Recommender Grants for Writers

Overview of the Recommender Grants for Writers program:

The Recommender Grants for Writers is a funding opportunity by the Ontario Arts Council which aims to support Ontario writers in the creation of new work and creates and strengthens connections between Ontario writers, publishers, and literary organizations

Benefits of the Recommender Grants for Writers program:

• The program can allot a grant amount with a minimum of $1,500 to a maximum $5,000 for each application.

Eligibility criteria of the Recommender Grants for Writers program:

• Applicants may:
• Apply to up to ten recommenders per program year (September 2024 January 2025); applications may be for the same project or for different projects
• Only submit one application per recommender per program year
• Be recommended for funding by more than one recommender per program year
• To be eligible to apply, the following guidelines must be met:
• You must be an Ontario resident and have a recent professional publishing history with, at least:
  • One traditionally published book (minimum of 48 pages) for which you have a publishing contract and receive royalties; or
  • Three traditionally published short stories, comics, poems or other works for which you have received payment. Works can appear in magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies. Contest-winning work is considered publication; or
  • Three years' professional presentation of comics work through work-for-hire creation jobs (editorial cartooning, creation for commercial comics franchises), sales at curated comics festivals, or gallery exhibitions; or
  • Two recent production writing credits for non-text media (radio, television, film, interactive digital media, and theatre).