Grants for UK Writers & Authors
How to Find Grants, Apply for Grants & Win Grants
Learn all about grants for UK writers in just 2 hours + downloads
Are you nervous about applying for a grant or don't even know where to start? Or have you never really thought about what a grant could do for your writing career (spoiler alert: lots!)?
The host of this course is full-time author Melissa Addey, a multiple grant recipient. Melissa has successfully applied for writing grants, learning opportunities and writing residencies worth £74,800 (approx $USD 96,000 / $AUD $144,000) in 5 years - in addition to her writing and working income.
Melissa shares how you can confidently and competently apply for grants to support your craft and author business.
EMPOWER YOURSELF TO APPLY FOR
& SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIT YOUR GRANT
Learn how to apply for literary grants AND how you can get funded for your Master of Arts and PhD
Yes! You'll get to hear how Melissa successfully applied for funding for an MA and PhD so you can learn from her experience.
Find out how to approach your grant application whether going for an arts grant, a literary grant, business grant or other opportunity.
BONUS: A list of grants for writers in the UK and a downloadable Excel template so you can list and track grant opportunities and grant applications
Grants for UK Writers & Authors
A must-do course for any author serious about seeking grant funding
This course will:
- Explain the grant process, from application right through to execution.
- Show you just how valuable grants can be to your future as a writer.
- Explain the different types of grants available to writers, from literary to local council, travel and research through to business grants, and how to go about getting them.
- Help you think about project viability and to put your application in the best light.
- Help you maximise the effects of grants to further your writing career and so you can benefit from the 'spiral of success'.
Be inspired! This course could boost your income & improve your craft!
It will show you what's possible.
This Grants for UK Authors & Writers course will save you a huge amount of time and take away the confusion of how to apply for literary and small business grants.
It will also show you how you could seek funding from your employer to further your writing and business skills.
You'll learn what to focus on and why, as well as the how of putting your submission together.
Taught by a successful grant recipient, this course will reveal the simple steps you need to take to give your writing project the best chance of success.
If you want to win a writing grant to help your author career, to get time to write, build your skills or author business, this course is for you. It draws on the expertise and experience of author and multi-time grant recipient Melissa Addey.
Are you nervous about applying for a grant due to the fear of being rejected? This course will set you at ease and also give you plenty of ideas for how to deal with rejection if it does come your way.
But fear of rejection is no excuse to not apply for a grant! And with this course, you'll know what it takes to give a grant application your best shot.
This course could help you establish and build your writing career, improve your craft, earn grants worth thousands of dollars and build your author business.
Join author and multi-time grant recipient Melissa Addey for this course to give yourself the best chance of applying for and winning UK literary, travel and education grants.
In this online grant writing course, you will:
- grow in knowledge and courage as you replace a lack of knowledge with tried and true grant application approaches.
- learn about many different opportunities for writers in the UK.
- improve your chances of being successful.
- benefit from real world knowledge of successful grant applications.
"If I'd had another writer share with me all the knowledge in this course, I wouldn't have had to spend years running all around the internet and making lots of mistakes and missing opportunities while I figured it out. Writing is creative, but it also needs to be treated like a business to nurture a sustainable writing career. Investing in this course is a no brainer for UK writers and authors, no matter the stage of your writing career.
Melissa Addey, full-time author.
"Melissa Addey is a trusted guide and generous sharer of knowledge about all things grants for authors in the UK. Working with her on this course has shown me just how many opportunities there are for authors to apply for and win grants, from small through to large and life-changing."
Anna Featherstone, Author and Founder, Bold Authors
What is Included in the Course...
Module 1
Introduction and Welcome to the Grants for UK Writers and Authors Course
Module 2
Why Apply for Grants for Your Writing and Author Business
Module 3
What Can Writers and Authors Use Grants to Pay For?
Module 4
Applying for Grants in the UK: The Basics for Writers
Module 5
What Writers Need to Cover in Your Grant Application
Module 6
What Funding Bodies Love to Hear from Grant Applicants
Module 7
How to Stay Organised and Keep Track of Grant Opportunities, Applications and Obligations
Module 8
How to Apply for a Grant of Time/Money/Skills from Your Employer
Module 9
How to Reach Your Author Goals by Capitalising on ‘Warm’ Contacts & Through the Creation of Bespoke Roles
Module 10
An Author’s Account of Apply For, Winning and Delivering on Grants
Module 11
Increase Your Chances of Future Grants by Being a 5-Star Grant Recipient
Module 12
How and Where to Find Grants for Writers & Authors in the UK
Module 13
Information for Writers about Applying for Funding for MA’s & PhD’s in the UK
Module 14
Final Tips and the Spiral of Success That Winning Grants Can Create for Writers and Authors
BONUS DOWNLOADS
Excel spreadsheet template: Grant Possibilities and Grant Applications Tracker
List of UK grants for writers and authors
Melissa Addey
✑ Full-time author of historical fiction
✑ Previous Writer in Residence at The British Library
✑ PhD in Creative Writing
✑ MA in Business Innovation
✑ Writing workshop host
✑ Campaigner, ALLi (The Alliance of Independent Authors)
and wishing you great success with your writing project and funding application!
Course Pricing
COURSE
£30 GBP
- 14 Video Modules
- Downloadable Excel Spreadsheet to track opportunities and applications
- List of Current Grant Opportunities for UK Writers
A GREAT COURSE TO EMPOWER YOU TO APPLY FOR AND SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIT YOUR GRANT
