Creative Australia: Elevate: First Nations Storytelling and Literature Fund
Funded by: Creative Australia
Key Details
- Amount
- A set funding amount of $10,000
- Estimated deadline
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2 Sep 2026
Based on 2025 closing date. - Complexity
- Moderate (standard application)
- Region
- National
- Type
- Grant
- Funder Type
- Federal Government
Contact
- Name: Ricky Wighton
- Email: ricky.wighton@creative.gov.au
- Phone: 02 9215 9162
About This Grant
Career development grant open to First Nations individuals and groups who are writers, poets, editors, illustrators, journalists, arts workers and groups in the literature sector. Elevate is designed to support and develop career pathways and opportunities which may include capacity building, networking, mentoring, residencies, and audience development for their work. Projects can take place nationally, internationally, online, or in a combination of in-person and online.
Eligibility
First Nations artists, art and culture workers or groups. You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts professional.
Legal requirements: Aboriginal Community-Controlled, Nonprofit legal entity (inc. assn, company, coop. or trust), Individual, Unincorporated group
Exclusions
First Nations organisations; not an Australian First Nations practicing artist, group or organisation; managers or agents of a First Nations artist or group; based outside of Australia; requesting additional funds to an active project or activity; requests for funding to purchase large capital equipment.
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