This scholarship, worth up to $8,000, supports Indigenous Australian students by alleviating costs that can be barriers to achieving a university education.
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:
- Postgraduate coursework
- Postdoctoral
- Undergraduate
- Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
- VET courses
- Postgraduate research
- Short executive courses
- Enabling foundation and preparatory courses
Study Load:
- Full Time
- Part Time
Location:
- WA
- ACT
- NSW
- NT
- SA
- QLD
- TAS
- VIC