Virtual Writer in Residence Melbourne 2025
Our virtual writers’ residency program is back for its 5th year! Writers from UNESCO Cities of Literature writers will connect with Melbourne-based organisations to create residency outcomes, meet other writers and discover Melbourne as the vibrant and rich City of Literature it is.
Working with their host organisations, writers will deliver any three of the following (or three of just one of the following):
- A workshop
- A written piece
- An appearance/panel
- A social media takeover
As a Virtual Writer in Residence, you will be paid $1500 (AUD) and have the opportunity to connect with your fellow Virtual Writers in Residence.
Virtual Writers in Residence will work with one of the following organisations:
- Blak & Bright is seeking a First Nations writer to connect our stories and lands with theirs.
- Geelong Regional Libraries is looking for an emerging writer to help us diversify our offering to our community through a range of opportunities for collaboration, connection and engagement.
- Going Down Swinging is looking for a writer of experimental, hybrid or emerging forms of storytelling who can share their creative process with its community and inspire them to find joy in their own creative risks and experiments.
- Melbourne Writers’ Theatre is looking for an experienced playwright to share their knowledge and their culture with our community of enthusiastic playwrights.
- Myli-My Community Library is looking for an engaging, passionate writer who is highly enthusiastic about working across a variety of age groups and genres to inspire and support creativity through writing.
- Signal is looking for a writer connected to young people aged 14 to 25 years keen to inspire the next generation.
- Society of Women Writers Victoria is looking for a woman writer to encourage our members in writing short form genres to tell women’s stories, historical or contemporary.
- Sticky Institute is looking for a writer interested in working with our local zine community to transform their ideas into a narrative zine.
- Story Studios Australia is looking for a writer/novelist who can share their creative process and confidence building techniques with our community of aspiring storytellers.
- Writers Victoria is seeking a writer keen to engage with our diverse community of writers and help them share their stories with the broader public.
Applications close on Monday 25 August 2025, 9:00pm (AEST).
Apply to be a Virtual Writer in Residence here: Application form
You may see a blank example of the application form here.
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