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Grants for Literary Arts Promotion: Project Grants and Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) Grants

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The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, including people with disabilities.

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Deadlines

15 March and 15 September

If either of these dates falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed application and all required support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

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Program Description

The Grants for Literary Arts Promotion program provides support to Canadian non-profit arts organizations that increase public awareness of and access to Canadian literature.

The Project Grants and ACCP Programs Grants component is open to Canadian incorporated non-profit organizations and collectives, with a primary mandate in literary arts promotion. Eligible activities include:

  • festivals
  • literary events
  • large reading series
  • salons du livre, and
  • collective approaches to promotion, including the development of promotional materials.

Artists and Community Collaboration

Artists and community collaboration is an arts process that actively involves professional artists and non-arts community members working together on creative and collaborative projects.

The ACCP supports a variety of arts activities that bring together professional artists and non-arts community members. For the ACCP in the Writing and Publishing Section, professional artists include writers, literary translators, literary performance, spoken word artists and storytellers.

Grants from the ACCP contribute to the direct costs of collaborative activities, including creation activities, initiated and coordinated by non-profit organizations or collectives with a primary mandate in the literary arts.

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Program Objectives

The objectives of this program are to:

  • increase the promotion of Canadian literary artists (writers, translators, storytellers and literary performance artists)
  • encourage the development of literature through promotional, networking, professional development and research activities, and
  • support audience development activities for literature.
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Eligible Applicants

To be eligible to apply, your organization must:

  • be either  a Canadian incorporated non-profit organization with a primary mandate in the literary arts or a collective of at least three members actively working in the field of literature as literary arts professionals (writers, translators, literary performers, spoken word artists and storytellers)
  • have an administrative infrastructure that will adequately support the project, and
  • undertake literary promotion, professional development and (or) research activities

All members of collectives must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Collectives do not need to be incorporated or have a permanent location.

Note that meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee that you will receive a grant.

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Eligible Activities

  • Festivals, large reading series, salons du livre and literary events that allow writers and literary translators to present or introduce their work to the Canadian public.
  • Promotional activities that contribute to the Canadian public’s appreciation of the Canadian literary arts.
  • Special national conferences, professional development programs (except for professional development programs for book publishers) or mentorship programs for writers.
  • Research projects that contribute to a better understanding of issues affecting the Canadian literary arts.
  • For ACCP applicants only, creation projects.
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Grant Amount

There are no minimum or maximum amounts that may be requested from this program. However, you are encouraged to seek additional sources of support and to generate significant revenues from members and (or) participants.

Project grants from this program are usually between $2,000 and $20,000.

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Further Information

Catherine Montgomery,
Program Officer
Writing and Publishing Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5574

TTY: 1-866-585-5559

July 2011