Woodcock Fund Grant | Writer’s Trust of Canada

An applicant must be:

• A professional writer engaged in the production of literary work who previously generated income from writing and writing-related activities.
• Two books previously published is the minimum requirement.*
• Facing a financial emergency of some kind, such as confronting physical or mental illness, injury, job loss or temporary loss of income, urgent dental issues, separation, or other misfortune. Emergencies stemming from caretaking responsibilities are also eligible. Applicants should demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping them stabilize or alleviate their situation.
• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
• Actively working on a literary project of some kind.Accommodation will be made to those applying to the program in languages other than English. Please contact the program director for assistance.* Applicants should base their eligibility on publication with traditional publishers, ones with an independent editorial review process that provide advances/royalties and do not charge authors as clients. The Writers’ Trust does not at this time recognize self-published titles on an equal footing, though we recognize that for some individuals and in some genres the decision to self-publish is advantageous. Our ruling is periodically reviewed. Writers that are exclusively self-published are ineligible for this program.