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«(NEW)» 2025 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award
Funded publishing opportunity for 6 artists to turn their work into art books or zines.
Deadline: June 6, 2025
«(NEW)» NeON℠ Arts – NYC Department of Probation
$6,000 grants to lead arts workshops for NYC youth in Summer 2025.
Deadline: June 8, 2025
Hyundai Blue Prize+ 2025
$4,000 grant and opportunity to exhibit in Beijing for emerging curators addressing Asian cultural transformations.
Deadline: June 8, 2025
«(NEW)» Vilcek Foundation Prize for Immigrants Working in Fashion Fields
Six $50,000 prizes for immigrant professionals in Fashion & Design or Fashion & Culture.
Deadline: June 9, 2025
«(NEW)» Tin House – BIPOC Writers Workshop Scholarship
Scholarship opportunity for BIPOC writers to attend the Tin House Workshop.
Deadline: June 9, 2025
«(NEW)» Mophradat – Self Organizations
€4,000–€8,000 grants for collaborative art initiatives, especially in the Arab world.
Deadline: June 10, 2025
«(NEW)» Urban Design Forum / Architectural League – New City Critics Fellowship
A 9-month fellowship for emerging writers and critics in urban design. $7,500 stipend.
Deadline: June 12, 2025
Sonic Dash
48-hour audio storytelling competition with a $10,000 prize and showcase opportunity.
Deadline: June 13, 2025
«(NEW)» Audio Journalism Fellowship Program – Canadaland
Paid 4-month part-time fellowship for emerging audio journalists in Toronto.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Chinatown Welcome Gateway.
Design RFQ for a permanent Chinatown Welcome Gateway public art project in NYC.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» ProPublica – David Burnham-TRAC Data Reporting Fellowship
Remote investigative journalism fellowship focusing on federal bureaucracy.
Deadline: June 16, 2025
«(NEW)» NYFA - Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award
$8,000 award for a New York State-based LGBTQ+ playwright or screenwriter.
Deadline: June 17, 2025
«(NEW)» The 1619 Project – Defining Democracy Summer Incubator
Summer program exploring democratic education through the lens of the 1619 Project, with $500 stipends and additional project grants.
Deadline: June 19, 2025
«(NEW)» The Muses & Melanin Fellowship for California Creative Writers of Color
Fully funded hybrid fellowship for BIPOC creative writers in California.
Deadline: June 20, 2025
«(NEW)» Artist Trust – Grants for Artist Projects
$1,500 grants for Washington State artists in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Deadline: June 23, 2025
«(NEW)» The Dexter Jones Award – National Sculpture Society
$5,000 award for figurative or realist sculpture.
Deadline: June 23, 2025
«(NEW)» Film Independent Fast Track
Designed to connect producer-director teams with industry leaders and put projects on the “fast track,” the market consists of meetings with top executives, financiers, agents, managers, distributors, granting organizations and production companies. Participants gain valuable exposure and build vital relationships as they propel their films toward completion. Fast Track is open to any directing and producing team attached to a full-length fiction or nonfiction film. Fiction films must be in the development or pre-production stage, while documentaries must be in principal photography or post-production. The program is open to both experienced and first-time filmmakers, as long as they are actively seeking financing for their project.
Deadline: June 24, 2025
«(NEW)» Online News Association – MJ Bear Fellowship
Fellowship for journalists under 30 working on digital media projects. Includes travel and membership.
Deadline: June 26, 2025
«(NEW)» NYSCA – FY2026 Artist Grants
$10,000 grants available across various disciplines for artists based in New York State.
Deadline: June 26, 2025
«(NEW)» CENTRO Rooted & Relational Archives Fellowship 2025–2026
Fellowship for current students and recent grads to gain archival work experience. $20,000 stipend.
Deadline: June 27, 2025
«(NEW)» Nest Heritage Craft Prize
Prize recognizing innovative craftspeople reimagining heritage craft in Texas.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Drue Heinz Literature Prize – University of Pittsburgh Press
$15,000 and publication for a short fiction collection; no entry fee.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Poetry Coalition Fellowship
Fellowship for literary arts nonprofit work; $20k stipend + health allowance.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
«(NEW)» Queer | Art
Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant
$5,000 annual grant for lesbian filmmakers working in experimental media.
Deadline: July 2, 2025
Illuminations & Barbara Hammer Grants
Grants supporting Black trans women visual artists ($10,000) and lesbian experimental filmmakers.
