Winter’s keeping us indoors ⎯ so if you find yourself at your writing desk, here’s a handy list of opportunities, calls for submissions and contests, grants, and more!
Calls for submission: Artists
PROLIT Magazine | Visual art about empire and its end | By Dec 31
PRISM International | Black & white illustrations | By Jan 1, 2024
Room Magazine | Black & white art in any media for themed issue BODIES | By Jan 5, 2024
Just Femme & Dandy | Text and multimedia submissions | By January 15, 2024
Toronto Palestine Film Festival | Film Residency: Call for applications from Palestinian filmmakers | By January 22, 2024
Printed Matter, Inc | Artists books, zines, and print ephemera engaging with ideas of decolonization, resistance, interconnected solidarity | Ongoing
The Offing | Art, comics | Ongoing
Strange Horizons | Original art | Ongoing
Maisonneuve | Illustrations, photography, comics | Ongoing
SAD Mag | Illustrations or photography from artists who have lived or worked in Vancouver, Canada | Ongoing
Calls for submission: Writers
The Ex-Puritan | Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Interviews | By Dec 25, 2023
PROLIT Magazine | Poetry and prose about empire and its end | By Dec 31
PRISM International | Prose, poetry | By Jan 1, 2024
Room Magazine | Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction for themed issue BODIES| By Jan 5, 2024
FIYAH | Speculative fiction by Black people of the African Diaspora | By Jan 31, 2024
The Fiddlehead | Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction | Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2024
Arab Lit | Arabic Literature in Translation | Ongoing
Strange Horizons | Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Reviews | Ongoing
Literary contests
Room Magazine | Short Forms Contest | By Dec 31, 2023
ARC Poetry Magazine | Poem of the Year Contest | By Feb 1, 2024
The Malahat Review | The Novella Contest | By Feb 1, 2024
The Malahat Review | Long Poem Prize | By Feb 5, 2024
Pulp Literature | The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest | Jan 1 – Feb 15, 2024
The New Quarterly | Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest | By Feb 28, 2024
The New Quarterly | Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest | By Mar 28, 2024
Funding & Other Opportunities
BC Arts Council | Professional Development Program: Individual Arts Grants | By Dec 14, 2023
Sundress Publications | Microgrant Applications for Palestinian Writers | By Dec 31, 2023
North Vancouver Recreation & Culture | Artist Residency Program ( emerging and established artists from diverse disciplines) | Mid-Jan 2024
Access Copyright Foundation | Marian Hebb Research Grants for writers, visual artists, and publishers | By Feb 15, 2024
Canada Arts Council | Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples – for projects up to 12 months | By Mar 20, 2024
Canada Arts Council | Professional Development for Artists | Ongoing
Happy submitting!
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