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Open calls, residencies, grants, awards and jobs for artists working in writing. Sorted by the nearest deadline and updated every weekday.

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• Mensch Maschine VISIT ProgramE-WERK Luckenwalde, JUNGE AKADEMIE of the Akademie der Künste, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, VISIT – the Artist in Residence program of the E.ON Foundation · Residency · Poland · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Open Call for Mensch Machine Residency 2027E.ON Stiftung in cooperation with the Junge Akademie der Akademie der Künste in Berlin, E-WERK Luckenwalde, and Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw · Residency · Germany · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• After the End Poetry Competition 2026NewWriters.org.uk in partnership with the National Poetry Centre and After the End project · Award · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Redivider Open Call for SubmissionsRedivider (Emerson College) · Open call · United States · Deadline 2 Dec 2026
• 2027 One Teen Story Contest: Ages 13–15One Story · Award · United States · Deadline 2 Dec 2026
• VIª EDICIÓN CONCURSO COR AD COR DE POESÍASociedad Newman UCM · Award · Spain · Deadline 3 Dec 2026
• Creative Industries Travel and Trade ProgramDepartment of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) · Grant · Australia · Deadline 3 Dec 2026
• Performance and public program: spring–fall 2026Kunsthall Trondheim · Public program · Norway · Deadline 3 Dec 2026
• Kylemore Instructor-Led Winter Writing ResidencyPoetry Ireland · Residency · Ireland · Deadline 4 Dec 2026
• III Premio Internacional de Poesía «Gonzalo de Berceo»Fundación San Millán de la Cogolla · Award · Spain · Deadline 4 Dec 2026
• AI ARTIST FESTIVALFesthome · Festival · Deadline 5 Dec 2026
• NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFFNEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFF · Festival · India · Deadline 5 Dec 2026
• New2theScene Poetry Competition 2026NewWriters.org.uk (in partnership with New2theScene) · Award · United Kingdom · Deadline 6 Dec 2026
• Open Call: Interview with Al-Tiba9 Art MagazineAl-Tiba9 Interviews · Open call · Deadline 6 Dec 2026
• Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition 2026Mslexia · Award · United Kingdom · Deadline 7 Dec 2026
• Spring Writers ResidencyBanff Centre · Residency · Canada · Deadline 9 Dec 2026
• Creativity and Wellbeing for Young PeopleDepartment of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport in partnership with Healthway · Grant · Deadline 10 Dec 2026
• V CONCURSO DE RELATO BREVE SANT BOI NEGRESant Boi Negre · Award · Spain · Deadline 10 Dec 2026
• Benjamin Franklin House Literary PrizeBenjamin Franklin House · Award · United Kingdom · Deadline 10 Dec 2026
• Premio letterario nazionale la Penna di NoèAssociazione Valore Sociale Onlus ETS · Award · Italy · Deadline 10 Dec 2026
• Young Ones 2027 Student CompetitionThe One Club for Creativity · Award · Deadline 11 Dec 2026
• 2nd Time of Cinema FestivalTime of Cinema · Festival · Argentina · Deadline 11 Dec 2026
• Young Ones 2027 Student Creative CompetitionThe One Club for Creativity · Award · Deadline 11 Dec 2026
• TIME OF CINEMA FESTIVAL (Argentina)Time of Cinema · Festival · Argentina · Deadline 11 Dec 2026
• XXXIX Certamen de Relato Corto "Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Pilas"Ayuntamiento de Pilas · Award · Spain · Deadline 11 Dec 2026
• Ennis Book Club Festival 2027 Short Story CompetitionEnnis Book Club Festival · Award · Ireland · Deadline 11 Dec 2026
• XIII Certamen Poético "Margarita Perujo Nebro"Poetas Cueveños, Ayuntamiento de Cuevas del Becerro · Award · Spain · Deadline 13 Dec 2026
• Struwwelpippi-ReisidenzA-D-S (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Schweizerischen Literaturförderer) · Residency · Luxembourg · Deadline 13 Dec 2026
• Santander Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente (2027) - SanficiFesthome · Festival · Colombia · Deadline 15 Dec 2026
• Open Call Bibliothek Andreas ZüstBibliothek Andreas Züst · Residency · Switzerland · Deadline 15 Dec 2026

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