Access Copyright Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2025 Marian Hebb Research Grant. A total of $140,000 in grant funding was awarded to 32 creators and one publisher.

The Marian Hebb Research Grant, one of three grant programs administered by the Access Copyright Foundation, supports “inquiry and exploration relevant to Canadian publishing, writing and visual arts, and toward the realization of a publishable work in progress.”

Jurors for the 2025  program were journalist and author Vince Beiser, writer Melissa Ren, and writer and arts administrator Peggy Walt. The grants are administered by SK Arts on behalf of the Access Copyright Foundation.

• Lareina Abbott, Calgary
  
• Caroline Adderson, Vancouver
• Karen Miranda Augustine, Toronto
  
• Nadine Bachan, Vancouver
  
• Marta Balcewicz, Toronto
• Michelle Barker, Vancouver
• Tanaz Bhathena, Mississauga, Ontario
  
• Julia Breckenreid, Toronto
  
• Sig Burwash, Cape North, Nova Scotia
• Valerie Jane Compton, Bedford, Nova Scotia
  
• Trevor Corkum, Albany, P.E.I.
  
• Christine Fischer Guy, Toronto
• Kara Griffin, Charlottetown
• Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, North Vancouver
  
• Danielle Janess, Seattle
  
• Ibi Kaslik, Toronto
• Jason McBride, Toronto
• Robin McConnell, Atlin, B.C.
  
• Fiona McGlynn, Atlin, B.C.
• Jessica Moore, Toronto
• Trudy Morgan-Cole, St. John’s
• Rebecca Morris, Montreal
  
• Brian Payton, Comox, B.C.
  
• Brett Popplewell, Ottawa
•  Clea Roberts, Whitehorse
• Susan Sanford Blades, Victoria
• Jena Schmitt,  Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
  
• Sara Spike, Hartlin Settlement, Nova Scotia
  
• Kelly S. Thompson, New Hartford
  
• Gillian Turnbull, Halifax
•  Julia Zarankin, Toronto
• Kathryn Zdybel, Toronto
• The Capilano Review, Vancouver