Application close: 12 November 2024 Returning for its second year, the Whitlam Essay Residency offers six one-wee fellowships at the Whitlam Prime Ministerial home, at 32 Albert Street Cabramatta, with a focus on essay writing. For all the details please visit https://www.varuna.com.au/fellowships/whitlam-residency-2025
Entries close: 13 December 2024 Held every two years, the $100,000 acquisitive prize is open to Australian artists under 40 working in any medium, and aims to support and encourage contemporary Australian artists to make their best work at a pivotal moment in their career. For all the details please visit https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/ramsay-art-prize/
Submission close: 12 November 2024 Open to amateur and professional photographers. More than $55,000 in valuable prizes. Visit https://nyartcompetitions.com/photography/
Applications close 17 March 2025 This new program supports ongoing collaborative ventures across the arts, cultural and creative industries ecosystem, driving greater innovation, long-term sustainability and increased cultural exports. Applications are invited from not-for-profit small-to-medium arts and cultural organisations collaborating with a creative business to deliver an innovative idea. The broad range of partner creative…
Submissions close: Sunday 22 December 2024 Since 2012, the Newcastle Short Story Award has attracted Australia’s brightest storytelling talent, offering both emerging and established writers the chance to showcase their work. Each year, esteemed judges, skilled in the short story form, shortlist the most compelling entries to craft an anthology that celebrates and showcases the…
Applications close: Sunday 22 December 2024 The Lake House Artist Residency program is an initiative of Lake Macquarie City Council. It offers artists, curators and creatives the space and time to create and develop new work. ll residencies will be open to individual creatives as well as groups or collectives, depending on availability. Council offers…
Applications close: 25 November 2024 Presented by Writing NSW and Text Publishing, with support from the First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN), the mentorship is awarded annually to an unpublished Indigenous writer who has made substantial progress on a work of fiction or non-fiction. The intention of the program is to support the writer to…
This program is open on an ongoing basis. This program aims to provide a direct payment of funds to producers of eligible low budget Australian documentaries, equal to 20% of the approved budget. For all the details please visit https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-support/documentary/production/producer-equity-program
ClubGRANTS funding is available to community groups, charities and sporting teams across NSW. Funding is available under three separate categories: Category 1: Supports community welfare and social services; community development; employment assistance activities; community health services; and projects aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people. Category 2: Provides funding for…