Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC) Creative Grants
AIC Creative Grants Applications are CLOSED and will re-open mid - late July 2026
2 x $10,000 Creative Grants will be awarded to First Nations storytellers, writers, illustrators and artists.
Magabala Books are proud to partner with Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC) to offer the AIC Creative Grants. These grants, worth $10,000 each, are intended to provide valuable time for storytellers, writers, illustrators and artists to work on a current manuscript or illustration portfolio.
The grant is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers and writers working in any genre, this could include junior, young adult and adult fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, children’s picture book and graphic novels. The grant is also open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and illustrators working in any medium.
Previous Grant recipients
2025 Grant not opened.
2024 Winners
Aliyah Jayde Bradbury & Haylee Escalante
2023 Winners
Daniel Browning & Neika Lehman