Deadline: July 2, 2025
Franklin Furnace – 2025 XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books
$5,000 awarded to an artist publishing a book on book banning/burning, with a minimum print run of 100 copies.
Deadline: July 4, 2025
«(NEW)» Global Dialogues Challenge – Collective Intelligence Project
Call for visual, analytical, or artistic responses using AI datasets. $10,000 prize pool.
Deadline: July 11, 2025
The Kyoto Retreat
Retreat in Japan for artists, writers, and curators to explore culture without production requirements. Includes airfare, lodging, and fee.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Epson International Pano Awards
The world’s largest panoramic photography competition with $50,000+ in prizes.
Deadline: July 21, 2025
«(NEW)» AICA International – Incentive Prize for Art Critics
Cash prizes for art criticism; winner invited to present at international congress.
Deadline: July 27, 2025
«(NEW)» AXS Film Fund
Up to $10,000 grants for creators of color with disabilities in nonfiction media.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
«(NEW)» Bronx World Film
Open call for film, music, performance, and visual arts for two NYC-based programs.
Deadline: Not listed
100 Voices of Florida
Open call for short films or scripts from Florida creatives; winners receive a $5,000 unrestricted award.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
«(NEW)» Samuel Richardson Prize
Prize for self-published novels or story collections over 40,000 words.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
«(NEW)» Grant for MFA Graduates in Visual Art – III Artist Fund
Support for recent MFA graduates confronting socio-political issues in art.
Deadline: August 1, 2025
FST StudioProjects Fund
Funding to cover studio rent for NYC-based artists.
Deadline: August 1, 2025
«(NEW)» 2025 Liu Shiming Artist Grants
$5,000 grants for emerging visual artists who graduated or debuted between 2015–2023.
Deadline: August 21, 2025
«(NEW)» Dedalus Foundation – Senior Fellowship in Art History
Up to $30,000 for critical studies on 20th-century art; U.S. citizens only.
Deadline: September 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Jerome Foundation / Queens Museum Fellowship 2026–2027
Fellowship for emerging visual artists; Queens-based project required.
Deadline: September 22, 2025
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Supports visual and performing artists with urgent funding for unexpected opportunities or expenses.
Deadline: Ongoing
CERF+ Emergency Grants
Emergency relief grants for artists in craft or materials-based disciplines who have experienced a career-threatening emergency.
Deadline: Rolling
Authors League Fund
Provides financial aid to writers of all genres facing financial hardship due to medical emergencies, loss of income, or other misfortunes.
Deadline: Rolling
Dramatists Guild Foundation
Emergency grants for dramatists facing financial crises.
Deadline: Rolling
Musicians Foundation
Provides financial assistance to professional musicians in times of need.
Deadline: Rolling
Sloan Distribution Grant
The Sloan Distribution Grant is a $50,000 grant awarded by Film Independent to a film that is entering its distribution phase.
Deadline: Rolling
Pop Culture Collaborative Grants
Pop Culture Collaborative grants are awarded to US–based nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, and individuals (with fiscal sponsorship) working to drive transformative experiences for mass audiences through pop culture stories, media, and social networks. Awards range from $5k - 200k.
Deadline: Ongoing
Max’s Kansas City Project - Emergency Grants
Max’s Emergency Relief & Resource Fund is a one-time grant of between $500 and $1000 to assist self-employed artists who are New York State Residents and who have a steady work history, but who are experiencing a temporary financial set back.
Deadline: Ongoing
«(NEW)» Headlands Center for the Arts - Chamberlain & Chiaro Awards
Residencies and awards of $10,000–$15,000 for social practice artists and mid-career painters.
Deadline: June 5, 2025
«(NEW)» The Walls Have Ears: Sound Studies Writing Residency
Fully funded writing residency in Amsterdam, Netherlands in sound studies for an established artist or scholar.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Prairie Ronde Artist Residency
5–6 week residency in a historic Michigan mill with $2,000 stipend, travel grant, and public engagement opportunities.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Women’s Studio Workshop – Studio & Art-in-Ed Workspace Residencies
Residencies with studio access in various print and ceramic media, some including education components. Rosendale, NY.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Stove Works Residency
1–3 month residencies for 8 artists/writers annually with spacious studios, housing, and support for diverse practices. Chattanooga, TN
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Emerging New Media Artists Programme
One-year program in digital art with mentorship and production resources. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Deadline: June 16, 2025
«(NEW)» Upstart & Crow Nonfiction Residency
Nonfiction writing residency for applicants with ties (do not have to be a resident) to Vancouver BC.
