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.

The Documentary Edit and Story Lab supports filmmakers with nonfiction feature films in post-production. Lab fellows advance their projects through rigorous creative exploration and discussion of story structure and character development with world-class advisors. Filmmaking teams work closely with director and editor advisors and staff in a dynamic and supportive environment, and after the lab they receive ongoing creative and strategic support. To take best advantage of the lab, teams should be at a place in their edit at which creative exploration with trusted advisors will advance their project and bring a greater clarity of vision. First-time feature directors as well as mid-career artists are encouraged to apply. 

Each spring, Full Frame brings together filmmakers and film lovers from near and far to celebrate the power and artistry of documentary film. The 23rd annual festival will be held April 2 – 5, 2020, and will feature four days of standout storytelling, conversation, and Southern hospitality in downtown Durham, NC. The Early Deadline to submit is October 15, the Regular Deadline is November 15, and the Late Deadline is December 15. 

We're providing funding up to $10,000 per project for short films in a way that's a lot simpler than screenwriting contests, crowdfunding, or applying to grants, because we're sick of seeing these funding avenues dominated by industry experts. Craft and submit one sentence with a compelling premise that also conveys why you need this funding to achieve your vision. Our judges will choose the best one. Get creative capital to use for the production of a short, or use it as a film finishing fund.

For a new blog series celebrating the life of James Baldwin in Saint-Paul de Vence, we are soliciting submissions of articles, book excerpts and personal essays that address the elder Baldwin, from the years 1970 to 1987. 

The Airport Art Program develops and integrates art, exhibits and performances into the fabric of the Airport environment for the benefit of passengers and employees. For the 5th edition, Airport Shorts will see new life featured on the CNN Channel, viewable on over 500 screens throughout the entire Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with a potential audience of over 100 million travelers each year. Airport Shorts will be featured on the channel once every hour, and we are seeking 11 short films to debut on the channel in 2020. This project is open to filmmakers located both in the US and internationally, but special consideration will be given to Georgia based filmmakers and filmmakers from the American South. The Atlanta Film Society would like to officially invite you to craft a proposal for a visually arresting cinematic piece. Films must be 45-54 seconds. The theme for the 5th edition is “Connections” and may be interpreted however you choose. 

Bear Review is a biannual journal of poetry, art and micro prose based in Kansas City. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Turnaround time is fast. All published writing is automatically considered for an annual editor's prize which includes an honorarium and interview. The first editor's prize will be judged this fall and will consider work from this issue and the fall issue. Submit up to five original, previously unpublished poems or micro prose pieces (fiction or nonfiction, 500 words or fewer). Rolling deadline.

Blue Ridge Motorcycling Magazine features personality profiles of interesting, attractive and successful riders in the Blue Ridge region, rides to interesting or historic places in the Blue Ridge, and business profiles/reviews of restaurants, breweries or wineries. Articles should be 1,200 to 2,500 words in length. Rolling deadline.

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

Entries must be 750-2000 words. This contest is open to all CWC members and to any resident of North Carolina or South Carolina. Entries must original and unpublished. This includes blogs, Facebook, websites and any other digital media. Includes articles and essays on any subject, and any informational piece that is not a fictional story, novel, play or poem.

A new online poetry journal seeking new poets. Cash awards. Rolling deadline.

Hamline Lit Link intends to connect current and past students within, or interested in, the realm of the English major. We are constantly looking for submissions of various types of writing. Rolling deadline.

History Through Fiction is interested in publishing high quality fiction that is based on historical research. We are looking for stories about real people and real events. Though fictionalized, our books include nonfiction elements such footnotes, endnotes, and/or a bibliography. When submitting, consider whether your historical novel is informative and educational in addition to being a compelling fictional story.

The Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize honors Harriet Jacobs and Thomas Jones, two pioneering African-American writers from North Carolina, and seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians. The contest is administered by the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication of the winning entry in The Carolina Quarterly.

Successful entries will have no more than four characters and be crafted specifically to exploit our intimate performance space. (18′ x 18′ stage) Changes in scenery or setting should be achievable quickly and with few major set moves. Our focus is on fundamental dramaturgy: plot, character and theme.

Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry, a synopsis and a 10-page sample from the script. Running time for each performance should not exceed 45 minutes. Up to Eight plays will be chosen. In addition, a new piece from Mr. LaBute will be performed every night for the run of the festival.

