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Opportunities for Emerging Writers & Debut Artists

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First-book prizes, debut publications, emerging artist fellowships, and mentorship-centered residencies.

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Grant

No fee

Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant 2026

All Disciplines · Bipoc

Oct 5, 2026No fee

Grant

No fee

Amplify Arts — North Omaha Trail and Chambers Court Call for Aritsts

Amplify Arts

All Disciplines · Lgbtq+

Oct 5, 2026No fee

Fellowship

No fee

Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices Fellowship

Lambda Literary

All Disciplines · Queer

Oct 8, 2026No feeUnited States (National)

Magazine

Closing soon

Phoebe Journal — Nonfiction-- Submissions for Print Issue 56.1

Phoebe Journal

Fiction · Lgbtq+

Oct 9, 2026$3.00

Fellowship

No fee

PEN America — PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 10, 2026No feeUnited States (Virtual / National)

Fellowship

Closing soon

dot.ateliers: 2027 Artist Residency (Ghana)

Visual Arts · Design

Oct 12, 2026Fee not listed

Grant

No fee

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

Oct 13, 2026No fee

Award

ACCES 2026 Emerging Artist Spotlight Competition

Film · Music

Oct 16, 2026Fee not listed

Contest

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival — SAS FICTION Contest 2026-2027

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

Fiction · Lgbtq+

Oct 16, 2026$20.00

Contest

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival — TWFest VERY SHORT FICTION Contest 2026-2027

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

Fiction · Emerging

Oct 16, 2026$10.00

Contest

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival — SAS VERY SHORT FICTION Contest 2026-2027

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

Fiction · Lgbtq+

Oct 16, 2026$10.00

Contest

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival — TWFest POETRY Contest 2026-2027

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

Poetry · Emerging

Oct 16, 2026$15.00

Contest

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival — TWFest ONE-ACT PLAY Contest 2026-2027

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 16, 2026$25.00

Contest

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival — TWFest FICTION Contest 2026-2027

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival

Fiction · Women

Oct 16, 2026$25.00

Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Overview

Exhibition

No fee

Tulsa Artists’ Coalition — TAC Gallery 2027 Exhibition Submissions

Tulsa Artists’ Coalition

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 16, 2026No fee

Alice James Books – Submissions cover artwork

Award

The 2027 Alice James Award

Alice James Books

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 17, 2026$30.00

London Magazine – Submissions cover artwork

Magazine

No fee

The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2026

London Magazine

Fiction · Emerging

Oct 18, 2026No fee

Grant

No fee

Forecast Public Art — 2027 Early Career Research and Development Grant

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 19, 2026No fee

Grant

No fee

Forecast Public Art — 2027 Early Career Project Grant

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 19, 2026No fee

Award

No fee

Yas Press — 2027 Granite State Poetry Prize

Yas Press

Poetry · Emerging

Oct 21, 2026No fee

PAVE Global Overview

Award

No fee

PAVE Global — Inspired by Design: PAVE Student Visionary Award 2026

PAVE Global

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 22, 2026No fee

Fellowship

ACC NEXT Emerging Asian Artists International 2027

Digital / New Media · Visual Arts & Design

Oct 25, 2026Fee not listed

Fellowship

National Asian Culture Center: ACC NEXT Emerging Asian Artists International 2027 (South Korea)

Digital / New Media · Visual Arts & Design

Oct 25, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Moonstone Arts Center — Tribute to Joy Harjo

Moonstone Arts Center

All Disciplines · Bipoc

Oct 26, 2026$5.00

PAVE Global Overview

Award

No fee

2026 PAVE Global Rising Star Award

PAVE Global

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 27, 2026No fee

Magazine

No fee

The Lilac & Fable Journal: Issue I — Lilac & Fable Journal

Poetry · Writing

Oct 30, 2026No feeOnline / Remote

Persea Books: Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize cover artwork

Contest

Persea Books: Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize

Persea Books

Poetry · Writing

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listedOnline / Remote

Contest

Scott Creative Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award 2027

Visual Arts · Exhibition

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listedHalifax, United Kingdom

Contest

Open Call — Fish Factory Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður November 2026

Dance

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Hoffman Center for the Arts Overview

Exhibition

No fee

Hoffman Center for the Arts — 2027 Hoffman Gallery Submission

Hoffman Center for the Arts

All Disciplines · Translation

Oct 31, 2026No fee

Magazine

Queer Love: A Folly Eros Issue

Folly Press

All Disciplines · Lgbtq+

Oct 31, 2026$10.00

Magazine

No fee

Creation Magazine — Editorial Inquiries: Open Slots for Fall 2026

All Disciplines · Emerging

Nov 1, 2026No fee

Award

No fee

Call for Nominations for 2027 SIGCHI Awards

Sigchi

All Disciplines · Disability

Nov 1, 2026No fee

Persea Books: Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize cover artwork

Award

Persea Books — Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry

Persea Books

Poetry · Women

Nov 1, 2026$30.00

Magazine

No fee

Moonstone Arts Center — New Voices 2026

Moonstone Arts Center

All Disciplines · Emerging

Nov 2, 2026No fee

Wix Google+ page

Contest

No fee

Reed Magazine — Emerging Voices Contest 2027: $100 prize (Santa Clara, CA High School Students Only)

Reed Magazine

All Disciplines · Emerging

Nov 2, 2026No fee

Write On, Door County Overview

Fellowship

Write On, Door County — 2027 Theodore B. Olson Memorial Fellowship

Write On, Door County

All Disciplines · Translation

Nov 2, 2026$40.00

Contest

2026 Ashland Poetry Broadside Contest

Poetry · Emerging

Nov 2, 2026$10.00

California Pompeii Book Jacket

Contest

Black Lawrence Press — POETRY — Black River Chapbook Competition

Black Lawrence Press

Poetry · Emerging

Nov 2, 2026$20.00

California Pompeii Book Jacket

Contest

Black Lawrence Press — PROSE — Black River Chapbook Competition

Black Lawrence Press

Writing · Emerging

Nov 2, 2026$20.00

Fellowship

European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists #5 (EFFEA)

Dance · Visual Art

Nov 3, 2026Fee not listed

Residency

European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists #5 (EFFEA)

Dance · Visual Art

Nov 3, 2026Fee not listedglobal, EU

Grant

No fee

European Festivals Association: European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists #5

All Disciplines · Travel Grant

Nov 3, 2026No feeInternational / Worldwide

Magazine

No fee

Jack Straw Cultural Center — Jack Straw Writers Program 2027

Jack Straw Cultural Center

All Disciplines · Lgbtq+

Nov 3, 2026No fee

PAVE Global Overview

Contest

No fee

PAVE Global — The go go NEXT Emerging Retail Design Challenge

PAVE Global

All Disciplines · Emerging

Nov 3, 2026No fee

PAVE Global Overview

Contest

No fee

PAVE Global — Educator Registration — The go go NEXT Emerging Retail Design Challenge

PAVE Global

All Disciplines · Emerging

Nov 3, 2026No fee

Award

Indies Choice Book Awards

BookWeb.org

Fiction · Nonfiction

Nov 4, 2026Fee not listed

Grant

European Media Art Platform Residency Programme 2027

Writing

Nov 6, 2026Fee not listed