Projects supported by the Cultural Fund
CAL's Board is authorised by CAL's Constitution to allocate 1% of copyright licence fees collected to cultural development.
This is known as the Cultural Fund. The Cultural Fund supports a wide variety of projects that enhance the economic and creative climate in which CAL's members operate. It is also designed to provide practical assistance to creators to the benefit of the Australian cultural community generally.
For more information contact CAL's Manager, Cultural Fund, Zoe Rodriguez by email zrodriguez@copyright.com.au or phone +61 2 9394 7600
Click here to view application guidelines.
Projects supported by the Fund in 2009
RMIT Writers in Residence ($90,000)
With CAL’s support, RMIT is offering 3-month residencies to established and emerging writers. Writers are given study space and access to the institutions' resources to write. At the conclusion of the residence, established writers are nominated adjunct professor status.
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) guidebook ($35,000)
NAVA is designing a guidebook for visual artists and others involved in the visual arts industry, outlining key legal obligations from censorship and defamation to copyright, trade practices and privacy. Visit www.visualarts.net.au
CSU journalism internships ($30,000)
For the third year, CAL is supporting the Charles Sturt University (CSU) internship program, which is offered to final year journalism students to gain intern placements in foreign media outlets.
ALIA’s National Simultaneous Storytime ($45,000)
Over the next three years, ALIA will draw on CAL funding to run National Simultaneous Storytime, a day where one children’s picture book is read across Australia in schools and libraries.
Brisbane Writers' Festival ($15,000)
The Cultural Fund is supporting the promotion and dissemination of Australian content at the Brisbane Writers' Festival. Visit www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au
QLD Writers Centre: Writers Train ($15,000)
Writers travelled by train across regional QLD as part of the Q150 train’s 150th year celebrations. With CAL’s support, writers presented community events such as author talks, readings and workshops. Visit www.qwc.asn.au
APA: Bologna Book Fair Illustration Exhibition ($22,000)
The Australian Publishers’ Association (APA) used CAL funding to host an exhibition of Australian children’s book illustrations at this key book fair.
Artlink Australia Visual Arts Publishing Forum ($25,000)
Australian art magazine Artlink held a Visual Arts Publishing Forum in Adelaide and Sydney to educate art publishers, artists and other interested parties on new challenges in art publishing – in particular, the digital provision of works. Visit www.artlink.com.au
Australian Writers' Week in China ($20,000)
With the help of CAL’s Cultural Fund, the Australian Embassy in China funded four Australian authors to attend the 2009 Beijing Writers' Festival, where they promoted their works and raised the profile of Australian contemporary writing in China.
Griffith Review editor traineeship ($40,000)
Australian literary magazine Griffith Review will establish a one-year editor traineeship aimed at developing skills in online provision of works.
National Library of Australia (NLA) conference ($20,000)
The NLA will host a two-day conference exploring the creative process of writers. CAL’s sponsorship will go towards the travel and appearance costs for 20 Australian writers at the conference. Visit www.nla.gov.au
Northern Territory Writers’ Centre: Territory Read ($49,000)
Over the next three years, CAL’s Cultural Fund will support ‘Territory Read’, a project run by the NT Writers’ Centre to promote Northern Territory literature. The project includes a competition for the NT Book of the year. Visit www.ntwriters.com.au
Vision Australia ($37,000)
Vision Australia, the peak industry body for provision of materials to the print disabled will use CAL funding to present the Braille book of the year awards in 2009 and 2010.
Magabala Books ($4,238)
The indigenous publishing house, Magabala Books, is using CAL funding to help train an indigenous illustrator.
Westerly event at the Perth Writers’ Festival ($2,270)
Western Australian literary magazine, Westerly will host an event as part of the Perth Writers’ Festival using CAL sponsorship to support the appearance of four authors.
Westside Writing Group ($10,000)
The Westside Writing Group is drawing on funding to run a fortnightly writing group, professionally facilitated, at which emerging writers from the western suburbs of Sydney develop their writing skills.
