Twenty-six writers and organisations among latest OzCo grants recipients

Twenty-six writers and literary organisations are among the 196 recipients of the latest round of Australia Council funding grants, worth a total of $6.4m.

Fifteen writers and groups received arts projects funding, worth up to $50,000. The recipients are:

• Archer Magazine
• Australian Children’s Laureate
• Christine Balint
• Michael Brennan
• Margaret Cronin
• Briohny Doyle
• Angela Gardner
• Sarah Holland-Batt
• Julie Koh
• Mark O’Flynn
• Marija Pericic
• Inga Simpson
• Emma Viskic
• Josephine Wilson
• Yen-Rong Wong

Seven writing organisations received arts projects funding, worth up to $100,000. The recipients are:

• ACT Writers Centre
• Adelaide Festival
• Express Media
• Word Travels
• Magabala Books
• Melbourne Writers’ Festival
• NSW Writers’ Centre

Recipients of development grants for individuals and groups in the literature category were:

• Tamryn Bennett
• Rebekah Clarkson
• Madonna Duffy
• Jessie Tu

The Australia Council received  a total of 1423 applications. To see all the recipients, click here.

This news story first appeared in Books+Publishing on 11 January 2018. Books+Publishing is Australia’s leading source of print and digital news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest industry news, announcements, job advertisements, events, trends and more.