In partnership with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, the Sydney Review of Books invites applications for the 2025 Emerging Critics Fellowship program.
Since 2016, the program has fostered diverse, provocative, and original critical voices, and set pathways for emerging critics to develop their practice. In this year’s program, SRB will offer five fellowships to the brightest emerging Australian literary critics. Each fellow will receive a stipend of $4,500 and editorial mentorship to support the publication of three essays on Australian literature in the SRB.
Applications are open to Australian residents and Australian nationals abroad. First Nations critics and culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) critics are strongly encouraged to apply. At least one fellowship will be awarded to a First Nations writer, and another to a CaLD writer. Fellowships will also reflect regional diversity and be allocated to critics from at least three different states and territories.
Applications are now open, and close at 11:59pm on Monday, 23 June 2025. For further details please visit the SRB website.
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