International Rights Fund for Literature in Australia

Deadline: 13-May-25

The Creative Australia has launched the International Rights Fund for Literature to support literary agents, rights managers, and publishers to attend international markets such as book fairs to sell rights in Australian works of creative writing.

This includes fiction, poetry, writing for children and young people, graphic novels, and narrative non-fiction (defined as autobiography, biography, essays, histories, literary criticism, or analytical prose).

Funding Information

• Contributions of $5,000 per successful applicant are available.

Eligibility Criteria

• The following can apply:
  • literary agents, rights managers and publishers representing several Australian authors
  • individuals or organisations representing a range of Australian literary titles.
• You can apply for:
  • travel and accommodation costs
  • book fair entry and stand costs.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following can’t apply:
  • applicants who have not provided the required support material – an indicative itinerary or sample meeting schedule, biographies of key personnel, previous rights guides or catalogues
  • individuals and organisations who have an overdue grant report
  • individuals and organisations who owe money to Creative Australia.

For more information, visit Creative Australia.