Deadline: June 20, 2025
«(NEW)» Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture Residency
Residency focusing on connections between art, ecology, and community. Sisters, OR.
Deadline: June 20, 2025
«(NEW)» Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency
Residency in Singapore for interdisciplinary performing arts research.
Deadline: June 22, 2025
«(NEW)» International Creator Residency Program 2026
Residency for global visual and design artists with financial and production support. Tokyo, Japan.
Deadline: June 25, 2025
«(NEW)» Centrum 2026 Residency
Self-directed and thematic residencies for emerging and established creatives. Port Townsend, WA.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» NISDA Offshore Artist Residency
Independent, self-structured live-in studio residency for interdisciplinary artists and educators in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
NYC Public Artists in Residence (PAIR)
Socially engaged artists embedded in city agencies with $40,000 support to develop civic projects.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Center for Contemporary Printmaking Residency
Residency focused on traditional and innovative printmaking techniques. Norwalk, CT
Deadline: July 1, 2025
«(NEW)» Peters Valley School of Craft Residency
Fully funded residencies in multiple craft disciplines, includes stipend. Layton, NJ.
Deadline: July 2, 2025
«(NEW)» Marble House Project Residency
Multidisciplinary residency for artists and writers. Western Vermont.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
«(NEW)» UCross Residency
Free 2–6 week residencies for artists and writers. Northern Wyoming.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Loghaven Artist Residency
Residency + $850/week stipend in historic cabins for artists and writers. Knoxville, TN.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Grand Canyon Artist in Residence Program
4–8-week 2026 residency for artists with contemporary, site-specific practices that engage the public.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Dora Maar House Residency Fellowships
One to two-month residency for mid-career artists with stipend and travel support. Ménerbes, France.
Deadline: October 15, 2025
«(NEW)» ART14 Residency
Rolling admission residency open to artists and writers of all skill levels. Patton, PA.
Deadline: Rolling
«(NEW)» Arts in California Parks Artist Directory
Rolling registration for public art collaboration directory with California Parks.
Deadline: Rolling
Elf School of the Arts Residency
Elf School of the Arts is a nonprofit artist residency in Hayesville, NC. Situated beside the Appalachian Mountains and Lake Chatuge. Elf's primary mediums are book arts, casting, cooking, drawing, jewelry, music, lapidary, paper arts, photography, printmaking, weaving, welding, woodworking, and writing.
Deadline: Rolling
The Clemente’s Discounted Rehearsal Space Program
Offers BIPOC artists and performing arts organizations affordable rehearsal space in NYC at $15/hour.
Deadline: Rolling
Peace Castle Residencies
Residencies (up to 4-weeks) at the Austria-based Peace Castle explore the nexus between art and peacebuilding, and are available to a wide range of artists and writers, Provides: Accommodation, studio, per diem, local transportation, connections to local communities and international institutions / partners & more.
Deadline: Rolling
Steel Yard Micro-Residencies
The Providence, RI-based program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice with flexible time commitments of one to three months. One ceramics and one metals micro-resident are hosted at a time.
Deadline: Rolling (Apply 6 - 12 months in advance)
Breck Create Artist-in-Residence Program
2-4 month residencies in Breckenridge, Colorado, with a biweekly stipend.
Deadline: Rolling
Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Residency Program
Brings together artists of the African Diaspora for creative engagement and co-mentorship in Portland, Maine.
Deadline: Rolling
«(NEW)» L'Esprit Literary Review - 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
Awards $500 and publication to the best piece of fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid work.
Deadline: June 8, 2025
Clash Books
Open call for submissions for horror, literary fiction & nonfiction with an exciting cultural hook. We do publish poetry but are extremely selective.
Deadline: Not Listed
«(NEW)» Women in Watercolor
Competition supporting outstanding female watercolor artists.
Deadline: June 8, 2025
«(NEW)» Viridian Gallery
Opportunity to exhibit at Viridian Gallery in Manhattan.
Deadline: June 10, 2025
«(NEW)» Akron Poetry Prize
Annual poetry competition offering $1,500 and publication.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Tusculum Review Nonfiction Chapbook Prize
$1,500 and chapbook publication with original art for winning nonfiction entry.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
2025 Tusculum Review Fiction Chapbook Prize
$1,500, publication, and a limited-edition standalone chapbook.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» GHOSTMACHINE Gallery – Annual Open Call 2025
Open call for a solo or two-person show in NYC, juried by Pallavi Surana.
