The Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing at James Cook University is pleased to invite applications for its 2025 Writers on the Reef Residency.

The residency is open to published or emerging writers who have a current project to work on during their stay.

From the 13-20 August, 2025, 5 writers will be in residence at beautiful waterfront beach house in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island.

This year’s residency invites writers of any genre with environmental themes, including but not limited to writing on nature, conservation, islands, oceans, beaches, Sea Country, ecosystems, sustainability, and island communities—or which may resonate in particular with Magnetic Island and its natural, social, or cultural history and habitat.

Applications close 2 May 2025.

Learn more via the JCU website here.

Writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoir and plays who are from Metropolitan Sydney are invited to apply for this unique opportunity to pursue their inspiration in the tranquil and historic Don Bank Museum whilst contributing to the cultural life of the local community.

This program aims to support writers at all stages of their career.

The successful candidate will benefit from a special one-hour consultation with a publisher from Penguin Random House, networking with the local writing community and Council’s Arts and Events initiaitives, and more.

Applications close Monday 14 April 2025.

Learn more via the North Sydney Council website here.