We believe writers matter because writing matters.
Every professional writer should be able to sustain themselves and thrive, even when times are hard. The Royal Literary Fund offers financial support, advice and earning opportunities across the UK, enabling writers to keep writing and to share their skills with others.
Supporting Writers
We offer a range of grants to professional writers needing short-term to long-term financial support. They might be facing an unexpected bill, reduced income, or unable to write due to a change in circumstances, sickness, disability, or age.
The RLF also offers earning opportunities for professional writers through our Fellowship scheme who work as Fellows sharing their expertise with others. We place writers in over 100 universities across the UK, helping students to develop their academic writing.
News & Features
WritersMosaic & Jhalak launch The Review today
The first issue of The Review by WritersMosaic & Jhalak is out today. The Review is an editorially independent, 20-page…
“Writing gave me back joy” – How writing for self-expression can foster well-being
“It’s all about people expressing or discovering what kind of stuff they’ve got in the back catalogue of themselves, the…
Tenementality
I shouldn’t be here. No, I didn’t have a near-death experience; it was Glasgow that almost died, bulldozed into oblivion.…
Seven Ways of Looking at W. Somerset Maugham
RLF Fellow and playwright Marcy Kahan examines seven aspects of W. Somerset Maugham’s remarkable life and career. Cosmopolitanism The first…
My Writing Life: Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning to fiction. She is the author of two #1 New York…
“Our shared interest is in the imagination” – Our Reading Round group in Bristol
“The simplicity of it is key,” says Dr Edson Burton, writer, historian, playwright and tutor, who is running a RLF Reading Round group…
“The best thing about all of this is that it matters” – Running a public education programme
RLF Fellow Dr Kerry Young has spent seven years running Writing for Life workshops. But what exactly is writing for…
No facts, only versions
Memoirs are as much about what is excluded as what is included. This edition examines how you can evoke the…
My Writing Life: Dreda Say Mitchell
Dreda Say Mitchell is a best-selling and award-winning author appointed an MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for her services…
Education
Our commitment to advancing public education begins with our Fellowship scheme. Find out how we work with educational institutions across the UK, our Bridge school workshops and consultancy programme, and how writers can apply to the Fellowship scheme.
If you’re a student looking for help with your academic writing, we also offer a range of free online writing tools and resources.
Workplace & Community
Our Writing for Life programme enables writers to share their skills in their local community. They are trained to deliver workshops on writing for self-expression, building writing skills in the workplace, and hosting reading round groups for their local communities.
WritersMosaic
WritersMosaic, a division of the Royal Literary Fund, is an online magazine and developmental resource focused on UK writers of the global majority, reflecting the changing reality of contemporary Britain, from its past and into its future.
