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2015 Hazel Rowley Fellowship

Applications are now open for the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship.

The Fellowship was established to commemorate the life, ideas and writing of Hazel Rowley (1951–2011). It will award $10,000 to an Australian writer to support the writing and research of a new biographical work.

Applications will close on 16 November 2014.

Full name*

Home address*

Phone number/s*

Email address*

Working title OR one-line description of project*

Current state of project and when it commenced*

Research outcomes*

What do you expect to have achieved by the end of the project?

Attach: CV and writing record*

Attach: Project Outline*

What is your project about, what is the timeline and how will the Fellowship support it? (1,500 word limit)

Attach: Support Material*

This may include an extract from the project or examples of your non-academic writing, details of previous publications or expertise in the area in which you are writing (3,000 word limit)

Budget

Please enter costs associated with the fellowship in lines 1-6. The total amount must not exceed $10,000. Please specify particular details for each of the costs you have budgeted for, for example: Return airfare to Paris; Eight weeks accommodation in the 5th arrondissement; etc.

1. Travel
2. Accommodation
3. Living expenses
4. Research costs
5. Other
6. Other
TOTAL
Notes for Item 1
Notes for Item 2
Notes for Item 3
Notes for Item 4
Notes for Item 5
Notes for Item 6

Referees

Please provide contact details for two professional referees who can speak about your work.

Name 1
Phone number/s
Email address
Name 1
Phone number/s
Email address

Other funding*

Have you applied for funding or other support from other sources? If so, please give details, including when a result will be known.

How did you hear about the Fellowship?*

Terms and conditions

  1. Applicants must be over 18 years of age.
  2. Applicants must be Australian citizens (living anywhere) and write in English.
  3. Joint applications for collaborative projects by more than one writer are not eligible.
  4. The Fellowship will not cover tuition fees, research assistant salary or publishing subsidy.
  5. Where relevant, the work must comply with the Australia Council Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing.
  6. Those shortlisted will be notified in January 2015 and the recipient will be notified in February before the public announcement in March 2015.
  7. The successful applicant will enter into an agreement to be negotiated with Writers Victoria and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund Advisory Committee. The agreement will cover the project timeline, payment schedule and reporting requirements.
  8. The Fellowship must be commenced and expended within 12 months of receipt of funds.
  9. The Fellowship recipient will be required to complete an artistic and financial report (acquittal) half way through and at the completion of the project.
  10. The Fellowship recipient will be asked to provide two copies of any subsequently published biography or work to the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund Advisory Committee.
  11. The judges’ decision will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.