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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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• Princeton Arts FestivalPoint Pleasant Publishing · Festival · United States · Deadline 1 Jan 2027
• Poetry Chapbook ContestSlipstream Press · Award · United States · Deadline 1 Jan 2027
• Jacobs/Jones African American Literary PrizeNorth Carolina Writers’ Network · Award · United States · Deadline 2 Jan 2027
• Poetry OpenGemini Magazine · Award · United States · Deadline 2 Jan 2027
• Shepton Snowdrop Festival International Poetry Competition - Water is LifeSouthbank Centre · Award · United Kingdom · Deadline 3 Jan 2027
• Santa Fe Writers Project Literary AwardSanta Fe Writers Project · Award · United States · Deadline 4 Jan 2027
• Gosh! Film Festival - 20th EditionGosh! Film Festival · Festival · France · Deadline 4 Jan 2027
• Steinbeck Fellowships in Creative WritingSan José State University, Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies · Grant · United States · Deadline 4 Jan 2027
• Concurso Literario Nacional Benigno Vázquez - Los Arabos 2027Casa de la Poesía 5ta Eva, Casa de Cultura Ninón Mondéjar, Dirección Municipal de Cultura de Los Arabos · Award · Cuba · Deadline 5 Jan 2027
• 『映画ドラえもん のび太の蒸気時間車』公開記念！キミが考えた 時間にまつわるひみつ道具を大募集！映画ドラえもん 絵のコンクール実行委員会 · Award · Japan · Deadline 6 Jan 2027
• Issue Three: SubmissionsSine Qua Non · Open call · Deadline 7 Jan 2027
• Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook AwardFlorida Review, University of Central Florida, English Department · Award · United States · Deadline 7 Jan 2027
• Sine Qua Non Prizes in Poetry and Creative ProseSine Qua Non journal · Award · United States · Deadline 7 Jan 2027
• Premio Internacional de Ensayo Jovellanos - Thirty-third EditionEDICIONES NOBEL · Award · Spain · Deadline 8 Jan 2027
• Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts HoustonMuseum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) · Residency · United States · Deadline 8 Jan 2027
• Premio “Juan Valera” 2027 - NovelaIlmo. Ayuntamiento de Cabra · Award · Spain · Deadline 8 Jan 2027
• Short-Form Literary AwardsTexas Institute of Letters · Award · United States · Deadline 8 Jan 2027
• Texas Institute of Letters Literary AwardsTexas Institute of Letters · Award · United States · Deadline 8 Jan 2027
• XIV Premio Internacional de Poesía Jovellanos: El Mejor Poema del MundoEdiciones Nobel · Award · Spain · Deadline 8 Jan 2027
• Winter Anthology Writing ContestWinter Anthology (Lee Posna, Coeditor) · Award · United States · Deadline 10 Jan 2027
• Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry ContestWOMR/WFMR Community Radio · Award · United States · Deadline 11 Jan 2027
• Top Art Competitions 2026Artenda · Award · United Kingdom · Deadline 12 Jan 2027
• Masao Inoue Etegami CompetitionMasao Inoue Association, co-organized by Tobe Town Board of Education · Award · Japan · Deadline 12 Jan 2027
• AutodisparoLiebre · Festival · Spain · Deadline 13 Jan 2027
• Brussels Short Film FestivalUn Soir…Un Grain · Festival · Belgium · Deadline 14 Jan 2027
• Colorado Prize for PoetryColorado Review, Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University · Award · United States · Deadline 14 Jan 2027
• Georgia Review Prose PrizeGeorgia Review, University of Georgia · Award · United States · Deadline 15 Jan 2027
• Lit Fox Books Poetry AwardLit Fox Books · Award · United States · Deadline 15 Jan 2027
• VI Premio Internacional de Poesía Dolors AlberolaEditorial DALYA · Award · Spain · Deadline 15 Jan 2027
• Desert Writers AwardEllen Meloy Fund · Award · United States · Deadline 15 Jan 2027

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