Strategic initiatives and service organisations - Hobart Readers and Writers Festival

This one-off program will provide funding of $150,000 to support an organisation to will develop and deliver a readers and writers festival in Hobart.

This festival will:

• promote Tasmanian writers and stories
• offer diverse professional development activities for artists and arts workers working across Tasmania’s literary community
• connect and nurture Tasmania’s literary community and culture, and
• promote and share Tasmanian First Nations writers and stories.

Applications will be accepted from:

• writing, publishing, or literary organisations based in Southern Tasmania
• consortiums of writing, publishing and/or literary organisations based in Southern Tasmania.

For more information, please visit Strategic initiatives and service organisations.

Applications will be accepted from:

• writing, publishing, or literary organisations based in Southern Tasmania
• consortiums of writing, publishing and/or literary organisations based in Southern Tasmania.

Eligible organisations can submit one application only.

All applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

Applications will not be accepted from:

• non-incorporated groups or organisations
• non-arts organisations or arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
• Tasmanian Government departments, government business enterprises and school associations
• Federal Government departments and government business enterprises
• Local Government authorities
• organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston]).

Eligible costs and activities

Organisations can request grant funds towards eligible costs and activities.

Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of the Creative Industries, Sport and Visitor Economy Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

For more information, please see Strategic initiatives and service organisations and Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

Overdue acquittals

If your organisation has received support from Arts Tasmania and has an overdue acquittal, you are not eligible to receive more support until all overdue acquittal reports are submitted and approved.

Arts Tasmania will contact you if your organisation has any overdue acquittals.

We encourage you to talk to our grants team about this form before the closing date.

Contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au

You can book an online meeting to discuss your organisation's submission using Bookings.