Grants, Bursaries and Financial Advice to Help Your Writing Journey

Southern Arts awards an annual bursary to assist a published writer with work in progress. This award is worth £3500 and submissions should be made by 14 August each year. Further details and application requirements are available from: Southern Arts, Literature Department, 13 St Clement Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9DO. Deadline for applications is August 14 of each year.

Culture Ireland is the new national agency to promote Irish arts and artists overseas. As part of its remit it allocates funding for overseas activities of Irish artists or arts organisations; and in order to facilitate Irish participation at strategic international arts events and the management of 'emblematic' cultural events either in Ireland or abroad. Applications are considered 3 times a year and applications need to be received by them at least eight weeks before the event for which funding is being sought. More at: www.dast.gov.ie (under Arts section). Deadlines 15th December, 15 April, 15 August (under Arts section). Deadlines

 

Scottish Arts Council Writers’ Bursaries give assistance to enable published writers of literary work and playwrights to devote more time to their writing. Awards range from £3,000 to £15,000. To apply visit SAC website www.scottisharts.org.uk. . Deadlines for applications are 3 July 2006 and 15 January 2007

 

 

David T Wong Fellowship in Creative Writing is an annual award of £25,000 for a work of fiction in English which deals seriously with some aspect of life in the Far East (Brunei, Burma,Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam). The Fellow is expected to reside on campus at the University of East Anglia for one year, where he/she is expected only to write. There are no teaching commitments. For further information go to http://www.uea.ac.uk/eas/Fellowships/wong/WongFell.htm. . Deadline for applications is 31^st January of each year.

 

Royal Literary Fund grants offers grants and pensions to published authors in financial difficulty. Help is given to writers in many different situations where personal or professional setbacks have resulted in loss of income. Pensions are considered for older writers who have seen their earnings decrease. The RLF also runs a Fellowship scheme for writers in partnership with British universities and colleges. Writers are appointed as Fellows based on their literary merit and aptitude for the role, and irrespective of their financial circumstances. For more information go to www.rlf.org.uk/. Applications are reviewed monthly.

 

The Society of Women Writers and Journalists' Charitable Foundation helps women writers and women who are studying to be writers who live and study in the UK and are 18 years old or above. For more information write to Applications: Preliminary letter at any time (with an sae) to the correspondent, who will then send out an application form. It should be returned in December and June for consideration in January and July. Correspondent: Mary Rensten, Secretary, 13 Warwick Avenue, Cuffley, Herts, EN6 4RU.

 

New Writing North, in partnership with The Northern Rock Foundation, is delighted to award the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award each year. The award offers unparalleled life support for one writer at the level of £20,000 a year for three years. For more information on the award and how to enter, see www.nr-foundationwriters.com.