Cambridge Australia First Nations Writer-in-Residence is a fellowship program that offers a unique opportunity for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer/storyteller working in any form (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, playwriting, criticism, and any other literary form) to spend a period of time at the University of Cambridge. The writer will be embedded in the heart of Cambridge and have special access to the city’s creative and intellectual life. They will be given a chance to immerse themselves in their craft, take part in the life of Cambridge and the University, and access an incredible international hub of research and creativity.
The fellowship will be available for the duration of the University of Cambridge’s Michaelmas term (Tuesday 7 October 2025 to Friday 5 December 2025). Accommodated at Trinity Hall, one of the constituent Colleges of Cambridge, the writer will be affiliated with the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge as a Visiting Fellow. With access to the collegiate and department life of the university, the writer will be afforded the space to cultivate and pursue their own writing project as they have set out and defined it.
Access and support will be provided from other forums on campus, such as the Indigenous Studies Discussion Group (ISDG), where Chairperson to First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) Yvette Holt held multiple enriching discussions over her invited visit to the University in November, 2022.
Applications close 11.59pm 25th May 2025.
For further information and details on how to apply, please visit Cambridge Australia: https://www.cambridgeaustralia.org.au/first-nations-writer-in-residence.