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Did you know that National Young Writers’ Festival pays each artist $200 minimum per event?
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Did you know that, on average, it costs us $850 to have an artist attend the festival?
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Did you know that we expect to fund approximately 42% of our artists to travel from marginalised communities to attend the festival?
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Did you know that nearly 10% of our forecasted budget is invested in making the festival accessible and supportive for all young writers, with a strong focus on championing diversity and inclusion?
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Did you know that fostering meaningful one-on-one mentorships between emerging young writers and experienced professionals costs nearly $5,000 per participant?
Ongoing support is vital to our festival to ensure that we continue our long legacy of introducing new Australian voices to the community and that we continue to produce a 100% free festival.
Each year since 1998, the National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) delivers an entirely free four-day festival in Newcastle, NSW on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
But this has not been achieved alone. We’ve been able to pull off this significant festival with the support of generous funding partners. and moving forward we want to grow, expand and provide more support and features for our artists, staff, volunteers and audience – so we’re asking for your help!
Donate now
At the moment, sadly, donations can only be received from residents in NSW, VIC, SA, and ACT. If you are in WA, NT, QLD or international, please contact info@youngwritersfestival.org to donate.
NYWF is a not-for-profit organisation with deductible gift recipient (DGR) status, and we are a registered charity. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Become a superhero today: our donor levels are listed below.
Superhero: $500+
Side-kick: $350+
Wise mentor: $150+
Fanclub: $0.01+
If you would like more information on how you can support the National Young Writers’ Festival please contact info@youngwritersfestival.org