Contest
No fee
The Masters Review — 2026 Novel Excerpt Contest — Judged by Chinelo Okparanta — $3,000 Prize! (Free for Marginalized or Historically Underrepresented Writers)
The Masters Review
Fiction · Emerging
Nov 9, 2026No fee
Opportunities for Emerging Writers & Debut Artists
This is a beginning.
First-book prizes, debut publications, emerging artist fellowships, and mentorship-centered residencies.
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The Anderson Center at Tower View — 2027 Salzburg Exchange Artist — For MN visual artists
Visual Arts · Craft
Nov 14, 2026No fee
Magazine
No fee
Magazine
No fee
PHIL LIT Journal — (PROSE) 2026 WINTER ISSUE General Submissions
PHIL LIT Journal
All Disciplines · Emerging
Nov 14, 2026No fee
Magazine
No fee
PHIL LIT Journal — (POETRY) 2026 WINTER ISSUE General Submissions
PHIL LIT Journal
Poetry · Translation
Nov 14, 2026No fee
Contest
Sixi Museum — SIXI AiR OPEN CALL 2027 SPRING & AUTUMN
Sixi Museum
Translation · Music
Nov 15, 2026Fee not listed
Award
No fee
Call for Nominations for 2027 SIGACCESS/SIGCHI Vicki L. Hanson Award
Sigchi
All Disciplines · Disability
Nov 15, 2026No fee
Residency
No fee
PRISM International — 2026 GENERAL Poetry Submissions
PRISM International
Poetry · Lgbtq+
Nov 16, 2026No fee
Residency
No fee
PRISM International — 2026 GENERAL Prose Submissions
PRISM International
All Disciplines · Bipoc
Nov 16, 2026No fee
Open call
No fee
Magazine
No fee
Open call
No fee
The Fiddlehead: Poetry Contest — The Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem
Poetry · Writing
Dec 1, 2026Fee not listedOnline / Remote
Award
No fee
PAVE Global's Student of the Season Award — 2026 Nominations
PAVE Global
All Disciplines · Emerging
Dec 1, 2026No fee
Fellowship
Bridge Books + Imprints StepSister Press + Hurm Editions 2027
Bridge
Writing · Lgbtq+
Dec 1, 2026$25.00
Magazine
Magazine
Magazine
Bridge Magazine — Online @ bridge-chicago.org & Print Magazine
Bridge
All Disciplines · Emerging
Dec 1, 2026$15.00
Award
Magazine
No fee
Foglifter Press — Start A Riot! Poetry Chapbook Prize — Publication, $3000 Prize, $1000 for Tour/Promo
Foglifter Press
Poetry · Lgbtq+
Dec 2, 2026No fee
Award
Stowe Story Labs: working to bend the world through story. — 2027 Narrative Labs, Writers' Retreats, Fellowships, and Financial Support Application
All Disciplines · Emerging
Dec 2, 2026$49.00
The Fiddlehead — 2026 Poetry Contest — The Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem
Poetry · Lgbtq+
Dec 2, 2026No fee
Award
No fee
Fellowship
Write On, Door County — 2027 Lorine Niedecker Fellowship
Write On, Door County
All Disciplines · Emerging
Dec 16, 2026$40.00
Award
ICAA Washington Mid-Atlantic — WMA ICAA 2027 John Russell Pope Award — Student/Emerging Classicist Submission
ICAA Washington Mid-Atlantic
All Disciplines · Emerging
Dec 19, 2026$30.00
A4 Residency Art Center International Residency 2027
All Disciplines · Multidisciplinary
Dec 31, 2026Fee not listedglobal, EU
Job
No fee
Indigo Arts Alliance — Studio and Programming Administration Internship
Indigo Arts Alliance
All Disciplines · Bipoc
Jan 1, 2027No fee
Job
No fee
Indigo Arts Alliance — Communications and Marketing Administration Internship
Indigo Arts Alliance
All Disciplines · Bipoc
Jan 1, 2027No fee
Open call
Open call
Poetose — Submit a Book (and receive TRANSLATING BLUE by Sherre Vernon)
Poetose
Writing · Emerging
Jan 1, 2027$26.00
Open call
Poetose — Submit a Book (and receive THESE AREN'T MY WOODS ANYMORE by Soon Jones)
Poetose
Writing · Emerging
Jan 1, 2027$25.00
Fellowship
No fee
Fellowship
No fee
FASPE 2 — 2027 FASPE Design & Technology Application
Faspe 2
All Disciplines · Emerging
Jan 4, 2027No fee
Magazine
No fee
Exhibition
No fee
COMPAS — 2027 Emerging Young Artists (EYA) Juried Student Art Show
Compas
All Disciplines · Craft
Jan 6, 2027No fee
The Anderson Center at Tower View — 2027 Early Career Residency for NYC and Minnesota Artists
All Disciplines · Translation
Jan 12, 2027No fee
Contest
DesignPhiladelphia — 2027 Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards Student Competition — $5000 First Prize
DesignPhiladelphia
All Disciplines · Emerging
Jan 30, 2027$25.00
Job
No fee
Compass Press at the Community College of Baltimore County
Compass Press
All Disciplines · Emerging
Jan 31, 2027No fee
Magazine
No fee
Magazine
No fee
Open call
No fee
Open call
No fee
Magazine
Brevity: Brief Nonfiction (750 Words or Less)
Brevity
Essay · Writing
Apr 30, 2027Fee not listedOnline / Remote