Annual grants of £5,000 to £30,000 each year made to promote literature in communities across the UK. Open to organisations and individuals.
The Hawthornden Literature Matters Grants support individuals and organisations who are promoting literature in communities across the UK. The grants, totalling £1 million, will be distributed over five years through annual funding rounds of £200,000. Grants are available for between £5k and £30k. The grants are generously supported by the Hawthornden Foundation.
There are two types of grants. ‘Operating Grants’, for organisations, support the delivery or expansion of established programmes or ongoing work. ‘Innovation Grants’, for organisations and individuals, support new, experimental or one-off projects designed to test new approaches.
Organisations who apply must be UK-based and primarily focused on literature, reading or writing.
Literature organisations are eligible for both operating and innovation grants, and writers and freelancers are eligible for innovation grants.
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Deadline: 9am on Wednesday 8 July 2026