Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Affirm Press and Varuna Mentorship Award; Anne Andrew, Inessa Jackson, Mark Mupotsa-Russell and Zoe Downing.

Congratulations to the 31 writers who have been awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship for 2023.

Congratulations to our 2022 Varuna & Scribe Fellowship recipients Sam Elkin, Jacqueline Wright and Nevo Zisin.

Congratulations to Richard Yaxley and Balli Kaur Jaswal who have received a Queensland Writers Centre Varuna Fellowship.

Congratulations to Catherine MacCarthy (Ireland), Nicola White (Scotland), and Gina Cole (New Zealand) who have all recently received an international residency exchange and will come to Varuna later in the year.

Congratulations to the 12 recipients of our 2022 The Writer’s Space Fellowship program. This is the first year the program had a national reach.

Congratulations to the two recipients of our 2022 Pitch Me! fellowship. This is the first year of the program, and Varuna acknowledges the support of Ultimo Press and Left Bank Literary in its establishment.

Congratulations to the writers who have been awarded a Varuna First Nations Fellowship for 2022.

Image: Aunty Kerry Bulloojeeno Archibald Moran

We have recently formalised our commitment to reconciliation through the development of Varuna’s inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

In this intimate online masterclass for writers, author and journalist Rick Morton will give you the tools and fashion the mindset that will allow you to write creatively and realistically about this messy existence.

Varuna is delighted to announce the Pitch Me! program, creating new opportunities for Australian writers to connect with industry-leading agents and publishers.

We have been excited to launch a new Fellowship this month, with a focus on stories and writers from Western Sydney.

The Western Sydney Intensive is a fortnight-long writing intensive program offerering recipients focused writing support, reading sessions and feedback

Congratulations to the nine recipients of the 2021 Arts NT Varuna Residency Fellowships. Six writers from the Top End and three writers from Central Australia were awarded Fellowships. Image: Betty Sweetlove

Congratulations to the writers who have been awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship for 2022.

We believe the experience of Varuna should be available to every writer. Our Equity Access Fund will allow Varuna to reserve dedicated funds for writers who otherwise could not access Varuna's programs.

Congratulations to Kate Mildenhall, the Australian recipient of Varuna’s inaugural New Zealand exchange, a program supported by the Copyright Agency and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

We warmly thank the 50 writers who applied to The Writer’s Space Fellowship program.

Congratulations to the 12 recipients of The Writer’s Space Fellowships.

Announcing the recipients of the 2021 Varuna First Nations Fellowship

In this exciting new program, 12 two-week fellowships will be offered to writers with disability or who are D/deaf, with six residency fellowships and six online fellowships available. This program has been generously supported by the NSW Government and is available to writers in New South Wales only.

A global exchange of talented writers.