by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Grants for writers
Unpublished writers, take note: the excellent Kill Your Darlings (KYD) literary journal and writers’ workshop is offering a AUD$5,000 prize – plus mentoring – for an unpublished manuscript. Agents and publishers take note of winning and short-listed...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog, Grants for writers
Wonderful news from Black Inc Books: calls for autobiographical accounts of growing up Aboriginal in Australia for an anthology aimed at high school students, to be published in 2018. This is a timely and brilliant idea – have we really not had such a...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, Grants for writers
Under the leadership of Peter Rose and the generosity of individual donors, the venerable Australian Book Review has expanded both the number and quality of its writing fellowships and prizes in recent years. Here are some application deadlines to note if you have...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 20, 2016 | Blog, Grants for writers
I wanted to draw your attention to two grants currently available for writers at different stages in their careers. The first is the Writing NSW Early Career Writer Grants for writers residing in NSW. There are four grants of $5,000 each available for projects to be...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 15, 2013 | Blog, Grants for writers, Improve your writing
I’m often told that I share useful things on Twitter, but for a variety of reasons, loads of people don’t go near that social network with a ten-foot pole. So for those readers I thought I’d offer here this collection of the most-often shared links...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 30, 2012 | Blog, Grants for writers, Publishing
On Twitter I share links for Australian writers about literary agents, getting published, editing, and grants for writers (@v11oyd). At the end of each month I collect here my most-retweeted links. Confession: some of these links stretch back to July as I took a break...
