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Indigenous writing fellowships and editing internships

black&write! is a groundbreaking national project dedicated to nurturing and empowering First Nations writers and editors through our prestigious Indigenous writing fellowships and editing internships. As innovators in Australia, we have fostered meaningful collaborations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and editors since 2011.

Indigenous authors we have supported in their careers include Dakota Feirer, Jacob Gallagher, Susie Anderson, Tylissa Elisara, Carl Merrison, Lystra Rose, Nardi Simpson, Claire G. Coleman, Alison Whittaker, Jannali Jones, Jane Harrison, Jared Thomas, Tristan Savage, Teagan Chilcott, Sue McPherson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Tori-Jay Mordey and Jillian Boyd.

Both 2020 Fellows with Minister Leanne Enoch

The Writing Fellowships

The black&write! Writing Fellowships are offered annually to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers. Two Fellows each year receive $15,000, editorial development with the black&write! editing team, and a publication opportunity with Hachette Australia.

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The Editing Internships

The black&write! Editing Internships recruit, train, and mentor Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander editors. Interns get hands-on editing experience while working on the winning Fellowship manuscripts.

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Past winners
Discover our past winners and highly commended entrants.
Past Fellows
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Our publications
Discover the books by First Nations authors that black&write! has helped publish.
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Our blog
Tylissa Elisara: how writing bedtime stories helped me win a black&write! Fellowship.
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Deadly D & Justice Jones: Making the Team

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Ruby Moonlight

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Terra Nullius

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Grace Beside Me

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Sovereign Stories: 10 years of black&write!

Look back on the first decade or black&write!

Meet the authors and editors who have been part of black&write! and discover some truly special First Nations stories.

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black&write! is supported by the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund and the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. We are proud to work with Hachette Australia as the black&write! Fellowship publishing partner.

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