At MARION, our vision is to elevate not just our writers, but our writing sector to a level that ensures funding and recognition on-par with other art disciplines. By providing the highest quality professional development opportunities, as well as networking and collaborative pathways for writers, we are shaping an environment in which they can build a sustainable creative practice.

Through our initiatives, resources, leadership, and facilitation of connection, MARION plays a pivotal role in elevating writers and their art. MARION is generously supported by our members and from the ACT Government through artsACT.

MARION is a not-for-profit member-based organisation with charitable status.
Founded in 1995 as the ACT Writers Centre, and renamed MARION in 2022, the organisation has evolved over time to become the leading organisation of writing-based culture in the ACT and actively supports and advocates for the professional rights and interests of our writers.