Now Open: 2015 Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers

Applications are now open for the 2015 Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers.  The Anne Edgeworth Writers’ Fellowship is provided to an emerging young writer in the Canberra Region.  The Fellowship is worth up to $5,000 and is to be used to advance the recipients’ education in the craft of writing.  The Fellowship is provided annually by the Anne Edgeworth Trust and is administered by the ACT Writers Centre.

Anne Edgeworth (also known as Anne Godfrey-Smith) was a prominent poet, writer, theatre director, academic, conservationist and activist for reconciliation.  She died in June 2011.  Anne mentored many young writers as a tutor, author and poet and her family has established an annual award for young writers in her memory.  More information about Anne can be found at Obituaries Online.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered for the Fellowship you must:

1. live in the ACT or one of the nearby NSW Local Government Areas (Young, Harden, Gundagai, Tumut, Boorowa, Yass Valley, Upper Lachlan, Goulburn, Mulwaree, Wingecarribee, Palerang, Greater Queanbeyan, Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla, Bega Valley, Bombala, Cooma Monaro, and Snowy River);
2. be under the age of 35 at 30 November 2015; and
3. be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia.

Forms of Writing

The Fellowship will be made for work in the field of poetry, fiction writing, non-fiction writing, screenwriting and/or playwriting.

Purpose, duration and community outreach

The Fellowship can be used for any purpose that furthers the recipients’ education in their chosen field of literature and must be associated with a tertiary institution or other educational institution concerned with creative writing such as the ACT Writers Centre.  For example: tuition fees, travel, accommodation, printing and publishing, editing, writers’ retreat etc (‘the project’).  The funds cannot be used to purchase capital equipment (eg computers) or subsidise an existing commercial or non-profit activity.

The project must be completed within a twelve month period.

During the course of the project the recipient is to provide some insight into the project to the general writing community either through a lecture, seminar, workshop, written report, article, video or similar (‘community outreach’) or combination of the above.

Application process

The application process consists of two stages.  The first stage requires the applicant to submit an expression of interest (EOI) on the attached form due to the ACT Writers Centre by Friday 30 October 2015.  A panel established by the ACT Writers Centre will assess the EOI. The panel will draw up a short-list of potential recipients.  A short-listed recipient will be invited to make a short presentation about their application at a face-to-face discussion in Canberra with the judging panel. In 2015 this presentation will take place early/mid-November.

Download the submission form here: The Anne Edgeworth Writers Fellow 2015.

Email admin@actwriters.org.au for more information.