Individual Arts Grants: Creative Writers
From BC Arts Council
Money for B.C.-based writers to create a new book-length or performed literary work.
- Amount
- Up to $15,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists; Groups and collectives
- Where you must live
- British Columbia
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- Application Assistance This program provides funding for support services required to create and submit grant applications, project updates, and final reports for BC Arts Council grants.
Costs covered
- Access Support This program provides additional funding to support access costs associated with a project funded by a BC Arts Council grant.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
B.C.-based writers and literary artists; fiction, non-fiction, poetry, graphic novels, children's, spoken word, storytelling; two or more artists may apply together.
What to send
Apply through the BC Arts Council grant system (bcac.smartsimple.ca); new applicants register first (allow about 4 business days).
Checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Funder's page last updated September 23, 2026.
Source: https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/creative-writers/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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