May Open Calls for Writers (and Artists)
Don't miss out on these literary calls! This month features magazines seeking pitches, an older writers grant, artist-in-residence opportunities, fellowships + MORE!
Hey y’all,
Just a quick note that the rolling submissions section has been updated as well. Be sure to check it out ~ at your leisure ~
Wishing you well on your submissions!
As always, thank you for being here–your continued support is appreciated. :)
– K
** International Applicants Welcomed **
Adi Magazine
Adi is interested in thinking about alternative political visions for a world in desperate need of them. We want examples from outside of the mainstream, stories about practices, ideas, and movements that were/are suppressed by economic, socio-cultural, religious, or imperial (colonial) powers.
Please interpret this call expansively and imaginatively.
Familiarize yourself with the range and spirit of our archives; Adi tends toward creative, experimental approaches to political writing, measuring the effects of policy through the intimate lives and experiences of people with a particular focus on those on the margins and in the Global South.
Compensation: 150 USD per poem
Submissions Due: May 31st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Pen America / Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History
This grant will recognize literary works of nonfiction that use oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement.
Eligibility:
The submitted project must be the work of a single individual, written in English.
The project must be an unpublished work-in-progress that will not be published prior to April 1, 2026, as the grants are intended to support the completion of a manuscript.
The project must be a work of literary nonfiction.
Oral history must be a significant component of the project and its research.
Submissions Due: June 1st
Compensation: 15,000
Info + Submissions: HERE
Waterston Desert Writing Prize
Seeking: Nonfiction writers who illustrate artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting.
The award supports literary nonfiction writers who are completing, proposing, or considering the creation of a book-length manuscript.
It is recommended the writing sample submitted is part of the proposed project or closely represents it in content and style.
Submission Due: (TODAY) May 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM PST
Compensation: $3,000 cash award and a reading and reception at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon on September 25, 2025.
Info + Submissions: HERE
Lore Magazine
We want your pitches, hot takes and cult moments for Issue 003: Cults
Cults and cultish structures show up in our lives in so many ways. Sure, that one actor that rhymes with Com Cruise is in one–but you’ve probably worked jobs that felt like cults, or bought into fandoms or subcultures that looked like them. No matter what inspires you, we want your takes!
Lore is carried in select stores across Canada, the UK, the US, Indonesia, India, and Japan, so your work will travel wide.
Some Themes to Consider:
Cult Leaders
Cult Followers
Cult Classics
Cult Behavior
Cult Language
Cult Recruiting
Submissions Due: TODAY!! May 1st
Submit to: hello@loremagazine.world with a sentence of two explaining your concept.
Compensation: 75 CAD$ / 54.30 USD$
C Magazine
Call for Pitches: Tidal (Winter Issue, C162)
Like the ebb and flow of waves hitting the shore, or the edge between land and sea, we seek capacious engagements with “Tidal”– that which becomes possible when we dissolve colonial binaries. We invite pitches that take up fluidity, borderlessness, the oceanic, and movement and its metaphors in cultural production. What else, more than water, can be tidal?
Submissions Due: May 16th
Compensation: 35-45 cents/word + Publishing in Winter Issue
Info + Submissions: HERE
oteh nîkân:
Magazine of LGBTQ2S+ Indigenous Writing
Seeking: Poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (including scholarly writing and criticism)
Note: We read submissions monthly and editorial decisions are communicated shortly thereafter.
Guidelines:
Prose (fiction & non-fiction): up to 3000 words (one piece per submission).
Scholarly writing and criticism are welcome and are considered non-fiction.
Poetry: up to 1000 words per poem (up to 5 pages of poems).
Compensation:
Prose: $300 CAD/ 217.22 USD per prose piece
Poetry: $200 CAD/ 144.81 USD per poem
Submissions Due: Accepted on Rolling Basis
Info + Submissions: HERE
The Ex-Puritan Magazine
Seeking submissions in the following categories;
Fiction, essays, poetry, interviews, reviews, and experimental/hybrid work.
To submit to the experimental/hybrid section of the magazine, please email our section editors at hybrid.experimental@ex-puritan.ca
Compensation:
$100/ 72.41 USD per interview
$200/ 144.81 USD per essay
$100 per review
$150/ 108.61 USD per work of fiction
$50/ 36.20 USD per poem, or $100 per poet if multiple poems are accepted
$50+ per experimental or hybrid work, at an increasing scale depending on the nature of the piece
Note: We ONLY issue payments using e-transfer, PayPal or a cheque in the mail. We also pay in CAD. If you cannot accept payment via e-transfer, PayPal or cheque from a Canadian bank, we cannot accept your submission.