Submissions should be sent to:

LaBute New Theater Festival
St. Louis Actors’ Studio
360 N Boyle Ave
St. Louis, MO 63108

Linden Avenue Literary Journal publishes poetry, short fiction,and creative non-fiction which highlights the intersection between art and everyday life. Please be sure to include your social media information, website,  and a brief biography with your submission. Rolling deadline.

We are currently accepting micro and low budget projects that will be developed solely by LLeju Productions and Films. We do not finance the projects of other companies, nor do we accept animation, biography, or period pieces. LLeju Productions and Films believe that there are many talented individuals who are creating quality material that would be suitable for the production of motion pictures. Therefore, we strive to have an open and inclusive submission policy that does not require you to obtain an agent or a manager. Rolling deadline.

Since 2008, Mildred’s Umbrella has celebrated the dark, quirky, odd, and absurd with a collection of shorts. Now in its twelfth year, Museum of Dysfunction has become a highlight of the Houston theater season. The plays are read blind by a committee and chosen for their alignment with Mildred’s Umbrella’s mission and guidelines, as well as their unique perspective. Plays will require no more than 6 actors. Plays will run no more than 12 minutes. Plays will have minimal set, costume, prop, and special effect requirements. Plays have not been previously produced in the greater Houston area. 

Plays must follow the guidelines listed below:

• Submission deadline is December 31, 2019.
• Submissions are only accepted via email and must be in .pdf format.
• Complete a Google Form with contact and play information to receive an email address link to submit your play. Google Form is at http://bit.ly/33bImya
• Play Submission is FREE but no more than 2 submissions will be accepted.
• Plays will require no more than 6 actors.
• Plays will run no more than 12 minutes.
• Plays will have minimal set, costume, prop, and special effect requirements.
• Plays have not been previously produced in the greater Houston area.
• Plays must included a title sheet with Title, Playwright, cast of characters (with brief description), and setting. (The title sheet will be removed for the reading committee so that submissions are blind.)
• Plays fall into the weird, dark, quirky, odd, strange, absurd and/or dysfunctional categories.
• Plays align with Mildred’s Umbrella’s mission: “We strive to feature the work of female playwrights, actors, and directors, which promotes the empowerment of women in theater.”
• This means either female identifying playwrights and/or a focus on female identifying characters.
• The aesthetic of Museum of Dysfunction is to highlight the dark corners of life, celebrate difference, and accept our dysfunction. Please submit your plays with this in mind.

The 12th Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize is accepting submissions. Winning poets will be invited to read their poetry at the 12th Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival in Cary, North Carolina, on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Winning poets will be published in the festival anthology, hasret/longing and their work will be nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

The Neukom Institute, the Dartmouth Department of Theater and Vox Theater have once again joined together for the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting. Plays should be written in response to the prompt: “What does it mean to be a human in a computerized, digital world?”

Sonnets must be previously unpublished. Each entrant may submit up to eight individual sonnets AND three sonnet crowns. Prize: $500 for the best individual sonnet and $500 for the best sonnet crown. Julie Kane will serve as the contest's final judge.

Scuppernong Editions is seeking written work that explores the personal and political subjects that election talk doesn't abide. We want to hear about the struggles, goals, and aspirations that don't usually make it into political discourse, but which will nonetheless define American life for the foreseeable future. We are accepting submissions of written work across genres--fiction, poetry, essays, creative non-fiction--for "2020 Is Not Our Final Year."

The Society of Midland Authors (SMA) literary awards recognize book writing excellence by Midwestern authors. Three judges on each committee will select one winner that is best in that category. Category winners receive $500 and a recognition award. Judges may also deem one or two honorees as worthy of recognition. Each honoree will receive a commemorative award.  All honors are given out at the awards banquet the second Tuesday in May.

Teach. Write. is a biannual online publication of the blog Hey, Mrs. Winkler: Musings and Mutterings About Higher Education in the South. Teach. Write. was created to provide a place for composition teachers to submit their work; however, submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and poetry are open to all. 

The Centifictionist is an online literary magazine that publishes powerful, compelling, and memorable international microfiction in 100 words or less. The Centifictionist publishes two online issues per year, a Spring/Summer issue and a Fall/Winter issue. All issues of The Centifictionist will include thirty pieces of microfiction in each issue, with each individual piece being 100 words or less. Rolling deadline.

