Copyright Licensing Ltd (CLL) New Zealand, will provide two grants of $35,000 to writers of non-fiction books this year, funded by the revenue collected on behalf of authors and publishers. They are inviting proposals, planned or underway, to reach a selection committee by the 15 August.

Since the CLL Writers’ Support Fund was established in 2002, awards have been granted to Sarah Quigley to write a biography of poet and patron, Charles Brasch, and Dr Paul Miller for his biography on literary scholar and cultural theorist, Bill Pearson.

The CLL is hoping to encourage all established non-fiction writers with interests beyond the literary, i.e. sciences, business, Maori and Pacific studies, the arts and beyond.

The winners will be announced on Wednesday 20 October. For a full application visit the CLL – Writers' Award or phone 09 480 2711.