Submissions Due: Accepted on a Rolling Basis (Entries received before June 25th are considered for the August Issue)
Info + Submissions: HERE
Speculative Literature Foundation
Older Writers Grant
For applicants between the ages of 50-100
Early-career professional writers of Speculative literature
Compensation: $1000 USD
Submissions Due: May 31st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Dark ‘n’ Light
Seeking Short Story Submissions
Theme: Stories at the End of the World: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Word Count: 2000
While the concept is biblical in origin, there are ecological, social, political and economic implications that we’d love to explore in fiction. In the Book of Revelation, the four horsemen symbolise war, pestilence, famine and death, but there are so many more possibilities of what the harbingers of the end of the world could be—or have been—for the worlds that have already ended.
** Check listing for further references regarding the theme **
Compensation: Honorarium for top 3 stories + Hamper from Dark ‘n’ Light for top 2 stories
Submissions Due: May 17th
Info + Submissions: HERE
Malahat Review
Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction
The contest is open to emerging Canadian and International writers anywhere in the world. Eligible writers have yet to publish their fiction in book form.
Compensation: CAD $1,250/ 905.08 USD + Publishing in the magazine's fall 2025 issue #232
Submission Due: (TODAY) May 1, at 11:59pm (PDT)
Info + Submissions: HERE
Trio House Press
The Aurora Polaris Creative Nonfiction Book Award
Open to all writers, regardless of publication history.
Note: There is a submissions fee of $25 (no waivers offered)
Compensation: $1000 + twenty copies of your book, along with marketing assistance.
Submissions Due: May 15th
Info + Submissions: HERE
Gwaertler Grant
Supports work in the arts that seeks to make a concrete difference to the context in which it is presented.
The grant is specifically geared towards practitioners in all of the arts who are getting started on a project and need support for a wide range of activities, such as:
archival research
connecting with people from other disciplines
active fieldwork
cross-cultural collaboration
conducting interviews
taking courses
organising workshops
experimenting with techniques
voluntary apprenticeships
durational exercises
and more
Compensation: Maximum 12,000 CHF (14,630.58 USD) depends on the funds available for each funding round.
Submissions Due: May 15th, 6PM Switzerland
Info + Submissions: HERE
State of the ART(ist)
Cultural Diplomacy and the Freedom of Art
Aimed at artists working under existential threat – be it through political repression, war, surveillance or social inequality.
In a time of escalating crises, State of the ART(ist) 2025 explores the intersections of art, activism and resistance. The initiative creates a space in which artistic expression acts as both documentation and intervention. The focus is on artists who are exposed to systemic threats, question dominant narratives and open up new avenues for social debate.
Compensation:
1 Main prize: The winning project receives €6,000 / 6,798 USD in prize money.
2 Awards of Distinction: The two winning projects will each receive €2,000 / 2,266 USD in prize money.
7 Honorary Mentions
+ 10 selected projects will be presented in the virtual Kunsthalle, a dedicated online platform that also serves as a documentation archive and action space for artistic freedom.
+ The main winning project as well as selected works by the Award of Distinction winners and the Honorary Mentions will be shown in a physical exhibition at the Ars Electronica Festival 2025, which takes place from September 3 to 7 in Linz, Austria.
Submissions Due: May 31st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Exploratorium
Artist-In-Residence Program
The program allows artists to embed within the unique culture of the institution, affords access to a dynamic and distinct staff, and provides opportunities for cross-pollination with a diverse public.
Projects have taken countless forms, such as multimedia performances, theatrical productions, animated filmmaking, immersive installations, walking tours, and online projects.
While the museum allows room for variance, residencies typically unfold over two years and include both an exploratory and project-development phase.
** Applicants to the program should be inherently curious and deeply invested in inquiry as a part of their practice.**
Compensation: 15,000 USD annual stipend + support for travel, project management and financial support for residency projects, and access to Exploratorium facilities and staff expertise.
Submissions Due: May 30th
Info + Submissions: HERE
Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Girton College
The Fellowship supports the Cavendish Arts Science ethos of experimenting, decentring and re-imagining. It is designed for artists to develop thought-provoking ideas through engagement with physicists and those in other fields, and to experiment with new approaches to their practice that are transformative and push boundaries.