The Frost Place, a nonprofit center for poetry and the arts at Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, NH, in partnership with Bull City Press, has established a poetry chapbook fellowship. We invite submissions to the Eighth Annual Frost Place Chapbook Competition sponsored by Bull City Press. The 2020 Bull City Chapbook Fellowship at The Frost Place is open to any poet writing in English.

For a 50-75 page manuscript. Sponsored by Snake Nation Press.

Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 1st “Skies” Online Art Competition for the month of December 2019. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. All entries must include the sky as the primary focus. In that representation the gallery seeks artworks with any perspective of the sky, including clouds, night and day sky, dusk and dawn, storms, stars, moon and planets. All visual art mediums are acceptable.

Do you have an unanticipated opportunity to present your work? Did you incur an unexpected expense that you didn’t budget for? The Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers Emergency Grants between $200 and $2,500 for visual and performing artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors. Rolling deadline.

Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for Winter 2019. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. 

The Rooted in Rights Blog is a platform dedicated to amplifying the authentic perspectives of disabled writers. We invite you to pitch us, because your words have power, and we want to help you share them. Please read the details before submitting your pitch using the form at the bottom of the page. Rolling deadline.

llumination is a three day event celebrating the arts, life and community with music, visual arts, dance, poetry, and performances bringing together the community and the arts in celebration of life, unity and equality.For artist who would like to participate there are still openings for visual artists, poets and photographers. artists who would like to participate there is a $40.00 submission fee and we ask artists who have been selected to participate to donate a piece of artwork.

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

Emerging organizations can apply for fiscal sponsorship through NYFA. Fees. Dealines on June 30, September 30, December 31, and March 31

33rd Annual NC Potters Conference hosted by the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC Dates: March 5-8th, 2020. The NC Potters conference is centered around two-days of demonstrating artists in addition to multiple speakers to instill this year’s theme, which is The Similarities in our Differences. 

Triangle Community Foundation has partnered with ARTS Action Research to bring a series of workshops to the Triangle designed specifically to help nonprofit arts organizations with planning, resource development, knowledge building, and assessment to further their artistic missions.

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.

An interactive lunch and learn workshop session on how to plan and market accessible programs and classes. Participants will learn what to consider when planning inclusive programming, including facilities, program content, staffing, safety, messaging & marketing, application procedures, and gathering information on camper needs.

South Arts’ new Express Grant program is an opportunity for presenting arts organizations in rural Southern communities (with populations of 50,000 or below) to receive fee support to present Southern guest performing or literary artists from outside of the presenter’s state. These quick turnaround grants offer more flexibility for programming that may not fit within South Arts’ annual grantmaking schedule. Touring support is awarded to theater, music, opera, musical theater, dance, fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry projects that contain both a public performance or reading and an educational component. The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $2,000. These grants are very limited and awarded on a first-come/first-served basis; so early submission is encouraged. A dollar-for-dollar cash match is a requirement. Rolling deadline.

Offering online courses and certificate program in cultural planning and development. Fees.

The Asphalt Art initiative will award grants of up to $25,000 to 10 U.S. cities for new artistic street and public space projects. Eligible cities have populations of 30,000-500,000.

The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County is seeking sculptures and temporary installations for its annual Works in Progress IV. The Arts Council will place 10-20 works at varied and diverse sites in downtown Fayetteville. Works will be leased for a period of no less than one year. Lease amounts should range from $1,000 to $2,000.

The Blowing Rock Historical Society has issued a call for high-country artists interested in exhibiting their work at Edgewood Cottage for one week during the 2020 Artists in Residence program. The 2020 program will be held each week from Memorial Day through Labor Day. We promote high-quality aspiring artists as well as known veterans and encourage 2D and 3D artists in a variety of mediums to apply.

Emerging artists are invited to apply for The Bascom’s Residency and Internship Programs with focuses on ceramics, education, community, and 2D and 3D artists.

Vermont Studio Center’s Displaced Artists Fund exists to assist visual artists and writers displaced due to natural disasters, climate change, or political turmoil or threat by providing residencies in a safe and supportive community of creative peers. Rolling deadline.

Offering various residencies and internships in printmaking, book arts, ceramics, and photography.

Plein Air New Bern is an event to showcase the beauty, history, and unique qualities of New Bern, NC through the timeless and elegant medium of plein air painting. Twenty five artists will be invited to stay in New Bern for a six day painting competition with juried awards and sales opportunities, culminating in a Collector’s Sale and Gala. This inaugural event will take place May 11th-16th, and will offer artists numerous breathtaking locations to complete original works. Artists’ daily completed works will be displayed in the Main Gallery at Bank of the Arts, a 1,200 square foot exhibition space housed in a turn of the century former bank building in the downtown area. 

