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OAC — Literary Organizations Projects
Supports Ontario literary organizations and publishers
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Funding available
$ 12,000
Deadline
Closed
Location
Ontario, Canada
Overview
Literary Organizations Projects supports Ontario-based literary organizations, ad hoc groups, collectives, and not-for-profit arts organizations in presenting, promoting, and developing Canadian literature and publishing capacity in Ontario. It funds festivals, performance series, sector development initiatives, eligible book publishing, and literary magazine publishing, with maximum amounts of $12,000 per category.
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At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Launch or market a product/service
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Ontario
Legal structures
- Non-profit
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- Canadians
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- Culture and Arts
Target groups
- General public
- Children & youth
- Young adults
- Artists / creatives
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- Provincial
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Festivals and fairs: events including an organized and multi-faceted program of literary activities that takes place within a defined and concentrated period of time of one or more days.
- Performance series: event series that host regular events presenting literary performance to the public, including slams, storytelling series, and reading series.
- Development initiatives: activities and initiatives that benefit Ontario’s professional literary sector at large, including professional development for literary artists and arts workers, conferences and other activities with a community impact.
- Literary book publishing: the publication of eligible Canadian-authored books in print and/or digital formats, for distribution to the public through an identified and viable market channel.
- Literary magazine publishing: the publication of a literary magazine featuring predominantly Canadian writers and artists in print and/or digital formats.
Documents Needed
- a project budget
- artistic examples: audiovisual documentation of relevant recent activities or participating artists; publishers must submit physical or digital copies of recent eligible issues or eligible books, along with excerpts from recently-published literary work
- support documents: applicant’s history and key participants’ bios, one or two catalogues, brochures, posters, programs, flyers, video or other materials
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Ontario-based ad hoc groups and collectives
- Ontario-based not-for-profit arts organizations
- Not-for-profit arts organizations, as well as eligible for-profit book and magazine publishers, with a permanent physical address in Ontario
- Publishers established on a for-profit basis, either as sole proprietorships or as incorporated organizations, that are Canadian-owned and -controlled with the head office in Ontario
Who is not eligible
- Libraries, schools, or post-secondary institutions; a library or school can be the venue but not the applicant, publisher, or organizing host.
- Municipalities, colleges and universities, including magazines predominantly written or run by students, publishers whose publications are primarily prepared by students within the context of academic courses or training sessions, and publishers that are organizationally and editorially controlled by a university, college, or municipality.
- Publishers that devote the majority of their publishing program to works by writers and artists who have governance, ownership, employment, or volunteer relationships with the applicant.
- Publishers that primarily publish ineligible books, or publish an ineligible magazine.
- Publishers that require contributors to pay fees or commit to purchasing completed publications; organizations that receive an OAC operating grant through Publishing Organizations: Operating or Ontario Arts Operating Fund (Literary Organizations category); publishers that are imprints, divisions, subsidiaries or parent companies of other applicants to this program, or of organizations that receive one of those OAC operating grants; organizations that receive another OAC operating grant, except organizations mandated to serve one or more OAC’s priority groups; amateur, pre-professional or student productions or projects.
Eligible expenses
- Artists’ fees
- Production costs
- Marketing, promotion, and audience development expenses
- Administration costs directly related to the project
- Presenter, facilitator, and consultant fees
- Editorial, production, circulation, sales, and distribution costs directly tied to eligible publications
- Purchase of small-scale equipment, software, electronics, and similar materials needed for the project
- Childcare and other dependent care fees enabling participation in the project
- Expenses to make the project accessible to audience members and project participants who are Deaf or have a disability
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- major capital expenditures, including buying, leasing or renovating buildings and purchase of major equipment
- events or activities that take place outside of Ontario
- fundraising activities
- student or educational projects; faculty or student projects associated with their research, course work or studies
- the publication of ineligible books or magazines; events or organizations that do not pay fees to participating or performing writers and artists; book or magazine publishers that do not pay contributor fees to writers and artists; academic or scholarly conferences
Eligible geographic areas
- Ontario
Selection criteria
- Assessment details are provided in the Guide to OAC Assessment and the Evaluation Rubric – Activity Projects.
How to apply
- Step 1: Review program guidance
- Read the Guide to OAC Project Programs and related guides before applying.
- Step 2: Prepare your Nova profile
- Create or update your profile in Nova.
- Step 3: Complete the application
- Enter project information and answer the application questions.
- Prepare a project budget and supporting materials.
- Step 4: Submit in Nova
- Complete and submit the application in Nova before the deadline.
- Step 5: Final report
- Submit the final report in Nova after the project is completed.
Processing and Agreement
- You will find out whether you got a grant about four and a half months after the deadline.
- If you receive a grant, you must complete the project and submit a final report in Nova.
- In your final report, you will need to provide a description of the project undertaken and its outcomes, including details on any minor or approved changes to what had been outlined in the application.
- In your final report, you will need to provide a final budget.
- In your final report, you will need to provide documentation and/or an explanation of how you followed or will follow OAC’s public value and engagement requirements for grant recipients.
Additional information
- Program information may change before it opens in Nova.
- Grant results are available about four and a half months after the deadline.
- A surplus over $250 may need to be repaid.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects Program
What is the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects?
Literary Organizations Projects supports Ontario-based literary organizations, ad hoc groups, collectives, and not-for-profit arts organizations in presenting, promoting, and developing Canadian literature and publishing capacity in Ontario. It funds festivals, performance series, sector development initiatives, eligible book publishing, and literary magazine publishing, with maximum amounts of $12,000 per category.
How much funding can be received?
OAC — Literary Organizations Projects Funds up to $12,000 of admissible expenses.
Who is eligible for the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects program?
To be eligible for the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects program, you must:
Literary festival, performance series, and sector development categories are open to Ontario-based ad hoc groups and collectives and Ontario-based not-for-profit arts organizations.
Literary book and magazine publishing categories are open to not-for-profit arts organizations and eligible for-profit book and magazine publishers with a permanent physical address in Ontario.
Publishing applicants must publish primarily in English, make their own editorial decisions, sign contracts in their own name, and pay contributors’ fees or royalties.
What expenses are eligible under OAC — Literary Organizations Projects?
Festivals and fairs: events including an organized and multi-faceted program of literary activities that takes place within a defined and concentrated period of time of one or more days.
Performance series: event series that host regular events presenting literary performance to the public, including slams, storytelling series, and reading series.
Development initiatives: activities and initiatives that benefit Ontario’s professional literary sector at large, including professional development for literary artists and arts workers, conferences and other activities with a community impact.
Literary book publishing: the publication of eligible Canadian-authored books in print and/or digital formats, for distribution to the public through an identified and viable market channel.
Literary magazine publishing: the publication of a literary magazine featuring predominantly Canadian writers and artists in print and/or digital formats.
Who can I contact for more information about the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects?
You can contact Ontario Arts Council (OAC) by email at ddaniher@arts.on.ca or by phone at 416-969-7451.
Where is the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects available?
The OAC — Literary Organizations Projects program is available the province of Ontario.
Is the OAC — Literary Organizations Projects a grant, loan, or tax credit?
OAC — Literary Organizations Projects is a Grant and Funding