Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo funding recipients

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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