Deadline: June 15, 2025
«(NEW)» Film East
Seeking slow criticism-style essays for an anthology on art and visual media.
Deadline: June 16, 2025
«(NEW)» The Six Foot Platform
Experimental art/performance program for Brooklyn-based artists.
Deadline: June 16, 2025
«(NEW)» Bloodletter Magazine – Trans Voices in Horror
Feminist horror magazine seeking work by trans poets and artists; paid.
Deadline: June 17, 2025
«(NEW)» Online News Association – MJ Bear Fellowship
Fellowship for early-career digital journalists under age 30.
Deadline: June 26, 2025
«(NEW)» Cardboard House Press - Poetry Manuscripts in Translation
Open call for full-length poetry manuscripts in translation; we publish Latin American and Spanish poetry in translation.
Deadline: June 28, 2025
Fence – Modern Poet Book Prize
$2,000 prize and publication; includes a two-week residency at the T.S. Eliot House.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» LEE & LOW BOOKS – New Voices Award
Biennial award for unpublished writers of color or Native/Indigenous writers.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Four Way Books
Open reading period for poetry.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Drue Heinz Literature Prize
$15,000 prize for published short fiction writers.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Gulf Coast Writers Association Writing Contest
Contest for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; top prize $200.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
$1,000 and publication for an unpublished collection of fiction.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Gasher Book Award
$1,000, publication, and author copies for a U.S.-based writer.
Deadline: June 30, 2025
«(NEW)» Bellevue Literary Review
Open submissions and prize categories in poetry, fiction, nonfiction.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Re•mediate Magazine – [NEXT REALITIES] Issue
Seeks creative writing, multimedia, and computer-assisted work on future realities.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Submit via Google Form or email: remediateeditor@gmail.com
«(NEW)» Pencil Magazine – Issue Three
Accepting text and image submissions on theme “The Eraser.”
Deadline: July 7, 2025
«(NEW)» Conduit Books – Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize
$1,500 and publication for a debut poetry collection.
Deadline: July 7, 2025
Rest Fest Film Festival
Seeking short films and video art by disabled and chronically ill creators.
Deadline: July 10, 2025
Driftwood Press – Short Story and Poetry Chapbook Contests
$500 prize for short stories (max 6,000 words); $750 prize for poetry chapbook.
Deadline: July 15, 2025
«(NEW)» The Dodge – Return to Roots Writing Issue
Special issue focused on Palestine and global Indigenous struggle.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
«(NEW)» REMEZCLA
Pitches of Pride stories from Latina/o/e writers.
Deadline: ASAP
«(NEW)» MIT Technology Review – "The Body" Issue
Pitches of narrative features and big idea stories for print.
Deadline: ASAP
«(NEW)» National Forest Foundation – “The Response” Series
$1,000 for 1,000-word pitches on tech + U.S. forests.
Deadline: ASAP
«(NEW)» Game File
Freelance reporting on the video game industry; rates start at $300.
Deadline: Rolling
«(NEW)» The Verge
$800 flat rate for 800-word stories on AI and creative work.
Deadline: Rolling
The Margins
Pitches for reported stories on Asian & Muslim communities
Rolling
Contact: opencity@aaww.org
«(NEW)» More Perfect Union
Social Media Fellowship
Remote
«(NEW)» Split/Lip Press
Creative Director
Remote
Deadline: June 9, 2025
«(NEW)» Mother Jones
Assistant Editor
Assistant Producer
Digital Producer
NYC, Washington, D.C., or San Francisco
«(NEW)» Library Company of Philadelphia
Reference Librarian & African American History Subject Specialist
Philadelphia, PA
«(NEW)» The FIC (Foundation for Intentional Communities)
Community Engagement Coordinator
Remote
«(NEW)» Flocabulary
Freelance Lyric Writer
Remote
«(NEW)» Guilford Press
Senior Acquisitions Editor
NYC/Hybrid
Deadline: June 10, 2025
«(NEW)» Wine Spectator
Assistant Managing Editor, Digital
NYC/Hybrid
«(NEW)» Lincoln Center Theater
Social Media Manager
NYC
«(NEW)» Feminist Press
Editorial Apprenticeships
NYC
Deadline: June 20, 2025
«(NEW)» Baruch College Department of History
Project Manager, Public History
NYC
«(NEW)» Who What Wear
Associate Fashion & Social Editor
NYC
«(NEW)» NYC Parks
Project Development Coordinator for Arts & Culture
NYC
«(NEW)» BuzzFeed
Weekend Social Media Strategist
Remote
«(NEW)» School of Making Thinking + Abrons Arts Center 2025–2026
Interdisciplinary Art Instructors (Call for Proposals)
NYC
Deadline: July 1, 2025
«(NEW)» Women Building Up
Operations Manager
Brooklyn, NY
«(NEW)» Liberty Science Center
Coordinator, Digital Media
Jersey City, NJ
«(NEW)» Emory University Libraries
Curator of Literary & Poetry Collections
Atlanta, GA
«(NEW)» NYT Cooking
Product Strategy Editor
NYC
«(NEW)» LA Philharmonic
Editorial Coordinator
Los Angeles, CA
«(NEW)» ACLU
Communications Associate
NYC or Washington, D.C.
