The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund offers grants to leading organisations for projects that deliver exceptional opportunities for Australian writers, journalists, editors, visual artists, teachers, and key industry stakeholders in the writing, publishing, education and visual arts sectors.
Activities supported include
First Nations-led organisations to deliver projects to benefit First Nations writers and visual artists.
Awards and prizes
- For writers
Commissioning fees
- Creative writers’ and picture book illustrators’ commission fees for new works of exceptional cultural significance by Australian book publishers
- New commissions for visual artists exhibited at art galleries
- Playwright commissions for work presented by mainstage Theatre companies
Career development
- Priority to support sector development by funding trade associations, and career development/leadership projects for First Nations and culturally diverse publishers, editors, and curators
- Opportunities for First Nations and culturally diverse people working in publishing, editing, and galleries
- Residencies for writers and visual artists
- Opportunities to upskill teachers in Australian literature
- Projects to enhance the Copyright Agency’s Reading Australia
Publishers
- The Cultural Fund offers support for a small number of publishers’ commissions for work by First Nations and diverse writers. The publisher agrees to match the Cultural Fund’s contribution and all money must be paid to the authors.
- This does not replace royalties or an advance on royalties.
- Publishers must be Australian-owned/based and books must be distributed nationally. Standard royalties must be paid to authors.
- Authors who self-publish their work are not eligible to apply.
Visual artists
- Our priority is to support opportunities for Australian visual artists to create new work with exhibition outcomes at leading galleries and institutions
- See audience and sector development (grants for organisations)
- We offer a commission for a visual artist through the Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) initiative, in partnership with leading galleries in Australia
The Cultural Fund does not support prizes for visual artists.
Writers’ fees
- Australian literary magazines and journals
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