Compensation:
A stipend of 10,000 GBP(£)/ 13432.95 USD will be paid to the successful candidate. This amount includes all taxes and is a contribution towards the artist's living costs and expenses
+ Rent-free accommodation and meals will be provided at Girton College during the residency period in Cambridge
+ A production budget of 10,000 GBP(£)/ 13,492.95 USD will be made available to support the development of new work
+ A travel budget of up to 3,000 GBP(£)/ 4029.88 USD depending on where the artist is based, will be available to support the cost of travel to/from Cambridge during the Fellowship
Submissions Due: May 10th
Info + Submissions: HERE
Prude Magazine
WHAT IS PRUDEmag?: We are a zine for spinsters, rule-makers, asexuals, relationship anarchists, celibates, and all others refusing sex-necessarism. We reclaim “prude” as a celebration of our autonomy and boundary-setting, and a liberation in which “no” is sacred.
WHAT IS A “PRUDE”?: “Prude” is a word we’re called when we stand up to sexual expectations. We want to turn that pejorative into a badge of honour. We deserve to be proud to resist the sexual status quo.
WE ARE SEEKING: Writing and/or visual art exploring whatever “prude” means to you, in all of its intersections.
Some themes to consider:
Spinsters / elder prudes / cat ladies / childfree adults / prude futures
“Unfuckability” / embracing ugliness / critiques and rejection of "beauty feminism"
Autosexuality and autoromanticism
Cultural expectations / immigrant & migrant accounts of prudeness
Joy in singleness / celibacy / "boysober" / contientious objection to sex & romance
Endometriosis / painful sex / vaginismus / sexual disabilities / ways that disability affects sex
"Late bloomers" and sexual debuts into adulthood
Modesty
Mad and anti-psychiatry prudeness
Racialized imaginings of the "prude" (think: stereotype of non-white religions & culture s being sexually repressive)
Lavender marriages
** (Check out the full theme list on their webpage) **
Compensation:
$250 CAD/ 180 USD per page of visual art
$200 CAD / 144 USD per poem (under 200 words)
$200 CAD / 144 USD per page of longform text (350 words / page, 700 words maximum)
Submissions Due: MAY 14, 11:59 PM EST
Info + Submissions: HERE
Burnaway Magazine (this listing includes tuition costs)
Art Writing Incubator
The Art Writing Incubator aspires to foster new voices in the field of art criticism, by emphasizing the discipline’s capacity to galvanize a more equitable, nimble, and dynamic cultural landscape.
Note: Applications are open to anyone over the age of 18 with a connection to our coverage area – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and The Caribbean.
Cost: Tuition for the 2025 cycle is $250.
** Burnaway will consider additional needs-based support for selected participants that indicate.**
Currently, AWrI is entirely virtual.
Over the course of the four-week program, a series of speakers give a public lecture related to their personal critical practice, which is free and open to the public.
The lecture is followed by a private workshop for AWrI participants to ask questions and brainstorm under the direction of the visiting speaker.
Submissions Due: May 16th
Info + Submissions: HERE
** US BASED or Writers Abroad w/ Refugee or Asylum Status **
Pen America
Bare Life Review Grants
Supporting literary works in progress by immigrant and refugee writers, recognizing that the literature of migration is of inherent and manifest value.
The project must be a work of a literary nature: fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry.
The project must be an unpublished work-in-progress that will not be published prior to April 1, 2026, as the grants are intended to support the completion of a manuscript.
This grant is available to foreign-born writers based in the U.S., and to writers living abroad who hold refugee/asylum seeker status.
Compensation: 5,000
Submissions Due: June 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
** US BASED **
The FSG Writer’s Fellowship
A program designed to give an emerging writer from an underrepresented community additional resources to build a life around writing: funding, editorial guidance, and advice on how to forge a writing career.
Offers the unique opportunity for a writer to spend time with and enjoy the support and mentorship of the FSG community.
The fellowship celebrates the spirit of the FSG list and its commitment to invention, curiosity, and extending the limits of literature.
Submissions Due: July 7th
Compensation: $15,000 paid over two installments: half paid at the start of the Fellowship program, half paid in June 2025
Plus:
Mentorship with an FSG house author
Guidance from two in-house editors, who will offer line and structural feedback on the fellow’s work throughout the year
Opportunities for meet-and-greets with representatives from other departments – including Publicity/Marketing, Art, Subsidiary Rights, and Managing Editorial – to discuss their areas of expertise, answer questions, and help build a broader understanding of the publishing business
Support with networking beyond FSG
The Fellow and finalists will receive a collection of FSG classics.