Australian History Association (AHA) conference and workshop ($8,400)
With CAL’s support, the AHA will assist ten postgraduate and independent historians to attend the AHA annual conference, and to host a professionally facilitated writing forum aimed at developing emerging writers’ skills.
Illawarra Children’s Book Council of Australia: Children’s Literary Lunch ($1,600)
The Illawarrra South Coast Branch of the Children’s Book Council hosted a Children’s Literary Lunch for 80 children with 10 accompanying librarians and authors.
Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance ($10,000)
CAL’s Cultural Fund supported the 2009 freelance journalists’ annual convention in Melbourne.
Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance Digital Training ($60,000)
The MEAA will run digital training for creators, to equip them with the
skills to work across multiple platforms, including print, video and online.
ASA Mentorships ($90,000 over three years)
The ASA will run mentorships for emerging writers and illustrators. www.asauthors.org
Australian Policy and History ($20,000)
APH will use funding to set up a website for historians to connect with Australian policy makers, government officials, and media representatives, and to provide a market for further research work. Funding will also attract contributors to the site.
Griffin Theatre Playwrights Residency ($15,000)
Griffin Theatre Company will select three emerging playwrights and provide them with the necessary collaborating artists to work towards production. www.griffintheatre.com.au
Calibre prize ($15,000)
For the fourth year running, Australian Book Review (ABR) will present the 2010 Calibre award for most outstanding essay. The winning essayist will receive a $10,000 prize. In addition, ABR will establish a young Calibre award open to school students and young adults. For application forms and guidelines visit www.australianbookreview.com.au
NSW Writers Centre KYALF ($10,000)
The NSW Writers' Centre used Cultural Funding to pay authors who presented at their 2009 Kids and Young Adults Literature Festival.
TINA Artists' Festival ($6,000)
CAL Cultural Funding will be used to support the presence of young visual artists at This Is Not Art, the national young creators’ festival held in Newcastle in 2009. www.thisisnotart.org
Australia-Nanjing Project ($5,000)
Development of a cultural exchange to encourage a market for Australian children’s books in China. This project will focus on the provision of materials in new digital formats utilized in Chinese classrooms.
CCP 2009 Documentary Photography Award ($5,000)
The Centre for Contemporary Photography is running the 2009 documentary photography awards, and an associated touring exhibition. www.ccp.org.au
Dead Bones On The Road 2 ($5,000)
DBOTR continues their touring program to isolated schools in the Central West NSW region. Showcasing a collection of rare fossils and historical memorabilia, these artefacts form a creative stimulus for writing and online publishing workshops for primary and secondary students.
NSW History Council 2009 Lecture ($5,000)
The Annual History Lecture is the launch event of History Week, a state-wide celebration of history organised annually by the NSW History Council.
Overland Illustration Project ($8,260)
Overland will commission four full-colour illustrations to accompany essays on new artistic forms.
Scribe Over-35s Prize ($8,000)
In 2010 Scribe will establish a prize for authors over the age of 35. The prize of $4,000 will be awarded to the author of the best manuscript, along with provision of an $8,000 advance from Scribe, and publication.
Projects supported by the Fund in 2008
The below represents allocations made by the CAL Board during the 2008 calendar year as opposed to payments issued. Payments may be made at various stages throughout the life of the project and can be over several years.
Walkley Award 2008 ($50,000)
CAL sponsored 2008's Walkley Award for Best Non-Fiction Book. CAL's sponsorship enabled the winner, Don Watson, to attend the prestigious three-day Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism held by Harvard University in Boston.
Centre for Youth Literature ($30,000 over three years)
Building on the success of their website insideadog.com.au, the Centre for Youth Literature now presents Australia 's only teenage choice award – The Inky Awards. To find out more visit www.insideadog.com.au
Association for the Study of Australian Literature ($45,000 over three years)
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) will receive CAL funding over the next three years to support its annual conference held in July each year.
