Funding is intended to assist creative writers by providing time to work on the proposed project.
Eligible genres include drama, fiction, juvenile, non-fiction and poetry. An individual writer may submit only one request to this Program in any calendar year. Applicants must have been residents of British Columbia for a minimum of 12 months prior to making application and must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. In the case of writers of fictiQI1, non-fiction or poetry, applicants must have had at least two books professionally published or one book professionally published and the equivalent of a second book. The equivalent of a second book may consist of a contract from a professional publisher to publish a completed manuscript which is other than the proposed project.