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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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• RTV International Film FestivalRTV International Film Festival · Festival · Canada · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Black Fox PrizeBlack Fox Literary Magazine · Award · United States · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• PEN Translates x SALT – Autumn 2026 Grant for Translation of South Asian Literature into EnglishEnglish PEN · Grant · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Unleash Your Creativity in Community with Broadway Producer of Operation Mincemeat, Two StrangersVelvet Stage Theatre Company · Workshop · United States · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry CompetitionMunster Literature Centre · Award · Ireland · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• PEN Translates x SALT Autumn 2026English PEN · Grant · United Kingdom · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Laurence Goldstein Prize in PoetryMichigan Quarterly Review, University of Michigan · Award · United States · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• A. Poulin Jr. Poetry PrizeBoa Editions · Award · United States · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• 2027 Artist Residency Open Call at The FactoryThe Factory · Open call · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Anthology Travel Writing CompetitionAnthology magazine · Award · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Call For Submissions: Bridge Books + Imprints StepSister Press + Hurm Editions 2017Bridge Books, StepSister Press, Hurm Editions (affiliated with Bridge Chicago) · Open call · United States · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Wishing Jewel PrizeGreen Linden Press · Award · United States · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Indian International Short Film Festival 'cinemascope Awards 2026'Asha Ereal Media · Festival · India · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• LXXXVI PREMIO “ALEJANDRO PÉREZ LUGÍN 2026” DE PERIODISMOAsociación de la Prensa de A Coruña · Award · Spain · Deadline 30 Nov 2026
• Writer for a German-language column in tanzraumberlin magazineTanzbüro Berlin · Commission · Germany · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• ACRE (Academic and Creative Research) Residency ProgrammeBraziers Park · Residency · United Kingdom · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Mensch Maschine VISIT Residency 2027VISIT (artist-in-residence programme of the E.ON Foundation) in collaboration with JUNGE AKADEMIE of the Akademie der Künste, E-WERK Luckenwalde, and Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw · Residency · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• V CONCURSO NACIONAL DE POESÍAS Y MICRORRELATOS DEL CENTRO DE PARTICIPACIÓN ACTIVA PARA PERSONAS MAYORES ISLA CRISTINACentro de Participación Activa para personas mayores de Isla Cristina · Award · Spain · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Film und MedienkunstKanton Basel-Stadt · Grant · Switzerland · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Festival de Cine Interactivo de Gava - Open Call for Short FilmsFestival de Cine Interactivo de Gava · Festival · Spain · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• LUMINA Literary Journal Submission Open CallLUMINA Literary Journal · Open call · United States · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• I Premio Nacional de Thriller DocumentalManiac Ediciones · Award · Spain · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging WritersWriters' Trust · Award · Canada · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• After the End Research Project Poetry CompetitionSouthbank Centre / National Poetry Library · Award · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• 2026 Winter RetreatsAnderson Center · Residency · United States · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Online Writers’ Circles Across Britain and Ireland 2027Accidental Theatre · Workshop · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging WritersWriters' Trust of Canada · Award · Canada · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Premio de Poesía Joven <<Abindarráez - Villa de Cártama>>Asociación Cultural Abindarráez with collaboration from Ayuntamiento de Cártama · Award · Spain · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Lutz-Stipendium der Stadt PfaffenhofenStadt Pfaffenhofen · Residency · Germany · Deadline 1 Dec 2026
• Redivider Submission CallRedivider (graduate students at Emerson College) · Open call · United States · Deadline 1 Dec 2026

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