This Fellowship offers $35,000 to support practising writers to develop new creative work using or inspired by the National Library's collections.

The Fellowship offers a writer the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the collections, including music, maps, rare books or ephemera, or original sources like pictures, manuscripts, oral histories and folklore recordings.

Creative Arts Fellowships support the development of creative works inspired by the National Library's unique, rare or comprehensive collections.

Works can be at any stage of development but must require access to the collections to progress or be completed. The final work, which does not have to be finished within the residency period, should showcase the collections in unique or interesting ways, and acknowledge their contribution.

The collections can be used to:

• reimagine or repurpose existing materials
• research original sources that underpin or inspire new work
• arrange, adapt or transform collection content for another purpose
• develop an innovative artistic concept

To be eligible to apply for a Creative Arts Fellowship, you must be:

• An individual creative writer practising in a professional forum, i.e. your writing is available and subject to public and peer review.
• An Australian Citizen or permanent resident.

• Phone: +61 2 6262 1099
• Email: fellowships@nla.gov.au