Open calls closing this week
Open calls closing this week
Open calls, grants, residencies and contests with a deadline in the next seven days, soonest first.
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163 open now on Missa, each linked to the organizer's own page. These calls close within seven days. Deadlines are shown in the organizer’s time zone where the page gives one; leave time for the form itself.
- Closing date and time zone
- Fee and who can apply
- What to send
- The organizer’s submission page
48 opportunities on this page
Navy Pen Literary Magazine — Issue V — Noise
Navy Pen Literary Magazine
All Disciplines
Reynolds Journalism Institute — Rural Revenue Transformation Workshop 2027
Reynolds Journalism Institute
All Disciplines
Watershed Review — Flume Press — 2026 Flume Press Chapbook Contest
Watershed Review | Flume Press
Writing
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity — HIFMB & HWK Marine Biodiversity Artist-in-Residence
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity
Visual Arts · Visual Art
Hancock Fellowship International Artists Residency 2027
Visual Arts · Textile Art
Gylys Villanelle Prize: Villanelle
Gylys Villanelle Prize
Poetry · Writing
RUC — Rural Residency for Contemporary Art — SUMMER IN PATAGONIA Guided Training Residency in Printmaking
RUC – Rural Residency for Contemporary Art
Dance
Queer|Art|Mentorship Annual Fellowship
Queer|Art
All Disciplines · Film/video
Moonstone Arts Center — Veterans / Armistice Day
Moonstone Arts Center
All Disciplines
Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture: Connect and Create Relay Scheme 2027
Writing
New Plains Review: New Plains Review Prize — Fiction
New Plains Review
Fiction · Writing
New Plains Review: Fiction — General Submissions
New Plains Review
Fiction · Writing
New Plains Review: Nonfiction
New Plains Review
Essay · Writing
New Plains Review: New Plains Review Prize — Poetry
New Plains Review
Poetry · Writing
New Plains Review: Art + Photo Submissions
New Plains Review
Writing
New Plains Review: Poetry — General Submissions
New Plains Review
Poetry · Writing
Denver Arts & Venues — 2027 Five Points Jazz Grant
Denver Arts & Venues
All Disciplines
New York Foundation for the Arts — 2027 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts
All Disciplines · Bipoc
W. Eugene Smith Fund — W. Eugene Smith Grant 2026
W. Eugene Smith Fund
Essay · Photography
British Council: Sounds Unseen New Music Commissioning Programme 2027 (Remote)
Writing
British Council: Sounds Unseen New Music Commissioning Programme 2027 (Remote)
Performing Arts
New Plains Review — Poetry — General Submissions
New Plains Review
Poetry · Translation
UrbanArt Commission — New Chicago Gateway Marker
UrbanArt Commission
All Disciplines · Lgbtq+
Mono No Aware Exhibition Xx: Call for Entries- Film, Sculpture, Performance
Mono No Aware
Film
Performa — Teatri Riflessi International Short Performance Competition
Performa
Dance
Résidence Mission en Territoire — « Racines, mémoires et matières »
Fiction · Sculpture
Guides
Read before you apply
- Where to find open calls: 10 sites compared
Ten sites for finding open calls, from ArtConnect to Chill Subs, compared on price, fees shown, no-fee filters, reminders and tracking.
- Free to apply isn’t always free: the fees an open call can charge
Entry, hanging and participation fees and sales commission: when each one is charged, and how to find the full cost before you apply.
- How to spot a scam open call or a vanity gallery
How to check an open call or gallery invitation before you pay: the red flags, a ten-minute check, and what to do if you’ve paid.