Note: The applicant must be a U.S. Permanent Resident (green card) or U.S. Citizen
Info + Submissions: HERE
Working Assumptions
Project Grants
We support visual storytelling projects that inspire audiences and/or participants to look at family in new, meaningful ways. We invite proposals that employ photography or photo-based art for journalistic, artistic, therapeutic, educational, and research purposes.
Our funding is unrestricted, allowing recipients complete creative freedom—provided that the project is intended for public consumption and that work on it began prior to the grant application deadline.
** Projects must have been initiated prior to the application deadline, and may range from photography series and books to public art projects, therapeutic programs, long-form journalism, performances, and more.**
Compensation: 10,000
Submissions Due: May 15th
Info + Submissions: HERE
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging across three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies.
The program also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles.
As long as a writer meets the eligibility and publishing requirements, they can apply.
Compensation: $15,000 to $50,000 USD
Submissions Due: May 7th
Info + Submissions: HERE
** US BASED by REGION **
New York Foundation for the Arts (New York)
The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award
The Award is open to playwrights and screenwriters who live in New York State, including those who live within the five boroughs of New York City.
** Work samples are a representation of your artistic work created within the last five years. This is the most important part of your application, as it will be the primary point of review.**
Compensation: 8,000 USD
Submissions Due: June 15th
Info + Submissions: HERE
Artist Trust (Washington State)
Funding available for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers.
Funding may be used for but not limited to artist fees, materials, equipment, space rental, travel for research, documentation, professional development opportunities, marketing and promotion, support to continue a current project, support to start a new project, and many other needs related to your project.
Compensation: 1,500
Submissions Due: June 23rd
Info + Submissions: HERE
Spruill Center for the Arts (Georgia)
The Larch Creative Fund
Seeking project proposals for innovative projects that encourage creative and critical thinking through the arts, with a focus on having fun and encouraging community participation and related activities.
Individual artists, collaborations, and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to projects that:
Engage or involve the broader public and encourage social engagement
Are free and accessible to a diverse audience
Are new projects to the artist or organization submitting the proposal.
Compensation: Depends on the needs for the project (Up to 50,000 in funding available)
Submissions Due: June 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Leeway Organization (Philadelphia)
Art and Change Grant
Providing grants to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers.
** Creating social change must be integral to the ideas, beliefs, and goals that are woven throughout your art and your process of creating and sharing your art. **
Note: They offer help with applications » for a one-on-one appointment contact via info@leeway.org or 215.545.4078
Compensation: Based on application
Submissions Due: August 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Great Meadows Foundation (Kentucky)
Artist Professional Development Grants
To promote the growth and development of visual art in Kentucky by helping improve the critical skills, resources, knowledge, and connections of fine artists.
This grant program aims primarily to strengthen the level of critical discourse and practice among fine artists in the region through travel that supports a growth in knowledge and engagement with contemporary art, and creates opportunities to build connections.
Applicable travel includes:
To see contemporary art exhibitions, installations, performance art events, or visual art festivals outside of the region that can help the artist develop broader knowledge and critical engagement with contemporary art and its concerns
To meet and engage with professional colleagues outside of the region for activities such as studio visits and meetings with critics and curators
Travel outside of the region for participation or attendance at symposia, conferences, and seminars relating to the applicant’s practice
To attend residencies whose primary programming connects artists with critics, curators, other artists, and professionals related to the artist’s practice
Compensation: 500 - 7,000 USD
Submissions Due: May 31st
Info + Submissions: HERE
2025 Theatre Production Awards (California)
This fund is for the creation and development of new theater productions by California writers, playwrights, spoken word artists, and theater-makers.
The new works will be commissioned and produced by Bay Area nonprofit artist-centered organizations with annual budget sizes of $60K to $3M
Compensation: Up to 50,000 USD
Submissions Due: June 18th, 4PM PST
Info + Submissions: HERE
Joan Mitchell Foundation ( New Orleans)
Visual Artists-in-Residence
To be eligible to apply, artists must either be based in or native to New Orleans, or be a former grant recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation based anywhere in the United States.
Compensation:
$150 weekly stipend + private studio + weekday communal meals, and opportunities to participate in professional development and community events.
