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Author-Funded Stream
The Author-Funded Book Production Grant supports self-publishers, or publishers working with Saskatchewan authors who have made a financial contribution to the cost of production, to produce and market a book.
Please note: Book publishing projects that are not financed by an author must apply to the Book Publishers‘ stream of funding – not the Author-Funded stream below.
Deadlines & Processing Time
- Opening date: May 16, 2022
- Deadline: November 2, 2022
All deadlines close at 4:00 PM Saskatchewan time. If a deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend, applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM the following business day.
Application processing time: Applicants can expect to receive results within 10 weeks from the deadline date.
Results will be delivered via e-mail and will be available in GMS
Our Investment
This grant covers up to 50% of eligible book production costs or $15,000 per application (whichever is the lesser).
Projects involving significant illustration or photography may apply for 50% of eligible book production costs or $25,000 per application (whichever is the lesser).
Applicants may not receive more than $80,000 per fiscal year from both Book Publishing Production Streams.
Are you Eligible?
- Important details that apply to all Creative Saskatchewan grants.
Author Funded Stream Guidelines
- The official guidelines supersede all information contained elsewhere on this website, delivered to applicants by Program Officers, or otherwise made publicly available.
Please note that if ineligible expenses (outlined in the Guidelines above) exceed 50% of the project budget, the application will be deemed ineligible.
Activities that receive funding from the Saskatchewan Arts or SaskCulture are not eligible for support through Creative Saskatchewan investment programs.
Application Tips & Process
You’ll be asked these questions as part of the online Grant Management System application process, pay close attention to the maximum number of points available!
Tip – Applicants are encouraged to describe the book partnership between author and publisher. Author applications to this grant stream are strengthened by partnerships with publishers.
Tip – Grant writing webinars are available on our YouTube channel
Book a consult Our Program Team is happy to walk you through eligibility criteria, tips for success, and best practices.
What’s new for 2022?
- To better reflect updates to the Book Publishing Production Grant Streams, the Fewer Than Three Stream has been renamed as the Author-Funded Stream, and the More Than Three Stream has been renamed as Book Publishers’ Stream. Each stream now has a separate webpage, guidelines, and assessment criteria documents.
- Self-publishers and publishers can apply to the Author-Funded Stream. If an author makes a financial contribution to the project to cover any portion of production costs, the self-publisher or publisher must apply to the Author-Funded Stream.
- Authors are no longer required to be the applicant but must be a signatory on the funding agreement if a grant is awarded as they are financially contributing to the project.
- Applicants to this stream must either meet the criteria of an established Saskatchewan author, or be working with an established Saskatchewan author that meets the criteria defined in the program guidelines to produce the book(s) being applied for.
- Authors and/or illustrators must receive financial compensation.
- Applicants may include the production expenses of multiple titles by the same author in one application, however each title requires a separate budget. Application caps of $15,000 (or $25,000 for projects involving significant illustration or photography) still apply. Books published by the same publisher but written by different authors require separate applications to maintain author privacy.
- The marketing cap for each application to this stream has been increased to 25% of the project budget.
- The following temporary changes are in place due to COVID-19:
- A restriction on the number of “reprint titles” has been temporarily removed.
- A restriction that prevented applicants from including both an administration fee and in-house expenses in their project budget has been temporarily removed.
What happens after I’m approved?
- 80% of your grant is paid when the application is approved. The remaining 20% of your grant is paid after the project is complete and your final report has been approved.
- Don’t forget to acknowledge the support you’ve received from Creative Saskatchewan by following our guide here.
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