Annual project awards of £20,000 in total, rewarding and enabling literary excellence and innovation.

An RSL Literature Matters Award must result in new, original writing or other literary activity of an excellent artistic standard, which will reach a substantial readership or audience. It may be:
• a piece or pieces of writing
• a publication
• an event
• a production
on any subject and in any form, including (but not limited to) prose fiction, short stories, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, graphic fiction, biography or travel-writing.

We are especially interested in and will give priority to writing or projects which:
• engage with topics or audiences outside the usual reach of literature e.g., collaborations with other disciplines, or projects aimed at readers or audiences rarely engaged in literature
• and/or generate public discussion about the difference that literature makes to people’s lives and to the world e.g., through media coverage, online forums or interactive events.

Eligible Applicants:
Applicants must be permanent UK residents.
-The person applying should be a writer or other literary creator with a successful track record to indicate the proposal is likely to succeed. We accept applications from small groups or collaborations/collectives of writers, but not from organisations, this includes publishers, presses, registered charities, CICs and companies.
-Applicants must be 18 or over at the time of application.
-You must be in need of the funding to carry out the proposal and be able to demonstrate this and how the money would be used.

Deadline: Friday 6 September at 5pm.

To find out more and apply: RSL Literature Matters Awards – Royal Society of Literature (rsliterature.org)