Submissions Due: May 30th. 5PM CT
Info + Submissions: HERE
Artadia (San Francisco Bay Area)
The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.
** Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. **
Compensation: 15,000 - 25,000
Submissions Due: June 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
The Regional Arts Commission (St. Louis)
Artist Support Grant
Serves as funding for the career advancement of individual artists. This grant provides funds for an individual artist’s projects, needs, or creative opportunities in a variety of artistic disciplines.
Direct support enables diverse artists of all disciplines to advance their careers and complete creative projects. It is designed to be flexible and accessible and to encourage creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustained commitment to artistic work.
Compensation:
Up to 7,500 as an Individual or
10,000 as an artist collective/co-creator group
Submissions Due: May 12th
Info + Submissions: HERE
** Best Suited for U.S & Canada Based Writers **
Contemporary Verse 2
Seeking a variety of works;
Poetry, Interviews, Articles,Essays, and Reviews
Compensation:
Poetry: $35 per poem
Interviews: $75-$150, depending upon length
Articles: $75-$150, depending upon length
Essays: $75-$150, depending upon length
Reviews: $65-$100, depending upon length
Web-only content, including interviews, essays, and reviews: $65-$150, depending upon length
** There is a $3 CAD/ 2.17 USD submissions fee for International entries. A fee waiver can be accessed via email at editor@contemporaryverse2.ca
Submissions Due: May 31st
Info + Submissions: HERE
** Canada Based Applicants Welcomed + “non-Canadians” with close connections to Canada **
Malahat Review
Inhale/Exhale: Contemporary Indigenous Storytelling
The Malahat Review invites emerging and early- to mid-career Indigenous writers—that is, anyone with no more than one published book in any literary genre—to submit as yet unpublished work (fiction, creative nonfiction, poems) for possible inclusion in a special issue dedicated to contemporary Indigenous storytelling in Canada.
The magazine also invites emerging and early- to mid-career Indigenous artists to submit visual work for the front cover and some inside pages. As well, the issue will feature reviews of new and recent books by Indigenous authors
Note: “non-Canadians” with close connections to Canada (currently imposed political boundaries do not necessarily coincide with Indigenous people’s own sense of place, so “non-Canadian” Indigenous writers with close connections to Indigenous communities within “Canada” are also welcome to submit their work—or to send a query about submission to malahateditor@uvic.ca).
Compensation:
$70 CAD per printed page in the magazine
$375 CAD for cover art—plus a one-year print subscription starting with the issue after the one in which the accepted work has appeared. Each contributor will receive two copies of the issue in which the accepted work has appeared and is eligible to buy further copies at a discounted rate.
Submissions Due: June 2nd
Info + Submissions: HERE
** Canada Based Applicants Welcomed **
Riddle Fence Publishing Inc
Fiction, Poetry and Visual Art Contest
Guidelines:
One short-fiction submission is one story, maximum 5000 words
One poetry submission is up to 3 poems; no more than 100 lines per poem
One visual art submission is one piece of artwork.
For visual art submissions, please also include any necessary information about the work in a separate file (medium, materials, etc.)
Note: There is an entry fee of $29, this fee is waved for BIPOC
Compensation: $1000 GRAND PRIZE + Winners and honourable mentions will be published in Riddle Fence #56.
Submissions Due: July 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Upstart & Crow
Poetry Micro-Grants
This initiative is designed for emerging poets in the early stages of their literary careers — those who have not yet published a full-length collection, but who demonstrate a serious commitment to their craft.
Note: Successful applications will include a portfolio of poems that demonstrate a unique and compelling voice, commitment to creative practice, and a sense of the poet’s style and aim.
Submissions Due: June 2 at 11 p.m. PST.
Compensation: $500 + the opportunity to have your work printed, displayed and distributed through Upstart & Crow.
Info + Submissions: HERE
Upstart & Crow
The Upstart Non-Fiction Writers’ Residency
We seek to support the creation and publication of a nonfiction work that pushes boundaries in form or content — writing that sparks conversations or actions that should be happening right now, in a world of cascading systems failures but bright possibilities. We privilege the originality and energy of the story or idea itself, as well as the writer’s demonstrated ability to convincingly explore it.
Compensation: offers studio space, a $4,000 stipend, and the opportunity for editorial support and publication with The Tyee — one of Canada’s leading independent news sources, renowned for its fact-driven stories and commitment to democratic conversation.
