Awards & grants

Entries for the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants open on Wednesday 7 September 2022. Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund.

In 2022 a portion of revenue allocated to the Cultural Fund has been made available in a partnership fund. Expressions of Interest are invited for grants in the range of $2,000 - $5,000 per application.

Established in 2017, these Creative Writing Scholarships were designed to support students enrolled in Creative Writing programmes, motivating the next generation of writers.

Entries for the 2022 CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award are now closed. This $25,000 award is one of the investments made through the CLNZ Cultural Fund and is open to writers of any genre of non-fiction, including writers of education material. The award enables the successful applicant to devote time to a specific writing project.

Entries for the 2022 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants have now closed. These grants support New Zealand writers by providing assistance to writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project.

The CLNZ Cultural Fund contributes to the PANZ Industry Training Fund. This training fund supports three programmes and provides development opportunities for each stage of a career in publishing.

Copyright Licensing New Zealand are fortunate to have a wonderful network of people that work with us to help make our Cultural Fund awards and grants successful.

Let's celebrate the achievements of our successful Cultural Fund recipients of 2021.