The recipients of the Arts NT Fellowship for 2025 have been announced.

The recipients of Whitlam Essay Residency for 2025 have been announced, with six essayists receiving a week-long residency at the Whitlam Prime Ministerial home in Cabramatta.

The recipients of Affirm Press Fellowship for 2025 have been announced, with four writers receiving a week-long residency at Varuna.

The winners of this year's Whitlam Institute's What Matters? Writing Competition have been announced. Varuna is proud to have been involved in selecting the winner of the Artistic Merit Award.

Announcing the inaugural First Peoples India-Australia Exchange set for November 2025, which involves an exchange between two Adivasi writers from India and two First Nations writers from Australia.

The recipients of the Shanghai Western Sydney Writing Exchange for 2024/2025 have been announced.

The nine recipients of the inaugural Roderick Centre Fellowship for Regional and Remote Writers have been announced.

Congratulations to Carol Major, Frances Olivia and Hoa Pham, the three Australia writers selected for Lamplight Online Residency - Shanghai.

Congratulations to Anna Hickey-Moody, Jennifer Martin and Patricia Pender for being awarded 2024 Ann Moyal Fellowships.

Congratulations to Catherine MacCarthy (Ireland), Nicola White (Scotland), and Gina Cole (New Zealand) who have all recently received an international residency exchange and will come to Varuna later in the year.

Congratulations to the nine recipients of the 2021 Arts NT Varuna Residency Fellowships. Six writers from the Top End and three writers from Central Australia were awarded Fellowships. Image: Betty Sweetlove

Congratulations to the writers who have been awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship for 2022.

We believe the experience of Varuna should be available to every writer. Our Equity Access Fund will allow Varuna to reserve dedicated funds for writers who otherwise could not access Varuna's programs.

Congratulations to Kate Mildenhall, the Australian recipient of Varuna’s inaugural New Zealand exchange, a program supported by the Copyright Agency and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

A global exchange of talented writers.

Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s Arts NT fellowship recipients.

Congratulations to the recipients of the inaugural Shanghai Western Sydney Writing Exchange.

The 2020 round of Fellowships for Indigenous writers is now open for its third consecutive year; a program developed by Varuna the National Writers’ House in collaboration with Magabala Books, the University of Sydney and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Spread the word about Varuna’s latest Fellowship supported by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.

Congratulations to Roanna Gonsalves and Mirandi Riwoe.