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Round 12 of The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Now Open for Applications


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Writers Victoria, with the generous support of the Myer Fund, are happy to open applications for the seventh round of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The travel fund is open to emerging, midcareer and established Australian writers and literary sector workers. This includes writers, editors, agents, publishers, librarians, booksellers, employees and associates of literary organisations and journals, and other literary professionals currently living in Australia. Applicants can apply for grants between $2,000 to $10,000.

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Round 11 Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Recipients


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By: Sarah Giles

Since 2017, the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel fund has provided access to professional development for emerging, mid-career and established Australian writers and literary sector workers. On behalf of the Myer Foundation, this round’s judges and Writers Victoria, we are thrilled to announce the Round 11 Travel Fund recipients. This round is the first round for 2024,

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Writers Victoria appoints new CEO, Julie Skate


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Writers Victoria has appointed Julie Skate as its new CEO, taking over from Lucy Hamilton. “On behalf of the Writers Victoria Board, I am pleased to welcome Julie to the organisation,” said Chair of the Writers Victoria Board Alex Hammond. “Julie offers extensive leadership experience within the not-for-profit arts and cultural sector, and her appointment marks

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Kate Fullagar Wins The 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship


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On Wednesday 13 March, in front of a large audience at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, social and cultural historian Kate Fullagar (ACT) was announced as the winner of the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, worth $20,000. Kate’s proposed biography, ‘The secret life of Marguerite Wolters’, is about an 18th century spy mistress whose espionage

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Writers Victoria farewells CEO Lucy Hamilton


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Writers Victoria CEO Lucy Hamilton will step down from the organisation after three-and-a-half years.  “I’m proud of my time at Writers Victoria, and the work the team has delivered in that time,” said Lucy. “We’ve forged exciting new partnerships, attracted new funding streams, and continued to develop our programs in ways that best serve our participants.

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2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship shortlist announced


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Nine Australian writers have been shortlisted for the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, worth $20,000. ‘It is exciting to see the varied approaches to biography among this year’s proposals, with submissions from both emerging and established writers,’ said Della Rowley, Hazel’s sister. ‘Ranging from spy mistresses, choreographers, composers, writers and a First Nations nursing pioneer

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Writeability Fellowships


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Winners of 2023 Writeability Fellowships Writers Victoria is excited to announce our 2023 Writeability Fellows. Since 2013, we have recognised outstanding writers with disability annually as part of the Writeability Fellowship Program.  This year, due to funding restraints, we planned for two writers with disability to receive tailored support for their writing project in the form of

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An introduction to the 2024 Season 1 Program


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By: Anna Kate Blair

As an introduction to our 2024 program of events, Writers Victoria’s Program and Partnerships Manager, Anna Kate Blair, writes below about our 2024 theme: TWILIGHT. oh! that the time comes when hearts are aflame – Arthur Rimbaud, borrowed as an epigraph by Éric Rohmer, and now by me In summer, twilight comes late. I’m impatient

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Round 10 Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Recipients


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Since 2017, the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel fund has provided access to professional development for emerging, mid-career and established Australian writers and literary sector workers. On behalf of the Myer Foundation, this round’s judges and Writers Victoria, we are thrilled to announce the Round 10 travel fund recipients. We also acknowledge the generosity of The Malcolm

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