or artistic merit. This includes:
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- A project description
- A one-page CV outlining your publication/performance/exhibition history
- Samples of your work
- An agreement or letter of interest/intent to publish, present or exhibit your work
Creative Writers – FAQs
Am I eligible to apply for a Create Grant if my book will be published shortly after the closing date?
No, you must have published one book by the application closing date.
I have published work in literary journals, magazines and anthologies – am I eligible to apply for a Create Grant?
- No, not unless you have published one full-length work of your own writing as well. Work published in journals and anthologies does not count towards your eligibility for the Create Grant.
What is a full-length work of your own creative writing?
- A full-length work can be a work of fiction or literary non-fiction, a children’s or young adult book, a book of poetry, a chap book, a novella, a play etc all written by the one author. We don’t make exceptions or allowances for the length of the actual book.
What isn’t a full-length work of your own creative writing?
- A full-length work of your own creative writing is NOT
- one story/chapter in an anthology
- one story/article in a literary journal
- one story in a published book of short stories
- a co-authored/co-edited book
- writing for film/tv/screen
What constitutes a self-published work?
- Making any financial contribution to the cost of publishing the book
Does writing a film script fall within the eligible category of creative writing?
- No. Create Grants support creative writing and writing for performance (plays). The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund does not support film writing.
Can I apply for a Create Grant to write for an academic journal?
- No. Create Grants support the writing of creative work and are not intended to support the writing of academic or scholarly work.
Can I apply for a Create Grant to write a self-help book?
- No. Works of self-help and ‘how to’ books are not supported by the Cultural Fund.
I haven’t published a book yet but have secured a LOS/LOI/contract/agent for this application. Am I eligible to apply?
- No. To be eligible you must have published one book by the closing date.
VISUAL ARTISTS – FAQs
You are ineligible to apply for this grant if you have
- fewer than three solo exhibitions
- more than three solo exhibitions
If your application is ineligible, it will not be considered for a Create Grant.
Visual artists will have developed an independent body of work and practice over several years and will have exhibited work in public or commercial galleries.
Am I eligible to apply for a Create Grant if my third solo exhibition will be presented shortly after the closing date?
No, you must have three solo exhibitions by the application closing date.
Does a solo exhibition at an Artist Run Initiative (ARI) count towards eligibility?
- Yes, if your exhibition/installation was an independently and professionally curated show at an ARI. If not, it does not meet our eligibility criteria for a solo exhibition.
How do I know if my solo exhibition at an ARI has been independently and professionally curated?
- An experienced curator would have been paid a professional fee to curate and present the exhibition
I have an exhibition with a collaborator, who is different from the collaborator for this grant application. Does this count as one of my three solo exhibitions?
- No. You must demonstrate you have three solo exhibitions.
I haven’t had any solo exhibitions yet, but have one secured for this application. Am I eligible to apply?
No. You must have had three solo exhibitions by the closing date, to be eligible to apply.
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