Submissions Due: May 16 at 11pm PDT
Info + Submissions: HERE
** Rollover from April List **
Green Linden Press
The Essential Voices Editorial Fellowship
Gives an editor the resources and assistance to bring an anthology into the world. Green Linden Press intends to tailor the Fellowship to the editor of the selected project: so previous editorial experience is not required, and those with editorial experience are encouraged to apply.
The Essential Voices Anthology Series has at its heart the ancient idea that poetry can reveal our shared humanity. It intends to make less insular the various poetries of the world and to correct misrepresentations and misunderstandings in the broader culture. In other words, to go where the silence is and let the poets speak. We believe that a good anthology not only captures the zeitgeist, it can help shape it.
Compensation: 2500 USD
Submissions Due: July 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Food & Feeling Zine
Issue II: Cake & Celebration
How do we celebrate? What role does food—especially cake—play in marking the moments that matter? For Issue II of Food & Feeling, we’re exploring Cake & Celebration—the traditions, the personal stories, the unexpected rituals, and the moments that might not involve cake at all.
We’re looking for submissions that are personal, thoughtful, and deeply connected to your lived experience.
Submissions Due: May 1st
Compensation: Up to $20
Sundress Publications
Chapbook Contest
We welcome submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid work, as well as visual poetry, poetry comics, and visual hybrid works.
Manuscripts must be between twelve to twenty-six (12-26) pages in length, with a page break between individual pieces.
Previously published individual pieces are allowed as long as they have not appeared in a full-length collection, including self-published books.
** There is an entry fee of $10 per manuscript, though this fee will be waived for writers of color and entrants who purchase or pre-order any Sundress title.
Compensation: $250 USD and publication as a full-color PDF available exclusively online. The editor’s choice selection will receive $150 and publication, and runners-up may also be considered for publication.
Submissions Due: May 31st
Info + Submissions: HERE
Call for Proposals: Neutral Ground Window Gallery
Exhibition Season: 2025-2026
Neutral Ground values lived experiences and non-western ways of knowing and being, as powerful sources of knowledge.
Neutral Ground is committed to promoting, exhibiting and presenting the work of systemically underrepresented.
Artists are primarily responsible for the installation of their work. Neutral Ground assists with installation and access to basic materials for the installation of works. Please note that as the window gallery is enclosed with glass on both long sides, works installed in this space should consider their visibility from all directions.
To prevent barriers in our call for proposals, Neutral Ground will also happily accept exhibition proposals in alternative formats including audio or video submissions. Please contact Director/Curator, Emily Nestor (program@neutralground.sk.ca) to arrange for accommodations.
Compensation: 494 - 514 CAD / 357 - 372 USD
Proposals Due: May 1st
Info + Submissions: HERE
C& Magazine Art
Submit to the 16th Annual C New Critics Award
Designed to help identify, develop, and promote the work of emerging art critics, and to encourage creative discourse on current art practices.
Writers are invited to submit an 800-1,000 word review of a recent exhibition, performance, publication, or moving image work.
Eligibility: Open to anyone residing in Canada, regardless of citizenship status, and to Canadians living abroad.
Compensation: 750 + editorial support to prepare their article for publication in a future issue of C Magazine, and a two-year subscription.
Submissions Due: May 30th
Info + Submissions: HERE
** Substack Community Initiatives **
Collect and Recover + The Institute of Public Scholarship by
"A Black Artist's Retreat" (for diasporic artists of all mediums)
Run by 3 Grassroots Black-women-owned organizations/businesses *
What’s Included:
Lodging in a cozy, intentional space
Chef-prepared meals (Friday BBQ, sunset beach dinner, Sunday brunch & more)
Wellness activities (sound baths, massage, guided stretches)
1 offsite group adventure (a surprise to spark creativity)
Airport transportation (for stress-free travel)
All services & gratuity (no hidden costs)
Why This Matters:
This isn’t just a getaway—it’s a sacred container for Black artists to:
Rest deeply (without guilt or distraction)
Create freely (in a space designed for your energy)
Connect authentically (with a circle of just 10 artists)
** They are also seeking sponsors for artists, crowdfunders, and potential fiscal sponsors for the retreat
Sponsorship Deck: HERE
Info on lodging, activities, meals and more: HERE
Registration Closes: May 1st
Cost: $550 total (payment plans available + options for financial aid!)
Registration: HERE
Until next month, friends!
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