Cultural Industry Organizations Project Grant:

Eligible Applicants

To be considered eligible, your organization must be primarily engaged in the production of:

• books, eBooks
• magazines, eMagazines
• sound recordings
• film, video

Your organization must also be:

• registered and in good standing with the appropriate legislation
• based in Alberta
• be majority owned by Alberta residents

Eligible book publishers

To be eligible to apply, you must publish or plan to publish books that:

• are permanent-bound
• are at least 48 printed pages
• are in editions of at least 500 copies
• have at least 50% of printed copies eligible for sale

Eligible applicants publish eBooks that:

• are available through major online retailers
• are at least 48 pages of print equivalent
• have at least 75% of all eBook titles for sale

Eligible magazine publishers

To be eligible to apply, you must publish or plan to publish magazines that:

• are of literary, artistic or children’s interest (500 copies in print)
• have editorial policies controlled by an editor or editorial board
• have a policy that the copyright for all published material resides with the author
• have a clear distinction between editorial content and advertising

Eligible sound recording companies

• develop, produce, license, release, promote and distribute sound recordings
• have the production copyright of the sound recording owned or licensed by the label for each recording released

Eligible film production companies

• are primarily engaged in film and video productions for public viewing
• will create or have created a production with a running time, or combined times, of at least 30 minutes