Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo funding recipients

Tuesday, 11 September 2018 Books+Publishing

Twenty-nine writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the latest Australia Council grants round, which awarded $6.3 million to more than 200 projects.

Grants in the literary category were worth a total of $1,069,857, or about 17% of the total amount awarded, up from a total of $589,545 awarded in the same category in September 2017.

An Australia Council Fellowship, worth $80,000, was awarded to author Ali Cobby Eckermann. The fellowships are awarded to support ‘outstanding, established artists’ creative activity and professional development for a period of up to two years’.

There were 18 recipients of grants for arts projects for individuals and groups in the literature category:

Adrienne Eberhard and Sue Lovegrove ($50,000)
Lenny Bartulin ($46,820)
Gabrielle Carey ($40,000)
Stephen Carleton ($18,000)
Christopher Kelen ($50,000)
John Mateer ($21,746)
Sweatshop Western Sydney Literacy Movement ($46,280)
Jane Rawson ($34,830)
Mishele Seminara ($12,000)
Pip Smith ($38,950)
David Stavanger ($25,000)
The Suburban Review ($11,253)
Carrie Tiffany ($46,176)
Kirsten Tranter ($45,000)
Alana Valentine ($50,000)
Louris van de Geer ($13,468)
Khalid Warsame ($25,000)
Nadia Wheatley ($32,000).

Another seven received arts projects organisations grants:

Australian Publishers Association ($89,430)
Express Media ($65,000)
National Young Writers’ Festival ($25,000)
NSW Writers’ Centre ($100,000)
Rabbit poetry journal ($15,610)
Spinifex Press ($15,500)
TLB Society Inc ($31,200).

Four projects were awarded development grants for individuals and groups in the literature category:

Jesse Garlick ($10,055)
Melanie Pryor ($5319)
Erin Sandiford ($8200)
Campbell Whyte ($18,020).

The Australia Council received a total of 1227 applications, including 30% from first-time applicants. To see the full list of recipients, click here.

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