Varuna First Nations Fellowship 2024 recipients announced

Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the five recipients of its 2024 First Nations fellowships.

The five successful applicants (and their manuscripts) are:

• Sharleigh Crittenden for ‘The Children Nobody Wanted’
• Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker for ‘when we taught sand to think’
• Colin Locke for ‘Who Does Grandfather Talk To?’
• Deborah Roach for ‘Guwalanha’
• Melanie Saward for ‘The Next Chapter’.

Recipients—who were selected by judges Jasmin McGaughey and Rachel Bin Salleh—will participate in a week-long residency at Varuna, which includes mentoring and group reading sessions.

Judges also highly commended Mariah Sweetman for the work ‘Blondie’. Sweetman will also receive an opportunity to participate in a residency at Varuna.

Marie Elena Ellis, recipient of the 2024 Arts NT Fellowship for her work in Arrernte language, ‘I Am the Desert’, will also be joining the fellowship participants during their stay at Varuna.

The First Nations Fellowship program began in 2017 with the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.

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