Applications are now closed.
This program is presented in partnership with the Whitlam Institute with support from Western Sydney Creative, Western Sydney University’s arts and culture decadal strategy.
Applications reopen in 2025.
The FNAWN Varuna fellowship will return in 2025. It will be open to FNAWN members who have a manuscript in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction.
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These residencies are awarded to recipients of The Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter program, where four outstanding writers are provided with a year’s mentorship and $15,000 to develop their work.
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The inaugural Mascara Varuna Writers’ and Editors’ Residency was open to First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) writers who have a manuscript in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction.
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The Affirm Press Mentorship Award provides a unique opportunity for writers to develop new work through a Varuna residency and editorial feedback.
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The Denmark Arts Varuna Writer’s Fellowship is for writers in the Great Southern Region of WA or Shire of Manjimup.
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In partnership with independent press Scribe Publications, three fellowships are awarded annually, with writers invited to participate in an intensive residency with Scribe editors.
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Applications close 10 May
This four-week international exchange fellowship with the extraordinary Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, is awarded to a member of the Varuna Alumni once a year.
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Opening May 2022
This prestigious literary journal awards up to five week-long residencies at Varuna each year, open to Contributors Circle members.
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Applications are now open for The Writer’s Space Fellowship program 2022. 12 fellowships will be offered to writers with disability or who are D/deaf, from around Australia.
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Held in partnership with Kill Your Darlings this Fellowship offers a week-long fellowship for the shortlisted writers in our 2020 Unpublished Manuscript Award.
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