«(NEW)» Neighborhood Literary
Literary Agent
Remote
«(NEW)» Voice of Witness
Digital Communications Lead (Part-Time)
Remote
«(NEW)» HarperCollins Publishers
Senior Production Editor – Spanish Speaking
Princeton, NJ/Hybrid
«(NEW)» Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Communications Fellow
Durham, NC
«(NEW)» The City
Newsletter Writer & Editor
NYC/Hybrid
«(NEW)» Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Senior Manager
Program Strategy Assistant
NYC
«(NEW)» Meridians - Smith College
Administrative Manager
Northampton, MA
«(NEW)» Mirror Indy
Part-Time Freelance Newsletter Writer
Central Indiana
«(NEW)» NEW INC (New Museum)
Program Manager
NYC
«(NEW)» Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Director, Arts & Design
NYC
«(NEW)» Substack
Social Media Manager
San Francisco (Preferred), Los Angeles, or NYC
«(NEW)» IWMF (International Women’s Media Foundation
Communications Manager (U.S. based, remote)
Remote
«(NEW)» Ambrook
Part-Time Field Storyteller
Remote
«(NEW)» Apparatus
Assembly Associate
Brooklyn, NY
«(NEW)» WBGO Public Radio
Promotion Coordinator
Newark, NJ
«(NEW)» Extra Points
Assignment Editor
Remote (Part-Time, Contract)
«(NEW)» Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Associate Director, Programs
NYC
«(NEW)» LA Black Worker Center
Internal Community Organizer
LA
«(NEW)» NPR
Senior Graphics Reporter
Remote
«(NEW)» Investigative Project on Race and Equity
Audience Engagement Specialist
Chicago, IL (Part-Time, Contract)
«(NEW)» Creative Capital
Development Manager
NYC
«(NEW)» Freedom of the Press Foundation
Policy & Advocacy Strategist
Remote
«(NEW)» Public Source
Engagement Producer
Pittsburgh, PA
«(NEW)» Detroit Documenters (Outlier Media)
City Reporter
Detroit, MI
«(NEW)» The 19th
Operations Manager for Revenue and Growth
Remote
«(NEW)» Open Campus
Data Reporter
Remote
«(NEW)» Chalkbeat
Multiple Editorial and Operations Roles
Remote or city-based (Various U.S. locations)
«(NEW)» Innocence Project
Creative Lead
NYC
«(NEW)» Book of the Month
Editorial Manager, Contemporary & Genre Fiction
NYC
«(NEW)» CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
Sr. Writer
NYC
«(NEW)» James Madison University – Furious Flower Poetry Center
Programs and Operations Manager
Harrisonburg, VA
«(NEW)» School for Poetic Computation
Program Coordinator
NYC
«(NEW)» Authors Guild Foundation
Development Associate
NYC
«(NEW)» Klamath Community College
9-Month Teaching Faculty - Writing
Klamath, OR
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CALL FOR ARTISTS & CURATORS | Enoch’s cafe & art space in Hudson Yards
M - F, 8:00am - 3:00p | 480 10th Avenue (btwn 37th & 36th St.)
Enoch’s, a 1200 sq.-foot cafe and art space nestled in the heart of Hudson Yards, NYC, is housed in the former location of a beloved bike shop by the same name. Are you a visual artist, curator, musician, or performer in search of event or exhibition space? Inquire at hello@enochs.nyc OR fill out this event proposal form
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