EOIs for EWF’s 2026 Guest Curator are now open!

This is a curation opportunity with a provided stipend for an emerging First Nations creative, who is interested in getting hands-on experience in festival programming with the EWF Team, based out of The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Read on to find out more about the Guest Curator role.

Since 2018, EWF has been committed to programming First Nations Artists and Writers for the opening event of the Emerging Writers’ Festival – an important cornerstone of our organisation’s programming and ethos.

Previous Guest Curatorships

Previous EWF Guest Curators include (pictured left, top to bottom) Lardil and Yangkaal emerging writer Maya Hodge who curated our 2023 Opening Night: Truth-Telling at Science Gallery.

In 2024, poet Mackenzie Lee of Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, and Karajarri ancestry, mixed with Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Anglo-Australian heritage who curated our 2024 Opening Night: LIB[ERA]TION at narrm ngarrgu Library.

Gunditjmara writer, Coral Reeve curated our 2025 Opening Night event ‘Finding Your Way’, an experiential performance event at Fitzroy Gardens.

EWF is excited to open Expressions of Interest for the next Guest Curator to envision our 2026 opening event, and to appear in our 2026 festival.

Before applying please read the full Position Description linked here.

Apply here

Applications are open until Monday 9 March, 5PM AEDT.