The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recognises the unique value of travel in the development of writing and literary careers.
In partnership with the Myer Foundation, the Travel Fund supports emerging, midcareer, and established Australian writers and literary sector workers in pursuing professional development opportunities. 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 and $10,000. These grants support professional development through travel.
The Travel Fund was launched in 2017 and was named in honour of poet, novelist and short story writer Neilma Gantner (1922—2015).
Round 12 is now open!
Key Dates
Opening date: 9AM, Sunday 14 July 2024
Closing date: 11:59PM (AEST), Sunday 15 September 2024
Applicants notified: Early November 2024
Travel activities to take place between: 11 November 2024 – 11 November 2025 (inclusive)
Apply via the Submittable form here. Terms and conditions are available in the application form.
For any queries, please contact Gaby at Writers Victoria: [email protected]
Round 11 recipients
Elfy Scott, Laura Jean McKay, Lisa Fuller, Lystra Rose, Jo Langdon, Sam Elkin, Sarah Firth and Sharlene Allsopp. Read the full announcement on our website here.
Previous recipients
Round 10
Alana Hicks, Alison J Barton, Ana Brawls, Carly Findlay, Eda Gunaydin, Emily Bitto, Meleika / vika mana, Muhib Nabulsi, Tim White. Read the full announcement on our website here.
Round 9
Brian Obiri-Asare, Aimee Chan, Amy McQuire and Matt Chun, Jack Kirne, Stefan Sabatini, Lorna Munro and Karen Wyld. Read the full announcement on our website here.
Round 8
Daniel Ward, Katrina Trinh, André Dao, Eunice Andrada, Hasib Hourani, Simone Jordan, Eugen Bacon. Read the full announcement on our website here.
Round 7
Aimee Knight, Alison Gibbs, Eileen Herbert-Goodall, Jazz Money, Micaela Sahhar, Nicole Lee, Robert Wood, Sara Saleh, Susan Francis, Yen Pham.
Round 6
Amanda Anastasi, Madeleine Gray, Shakira Hussein, Miranda Luby, Brooke Maddison, Marjon Mossammaparast, Michael Ryan, Michelle Scott Tucker, Mark Smith, Annabel Stafford, Lowana Tudor-Smith, Kate Wild.
Round 5
Cate Kennedy, Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk, Fiona Hardy, Madelaine Dickie, Maria Takolander, Mirandi Riwoe, Robert Lukins, Ruhi Lee, Sara Saleh, Tamara Lazaroff.
Round 4
Annabel Brady-Brown, Cher Tan, Ellen O’Brien, Fiona Murphy, Heather Dyer, Melanie Joosten, Oliver Reeson, Sara Mansour, Sista Zai Zanda, Susie Anderson, Yvette Holt.
Round 3
Allison Colpoys, Cassandra Pybus, Christine Sun, Eleanor Limprecht, Josephine Wilson, Katherine Collette, Lauren Chater, Sam Twyford-Moore, Tom Holloway.
Round 2
Bruce Pascoe, Chris Andrews, Damon Young, Ellen van Neerven, Emma Viskic, Janine Mikosza, Jennifer Porter, Jessica Friedmann, Laura Woollett, Louis Klee, Melinda Smith, Rebecca Giggs, Sam Cooney.
Round 1
Alexandra Collier, Andrew Bovell, Arwen Summers, Bren MacDibble, Eda Gunaydin, Mark O’Flynn, Michael Earp, Michael Green, Robert Dessaix, Vanessa Russell.