The “Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing. It also offers uninterrupted, independent time to plant the seed of an idea for a new writing project or to develop or complete a project underway.

For 2026 the Fellowship will focus on the genre of Fiction.

The selected writer will receive a ten-day solo residency in July 2026 and can choose whether to stay at Trillium Arts’ rural "Firefly Creek" apartment in Mars Hills, NC or at E. Patrick Johnson and Stephen Lewis’ “Montford Manor” residence near downtown Asheville, NC.

Participants will receive a $1,000 stipend and transportation to and from Asheville, NC. Additional benefits will be custom tailored to the needs of the awardee.

Orange County, NC nonprofits are invited to apply for up to $10,000 in funding for community festivals, art installations, workshops, and art experiences taking place in Chapel Hill. Projects and programs must occur between July 2026 – June 2027 and incorporate a paid artist.

Drinking Gourd Gallery is seeking submissions for Perspectives & Perceptions, a group exhibition. This exhibition has no unifying theme — we’re looking for work that reflects each artist’s unique vision, technique, and perspective. Art submissions can be 2D or 3D, which can include paintings, drawings, mixed media, collages, digital art, textile art, and photography. Drinking Gourd is partnering with East Regional Library (Knightdale) and Wake County Public Libraries to present the exhibition.

Established for writers who like to share authentic travel experiences and to provide a platform for publication. The Anthology Travel Writing Competition is open to original and previously unpublished travel articles in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. We are looking for an engaging article that will capture the reader’s attention, conveying a strong sense of the destination and the local culture.

Fees or awards
The winner will receive €300 and the chance to see their work published in a future issue of Anthology. / Very Early Bird fee – €10: – January – February 2025 Early Bird fee – €12: March – April 2025 Standard fee – €15: May – November 2025

Open to photographers working at any level, the Anthology Photography Competition celebrates outstanding standalone images. It also provides a platform for photographers to showcase their work through publication.

Images submitted must be on the theme of ‘The World As You See It’. Submissions will be judged on quality, creativity, originality, and visual/emotional impact.

Fees or awards
The winner will receive a €500 cash prize and editorial coverage in a future issue of Anthology magazine. / Very Early Bird fee – €12 – January – February 2025 Early Bird fee – €15: March – April 2025 Standard fee – €18: May – November 2025

BRIDGE is Chicago's independent, intersectional not for profit org for art and public scholarship. We welcome submissions in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, visual art, cultural criticism, design, hybrid work, and book-length pieces and comics.

Fees or awards
fee: 5$-25$
 

The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support, and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The cohort of nine-state fellows will be selected through a two-tiered selection process by a national jury. A second national jury will select the Southern Prize Winner and Finalist. Jurors will make their selections based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the array of artistic expression of the region. This program is open to visual artists in several categories.

South Arts State Fellowship: $5,000

South Arts Southern Prize: $25,000 And $10,000

The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support, and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The cohort of nine-state fellows will be selected through a two-tiered selection process by a national jury. A second national jury will select the Southern Prize Winner and Finalist. Jurors will make their selections based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the array of artistic expression of the region. This program is open to writers for scriptwriting.

South Arts State Fellowships: $5,000

South Arts Southern Prize: $25,000 And $10,000

The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke welcomes all interpretations of the theme Belonging. As our culture becomes increasingly divisive and exclusionary, what does it mean to belong? Why does it matter, and how do we find a sense of belonging?

• February 12-March 6, 2026
• Entry Deadline: Monday, December 15, 2025
• Entry Fee: $35.00
• Awards: $400 first prize, $200 second prize, and $100 third prize
• Juror: Annah Lee

All entries must be submitted on CaFÉ.

This International Call for Mail Art: Celebration of Sapphire commemorates our 5th Seaside Sessions mixed media art retreat which will take place in Surf City, NC in March of 2026.
Artists of all ages and abilities are encouraged to submit a postcard-sized flat piece of art on the theme of sapphire, which will be exhibited online.