Now in its third year, SBS Emerging Writers’ Incubator provides 12 months of paid employment in production companies around Australia for emerging writing talent from underrepresented backgrounds.

They include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; people who are culturally and linguistically diverse; people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, or with disability; people who are female or gender diverse; people who identify as LGBTQIA+; and people located in regional and remote areas.

In 2023, selected participants will join Curio Pictures (Western Australia), Endemol Shine Australia (NSW), Kindling Pictures (Victoria), Kojo Studios (South Australia), Orange Entertainment Co (Queensland), and TAP (Tony Ayres Productions), who will host a Tasmanian writer in their office in Melbourne.

Each placement is supported by the corresponding state agency, with the initiative delivered in partnership with Screen Australia, and with the assistance of the Australian Writers Guild.

Applications close June 16 and are made with each participating screen agency:
• NSW applicants – Screen NSW
• Queensland applicants – Screen Queensland
• South Australian applicants – SAFC
• Tasmanian applicants – Screen Tasmania
• Victorian applicants – VicScreen
• Western Australian applicants – Screenwest