The Durham Art Walk Spring Market will usher in the season with a weekend full of visual art by local makers, ongoing live music, food truck favorites, and great shopping. The Durham Art Walk Spring Market will take place March 7-8, 2020. This is a non-juried event; we do our best to include all interested visual artists.

Call for artists: opportunity to show at the 12th Annual North Ridge Country Club Art Gala.

The Women's Club of Raleigh will hold their annual Art Festival in January 2020. This year's theme is Life, Liberty and Happiness. This is a juried contest with prizes. Contact Martha Keravouri for more information and to arrange art drop off. 

Arts Access, in partnership with the City of Raleigh's Block Gallery, is excited to host an exhibition titled Art Unblocked 2020 featuring works of art created by artists with disabilities. The exhibition will be on view April 1, 2020 - June 26, 2020 at the Block Gallery, 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC. The juried exhibition is open to any artist who identifies as having a disability.

The Upper Gallery at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts is currently seeking submissions for solo and group shows from regional artists for our 2020 and 2021 gallery exhibition schedule. ​ The Black Mountain Center for the Arts, established in 2000, is a non-profit community arts center devoted to nurturing all art forms. Located in the old City Hall building, BMCA now supports a community theatre, concerts, storytelling, dance, a free-standing clay studio, and 10 gallery shows a year.

Art@Work is a newer DAG program designed to connect local artists to local businesses. The primary goal being to sell (or lease) local art to local businesses to be displayed in their corporate offices and private or public buildings. Membership fee and non-cash awards. 

Calling all artists (photographers, quilters, sculptors, new media and digital artists, etc.). Have your work exhibited at Durham County Library.

Are you interested in displaying your work at the GPAC? We are always interested in seeing new works and helping artist gain the exposure they deserve! Complete our free online application to get started. Rolling deadline.

The Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery’s mission is to empower local artists to forge productive cultural and socio-economic ties with their community through professional exhibit opportunities in HAC Gallery. We are a gallery founded on the principle that art is a vehicle for intellectual, cultural, and socio-economic growth and that it is the community’s responsibility to collectively support the arts. We provide a free space with no commercial pressure so that you can make your best work and actively engage with this community in the way you choose. Rolling deadline.

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.

Each year, the Multifaith Action Society invites artists to submit works of art for publication in our upcoming Multifaith Calendar. The theme for our upcoming 2021 edition is: Living Legacies How to Submit Entries.Submit digital images (up to 5) in low resolution (jpg/72dpi).

This open call is seeking photographers looking to the decade ahead. We want you to send in a portfolio of your work, up to six images. These images can be themed around travel, landscape, cityscape, portraiture, nature or cultural - essentially a documentation of life and change.

Photo Finish will showcase work submitted by amateur and professional photographers that relates to the sport of Thoroughbred racing in America. Photographs do not have to be a racing action scene; it is up to the photographer to interpret the theme and be as creative as possible! Interested photographers can submit up to two photographs for consideration, and additional entry details are listed on the application form.

This contest is all about the arts, the talents, and the visions of our future. No artist would be discriminated because of his/her views. Let's look into our future 20 years from today: the future of our planet, of your country or your personal future. Time flies, and a book "My Vision Of The Future" with this contest's artworks, printed in 2020, would show everyone in 2040 how right or wrong you were today. The book would include all the best images of work submitted to this art contest with the Winners' artwork images on the covers. 

The cultural association Il Varco is glad to announce its 3RD PRISMA Art Prize, an exhibition entirely organized by artists for the artists. A painting competition with $2000+ in Cash Awards and many other prizes, which takes place seasonally and yearly in Rome. 

The Salisbury Public Art Committee invites sculptors to submit their favorite outdoor pieces for consideration for the 2020 Salisbury Sculpture Show. Selected pieces will be carefully sited to enhance the sculpture’s visibility and ease of access. Sculptures will be selected by a jury of qualified professionals. Work from individuals or teams will be considered; student work is encouraged.

Artists in Residence at Edgewood Cottage is a juried art show that features different artists each week. Think of Edgewood Cottage as your personal art gallery in a beautiful historic setting on Main St. in downtown Blowing Rock, NC. If selected, you will be present in the cottage during your week to greet visitors, sell your art, and demonstrate your techniques.