UTS Sydney-Leipzig exchange program ($6,000 in 2008 and 2010)
Co-funded with the Goethe Institute, financial support from CAL will enable Australian students in 2008 and 2010 to participate in the Sydney-Leipzig exchange program.
Sydney PEN Voices Lecture series ($120,700 over two years)
Continuing our support of the successful 2007 Sydney PEN Voices Lecture series, CAL sponsorship will see the lecture series continued over the next two years. The three essays presented at the 2008 and 2009 Lecture Series are to be published by Allen & Unwin. In addition, CAL funding will provide payment to Australian editors and authors for their contribution to the Sydney PEN magazine, the Quarterly .
New South Wales History Week ($15,000)
Fees and expenses for the NSW History Week annual lecture and their ‘Off The Beaten Track' regional touring program were covered by the Cultural Fund in 2008.
South Australian Writers Centre ($20,000)
Hundreds of South Australian school students with a talent for creative writing will get together at venues around the State to share their work with popular Australian children's and young adult authors. The SA Writers Centre will also develop a network of school writing clubs.
The AWGIEs ($30,000)
CAL supports both the Richard Wherrett Award, Australia's richest award for a playwright, and the AWGIE Peer Recognition Prize.
Sydney PEN and Manning Clark House ($38,640)
The successful and thought-provoking PEN lecture series will once again receive CAL's backing. Welcome additions to the program for 2008 and 2009 are repeat sessions of each lecture, to be held in Canberra and hosted by Manning Clark House.
Clunes to Booktown ($2,920)
Small publishers met at this regional Victorian festival to discuss their work and the issues that affect them.
Dead Bones on the Road ($11,300)
The Dead Bones Society (DBS) is an award-winning program established in Bathurst , NSW, in 2005. With CAL funding, the program took to the road in 2008. A handpicked ‘suitcase' collection of rare fossils and minerals, artworks and historical memorabilia inspired school students in country schools to write creatively.
Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival ($10,000)
Hosted by Melbourne PEN, Australian and French poets join together to celebrate their art. The Festival is linked to a similar event, celebrated in Paris for the past thirty years.
Melbourne Writers' Festival ($17,150)
The Cultural Fund is supporting the attendance of a wide range of Australian authors at this year's festival.
Inscription ($15,000)
When Hollywood script editor Michael Hauge visited Australia in June 2008 as a guest of the Inscription agency, CAL supported free entry to his seminars for Australian film students at venues across the country.
Charles Sturt University Foundation ($30,000)
CAL has provided foundation funding for annual secondments at regional schools for CSU education students.
Society of Editors (Qld) ($39,510)
The Society of Editors will join forces with the Queensland Writers Centre to administer a two-year mentorship program for writers and their editors.
Waverley Award for Literature ($80,000)
From 2008 through 2010, CAL will be the major sponsor of the Waverly Award for Literature, providing expenses and fees for the winner, short-list and judging panel.
National Young Writers' Festival ($43,350)
For the next three years CAL will continue its sponsorship of this major youth Festival, held annually in Newcastle, NSW. CAL is the sole sponsor of the Festival's Zine Fair and Publishing Program.
Sleepers Salon ($900)
Three prominent writers and critics will feature at these popular Melbourne events in 2008. The Cultural Fund will support their performance fees.
Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) ($31,160)
The recently-formed association of small publishers will begin work on a website and marketing program for their members. Visit www.spunc.com.au for more details.
University of Western Australia , Westerly Centre ($33,000)
CAL will support a valuable on-line archive for Western Australia's prestigious literary journal, Westerly.
Westerly and Indigo ($35,000)
Westerly and Indigo journals have plans to get together for a joint marketing program, publicising their writers across Australia.
Meanjin ($64,000)
Under new editorship, Meanjin has plans for a new design, a series of commissioned essays and public lectures. CAL 's Cultural Fund will support these initiatives over the next three years.
The Australian Women’s Archives Project (AWAP)
The National Foundation for Australian Women has established the online showcase exhibition The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850. For more information visit http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html