Each year black&write! offers two Fellowships for unpublished manuscripts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers. The winning Fellows work clo...
Magabala Fellowship
This is a mid-career Fcholarship to allow an author to work on a current manuscript. This Fellowship is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers and writers who have previously published at least two books. Magabala welcomes submissions of junior, young adult and adult fiction, poetry and memoir (please note that children’s picture book manuscripts are ineligible).
Manuscripts may be in English, Aboriginal English, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language, or a combination of these, including a bilingual text.
Magabala Books reserves the first right of refusal to publish the work. The Fellowship payment is separate to a publishing contract.
Scholarship details
Application dates
How to apply
Externally managed. Apply at https://www.magabala.com/pages/magabala-fellowship
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This scholarship is for:
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicantsAreas of study:
- Creative arts
At Institution:
Any in Australia
Study level:
- Undergraduate
- Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
- Postgraduate coursework
- Postdoctoral
- VET courses
- Postgraduate research
- Short executive courses
- Enabling foundation and preparatory courses
Study Load:
- Full Time
- Part Time
Location:
- ACT
- NSW
- NT
- SA
- QLD
- TAS
- VIC
- WA
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this Fellowship, you must:
– Be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, currently living in Australia;
– Be 18 years or older;
– Have published a minimum of two trade published books (self-published works do not fit this criteria);
– Be working on an unpublished manuscript and;
– Be able to outline how you would benefit from this fellowship.
How to Apply
Please complete this form and attach three documents (12 sized font, double-spaced, in a Word Doc format):
– No more than 500 words explaining how this grant money would benefit you;
– No more than 500 words explaining how this grant money would benefit you;
– A short outline of the plot of your manuscript of no more than 250 words and;
– A sample of your manuscript.
Email all to projects@magabala.com