Stories Matter NSW Literary Fellowships

Who can apply

Create NSW lists this program as open to the following kinds of applicant. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide it.

• Companies
• Indigenous organisations
• Individuals

What the program funds

Ten $50,000 fellowships for NSW writers, illustrators and playwrights at emerging, mid-career and established stages, to focus on significant new creative work over twelve months. The Stories Matter NSW Literary Fellowships empower the writers, illustrators and playwrights shaping the literary life of NSW. Ten fellowships of $50,000 each support selected practitioners to focus on significant new creative work over a twelve-month fellowship period, alongside structured sector engagement, industry access, and a final public showcase.

That description is Create NSW's own wording, reproduced from the official listing under CC BY 4.0. Our plain-English summaries are being written program by program and this one has not been done yet.

How to apply

Applications for Stories Matter NSW Literary Fellowships are made through Create NSW, not through GrantWindow. We do not take applications, charge a fee or act as an intermediary, and any site that offers to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.

Apply for Stories Matter NSW Literary Fellowships on the official site

Applications close in July 2026. Government grant portals are busiest on the final day and several of them close on the stroke of the deadline, so the practical advice is to submit a day early.

This round is closed. Many Australian grant programs run again, and a closed program is the reason the alert list exists: we watch this page nightly and tell the list the day it reopens.