The Australian Writers' Guild receives assistance from the Literature Fund of the Australia Council, the State Arts Ministries in New South Wales and Western Australia, the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation, Cinemedia, the South Australian Film Corporation, Pacific Film and Television, Screenwest and the NSW Film and Television office.
Lotterywest directly sponsors the Perth International Arts Festival, Australia Day celebrations, local film funding body Screenwest, the Scitech organisation, and was the major sponsor of the Lotterywest Skyworks for 15 years (1995–2010)