Artist Opportunities

CERF+ emergency relief assistance includes grants, no-interest loans, access to resources, waivers and discounts on booth fees, and donations of craft supplies and equipment.

Call for entries for the 2019 juried Handcrafted Exhibition. Entry fee, exhibition of work, cash awards.

LSU School of Theatre and LSU College of Science invites submissions for consideration for the inaugural season of our reading series exploring the intersection of art and science. Cash and non-cash awards.

Grant support, outreach, and engagement for social issues documentary film and other storytelling projects. Rolling deadline.

The literary journal Inch is looking for flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Rolling deadline.

CAC&G seeking poetry inspired by Juried Art show. 

Entry fee, Cash awards, Publication.

Gibson House Press seeks fiction manuscripts for their Fall 2019-Spring 2020 list.

Established by internationally renowned poet and philanthropist Marcus Harris, the fellowship is designed to encourage young poets to pursue further writing and publishing efforts. One (1) $500 fellowship will be awarded based on the quality of the applicant’s writing sample.

Accepting submissions for the New Letters Publication Award in Fiction. Story topic: Children. Stories may not exceed 8,000 words. Registration fee, cash award, and publication. 

Accepting submissions for the 2018 Reedy Branch Review, the online journal for Pitt Community College.

Accepting submissions for the Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes Poetry Contest. Cash awards and publication.

Seeking poetry submissions, short story and digital artwork submissions for publication in The Halcyone literary review. Entry fee, cash awards, non-cash awards, and publication.

Seeking entries for the Emerging Playwright Award. Cash award. Rolling deadline.

Roots Artist Registry is an online registry and directory of visual, performing, and literary artists. Listing fee.

The Schuylkill Center’s environmental art department accepts submissions of environmentally themed visual artwork. Entry free. Rolling deadline.

Accepting art submissions in any medium for its online interdisciplinary journal the Palaver. Publication.

Seeking applicants to showcase their work in a unique outdoor environment. Rolling deadline. 

Accepting exhibition proposals for gallery space. Honorarium and non-cash awards. 

A digital marketing consulting firm for the arts that offers free webinars throughout the year and hosts an annual Digital Marketing Boot Camp for the Arts Conference.

Designed for artists of all disciplines and at all career stages, webinars are taught by successful artists and arts professionals who share practical tips and tools, case studies and as well as personal examples. Fees.

Website, Blog & Email Essentials, online professional development workshop led by Sue Schaffner.

Kickstarter School, online professional development workshop led by David Sharp. 

This program is designed to provide financial assistance for non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Canada that aim to introduce Japanese performing arts to local audiences. PAJ Touring Grants help present Japanese performing arts at multiple locations in the United States and Canada, with an emphasis on locations outside major metropolitan areas.

The Princeton Arts Fellows is looking for early career artists working in creative writing, dance, music, theater, and visual arts. The Fellowship lasts for two 10-month academic years and comes with an $82,000 salary for each year.

Grant Opportunity: The Hopper Prize is seeking submissions for $1,000.00 individual artist grants, juried by renowned contemporary art curators. Entry fee, Cash awards, Non-cash awards.

The Pitt County Arts Council, in collaboration with the Civic Arts Committee and the City of Greenville, NC, invites visual/graphic artists located nationwide to create an original design for the 5 Points Archway Public Art Project. 

Honorarium.

The free Artist Registry is for artists, designers, and architects interested in pursuing public art projects.

Seeking letters of Intent for the Inclusive Public Art initiative, which is intended to share stories of diversity, equality, inclusion and equity as they relate to the people and places of North Carolina, especially those whose stories are often untold. Cash awards.

Accepting applications for the Summer Artist in Residence program. This residency provides an artist with a month-long studio opportunity in Gallery One, a $2000 stipend plus housing budget, and an exhibition immediately following the residency. During the residency, the artist is expected to maintain open studio hours, interact with the community, and give an artist talk. Teaching opportunities are also available. $25 application fee.

Azule has a residency program for performers, writers, architects, builders, musicians, and artists of all types. Fees. Quarterly deadlines on March 1, May 15, August 15, and November 1.

Accepting emerging and established artist applications for residency program. 

Seeking applications for 2018 residencies. Rolling deadlines.

Seeking entries for their Writers-in-Residence program for N.C. natives, current residents, or those with significant ties to the state. Rolling deadlines.

Photographers are invited to enter the second annual Chelsea International Photography Competition. Entry fee, Cash awards, Publication, Honorarium.

Accepting submissions for the “Colors” Online Art Competition. Entry fee. 

Seeking submissions for the Artzine Art Prize 2018.

Accepting submissions for online digital art competition. Non-cash awards and publication. 

Seeking submissions for multi-genre juried art contest. Cash awards. 

Grace Centre Gallery is seeking submissions of all visual arts mediums for the 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition.

Entry fee, Cash awards.

Provides emergency support to artists working in painting, sculpture, and/or drawing, who have suffered significant losses after natural or manmade disasters that have affected their community.

Mission Health, in partnership with EL Design Studios & Gallery VI, is recruiting all artist, galleries and art organizations for work that may be considered for purchase and display at the new Mission Hospital for Advanced Medicine. Artists must reside in the Western part of North Carolina.

Provides interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. 

Accepting applications for online gallery.