Mātātuhi Foundation’s 10th funding round will be accompanied by a substantial increase in grant amounts. In the upcoming rounds in May and October, applicants can now apply for between $5,000 and $20,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maximum was $5,000.
Since its launch in 2018, the Foundation has funded close to 50 projects and awarded $170,000 of grant monies to the literary sector.
After five years in the sector, the Foundation Trustees felt it was time to revisit how they could best serve Mātātuhi’s kaupapa of helping to strengthen Aotearoa’s literary landscape. Increasing their biannual grant amounts to better enable and support capacity building projects in the literary sector is just one of their new initiatives.
The good news doesn’t stop there. Applications for another major project funding round are also now welcome. Applications must be submitted by 31 August and can include literary project budgets seeking between $25,000 and $50,000 in funding.
The Mātātuhi Foundation funds projects that support and promote the work of New Zealand writers and/or materially increase the levels of engagement and appreciation for New Zealand literature among New Zealand readers.
• Applications are welcome from individuals, groups or organisations developing projects around NZ literature: fiction, nonfiction or poetry.
• Grants are NOT available for creating, publishing, or promoting individual books or anthologies.
• The deadlines for the biannual grants are 31 May and 31 October.
• Applications for the major project funding round close on 31 August.
