This Fellowship Could Change Everything

My State Library of New South Wales Fellowship changed everything for me and nominations are now open for the 2027 Fellowships! 

By being awarded this Fellowship, I was able to take my project seriously. It gave me permission to commit to my new book POISED in a way I hadn’t before. I could properly follow leads from the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s modelling and deportment school world, access material I wouldn’t otherwise reach, and develop ideas with depth instead of rushing through history a mad woman.

What surprised me most was how inclusive this opportunity is. You do not need to be an Australian citizen or resident to apply. The Fellowships are open to anyone.

In the Fellows Room at the State Library of New South Wales, with guidance on hand and access to archives, photographs, letters and fragments of other lives, my work on POISED shifted. It became more precise and far more ambitious.

These Fellowships are incredibly generous. 

Imago Fellowship for creative writing, fiction or non-fiction, across any genre using the resources of the Library: $50,000
Dr AM Hertzberg AO Fellowship for research into the history of Australian industry using the resources of the Library: $30,000
Nancy Keesing AM Fellowship for research into aspects of Australian life and culture using the resources of the Library: $25,000
Australian Religious History Fellowship for the study and research of any aspects of Australian religious history of any faith: $20,000
CH Currey Memorial Fellowship for the writing of Australian history from the original sources of the Library: $20,000
Merewether Fellowship for research into 19th-century NSW history using the resources of the Library: $12,000
David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellowship for research into Australian history using the resources of the Library: $12,000
Ross Steele AM Fellowship for research into the Library's pictorial collections: $12,000
Summer Fellows for creative practitioners and tertiary students to work with the Library's collections: $1000
Visiting Fellows any discipline, any topic to work with the Library's collections: unfunded
Artists-in-Residence to create art, in any format, inspired by the Library and its collections: unfunded

Contact the fabulous Rachel Franks if you’d like to apply: rachel.franks@sl.nsw.gov.au

But do obviously check the Fellowships page out in detail.

In other news:

The Art of Writing Sydney Storytelling Workshop in August is taking enquiries and bookings. Check out the program here. We have 8 speakers over 9 sessions fulltime for 3 days. August 21, 22, 23. An intense 3-day writing extravaganza in Double Bay, Sydney! 

No manuscripts are required and no writing levels or previous experience is required.

We simply ask that you love writing.

Our Sydney Storytelling Workshop includes the opportunity (only if you feel ready!) to send your premise to Zeitgeist Literary Agency. We will also have an in-person chat with Benython Oldfield to learn more about What’s Hot in the publishing community right now. Benython’s literary agency is based in Sydney, London and Brussels. I LOVE THAT!!!

Check out the links above and write to me if you need help with your storytelling. Clifford.lisa@hotmail.com

Let me know if you need a payment system.

More on writing next week!