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The $5,000 AIPS Sport Media Awards recognise outstanding achievements in global sports journalism across writing, photography, audio, and video categories.

The $500 Diverse Writers Grant Program supports writers from underrepresented and underprivileged communities who are developing book-length speculative fiction manuscripts.

The $500 Diverse Worlds Grant supports writers developing unpublished, book-length speculative fiction that naturally portrays diverse worlds through compelling storytelling, rich cultural settings, and well-developed characters.

The Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship gives £18,000 to African writers to help them complete the first draft of a full-length book written in English.

The $5,000 Moonshot Art for Humanity Award is designed for young creators who use art to bridge divides and inspire positive social change.

The $5,000 Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship supports scholars, journalists, and writers conducting original research in the history of the life sciences.

The R25,000 Call for DSAC Publishing Hub Manuscripts 2026/27 is an initiative designed to support authors, strengthen the publishing industry, and promote the creation of literature that preserves heritage, tells diverse stories, and encourages works in previously marginalised official languages.

The $10,000 Social Fiction Design Competition invites writers, filmmakers, artists, animators, and creative thinkers worldwide to imagine the life of a young person in the year 2050 through powerful Social Fiction storytelling.

The AUD$20,000 Cooper Prize is an international theatre and playwriting competition designed to encourage playwrights to explore challenging philosophical and human themes through original dramatic works.

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