Upper primary and secondary students from around Australia are invited to participate in our live Q&A session with First Day director Julie Kalceff and Evie MacDonald, who plays the lead role of Hannah. In this unique virtual learning event, participants can ask Evie and Julie about their ground-breaking short film First Day,and its themes of transition, diversity, identity, resilience and inclusivity.

The ACTF is very proud to be the major sponsor of this year’s ALEA National Conference – Literacy Empowering Voices – which will be held in Melbourne from 09 – 12 July. We would love to chat with you about our great children’s content and education resources at the ACTF stand, or in our teacher workshop.

If you are considering applying for funding, please familiarise yourself with our Funding Guidelines and Funding Application Form, as well as our activities detailed throughout our website, before contacting us.

Our 2018 My Place Short Story Competition was a huge success, with around 900 stories submitted by young writers from around the country. Due to popular demand, we will be holding this creative student competition again this year, with entries open from 29 July – 16 August.

Opening up last year’s Little Lunch App Competition to Year 3 / 4 students led to a record number of entries. This year’s competition will again be open to students from Years 3-6, with entries open from 14 October – 08 November.

If you are considering applying for funding, please familiarise yourself with our Funding Guidelines and Funding Application Form, as well as our activities detailed throughout our website, before contacting us.