Literary Organizations Projects
$12,000
Grant
Description:
The program supports the presentation, promotion, and publication of written and oral Canadian literatures through literary festivals, performance series, trade book publishers, literary magazines, and sector development initiatives.
Comments on Funding:
Grant amount(s)
Festivals and fairs: maximum $12,000
Performance series: maximum $12,000
Development initiatives: maximum $12,000
Literary book publishing: maximum $12,000
Arts magazine publishing: maximum $12,000
April 8, 2025, 1 p.m. ET
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
For Literary festival, performance series, and sector development categories
1. Ontario-based ad hoc groups and collectives
2. Ontario-based not-for-profit arts organizations
For Literary book and magazine publishing categories
1. not-for-profit arts organizations, as well as eligible for-profit book and magazine publishers, with a permanent physical address in Ontario, that:
a. publish primarily in English;
b. are free to make their own editorial decisions and sign contracts in their own name; and
c. pay contributors’ fees or royalties and issue contributors’ contracts (note: all applicants must already be paying contributors)
2. Publishers that are established on a for-profit basis, either as sole proprietorships or as incorporated organizations, must be Canadian-owned and -controlled (see Program-specific definitions below) with the head office (at least 50 per cent of employees and editorial, management and financial control) in Ontario.
Application Steps:
Applicants must complete and submit an application in Nova, OAC’s online grant application system. You will be able to do this approximately two months before the deadline.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. basic information about the project
2. answers to application questions
3. a project budget
4. artistic examples: audiovisual documentation of relevant recent activities or participating artists; publishers must submit physical or digital copies of recent eligible issues or eligible books, along with excerpts from recently-published literary work
5. support documents: applicant’s history and key participants’ bios, one or two catalogues, brochures, posters, programs, flyers, video or other materials
Other Things to Note:
About the author
Maurice