How many of these open calls are free to apply?

Free to apply: 56 of 148. A fee to apply or to take part: 53. Fee not stated by the organiser: 39.

What do these open calls provide?

Out of 148: stipend: 40; housing: 23; travel: 16; studio: 17; production budget: 9; prize money: 59; exhibition: 52.

Can artists from any country apply?

No country or region limit in the terms: 107 of 148. Limited to residents or citizens of named countries or regions: 41 — each card names who may apply.

When is the next deadline?

6th Electronic Music International Composition Competition "Iannis Xenakis": 1 January 2027. Closing within 30 days: 0. Open on a rolling basis: 0.

Open calls closing in January 2027

1 Jan 2027

6th Electronic Music International Composition Competition "Iannis Xenakis"

Contemporary Music Lab, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiThessaloniki, Greece

CompetitionPrizes €600 / €400 / €300

1 Jan 2027

Luis Ferreira Alves International Photography Competition 2027 — A Contemporary Look at Architecture

Luis Ferreira Alves Photography AwardPorto, Portugal (online submission)

CompetitionFree to apply1st €10,000; 2nd €4,000; 3rd €1,500 voucher

1 Jan 2027

Danish Arts Foundation — Grants for Residencies Abroad 2027 for Visual Artists and Curators (1–6 Months, up to DKK 10,000 a Month)

Danish Arts FoundationDenmark and abroad

GrantUp to DKK 10,000 a month, plus travel and housing

1 Jan 2027

Danish Arts Foundation — Grants for Artwork Production and Exhibitions of Contemporary Art, Denmark and Abroad (2027 Round)

Danish Arts FoundationDenmark and abroad

GrantProject grant; amount depends on budget (no cap stated)

1 Jan 2027

Watershed Studios Residency, River Corrib, Galway

Watershed StudiosGalway, Ireland

ResidencyPrivate room + 24-hour studio access

1 Jan 2027

Farouk Hosny Foundation Arts Awards 2027 — Architecture Award, EGP 100,000 / 75,000 / 50,000 (Egyptian Nationals up to 40)

Farouk Hosny Foundation for Culture & ArtsCairo, Egypt

CompetitionEGP 100,000 / 75,000 / 50,000

1 Jan 2027

The Next 50: A Bay Area Textile Open — San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition (Free Entry)

San Jose Museum of Quilts & TextilesSan Jose, California, USA

ExhibitionFree to apply

1 Jan 2027

Princeton Arts Festival 2027 — Open Call

Point Pleasant PublishingPaul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

ExhibitionGroup exhibition + printed catalogue

1 Jan 2027

artsnb Artist in Residence — up to CA$10,000 for New Brunswick Artists to Attend a Residency Anywhere (incl. Québec Exchange)

New Brunswick Arts BoardNew Brunswick, Canada

GrantFree to applyUp to CA$10,000

1 Jan 2027

Yefim Adler Orchestra Toronto Composition Competition 2027 — CA$3,000 + Orchestral Performance for Canadian Composers 35 and Under

Orchestra TorontoToronto, Canada

CompetitionCA$3,000 / $750 / $250

1 Jan 2027

Danish Arts Foundation Residencies 2027 in Nuuk, Seoul (MMCA) and New York (ISCP) — Travel and Monthly Stipends

Danish Arts FoundationDenmark

ResidencyFree to applyTravel + DKK 12,000–15,000/month (NY +DKK 20,000 housing)

2 Jan 2027

Jacobs/Jones African American Literary Prize 2027 — $1,000 for Black Writers in North Carolina

North Carolina Writers' NetworkNorth Carolina, USA

Competition$1,000 + possible publication

2 Jan 2027

La Baldi Residency 2027, Montegiovi (Tuscany) — Two Subsidised One-Month Residency Awards for Artists, Writers and Researchers

CultivateMontegiovi, Tuscany, Italy

ResidencyFree to applyTwo one-month residencies with all fees covered

2 Jan 2027

Gemini Magazine 17th Poetry Open 2027 — $1,000 First Prize, Six Finalists Published

Gemini MagazineOnline (Gemini Magazine, Onset, MA, USA)

Competition$1,000 first prize; $100 second; 4 × $25

3 Jan 2027

Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2027 (24th Edition) — Call for Documentary Films over 40 Minutes, Warsaw and Six Polish Cities

Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film FestivalWarsaw, Gdynia, Wrocław, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Poznań and Łódź, Poland

OtherCompetition awards (Oscar-qualifying festival)

4 Jan 2027

Post Wave Prize for Illustration 2027 — £3,000, a Funded Trip to China and a Bologna Book Fair Stand for an Emerging Children's Book Illustrator, Free Entry

Post Wave Publishing UKOnline; winner's work shown at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2027

Competition£3,000 cash, funded trip to China

4 Jan 2027

Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards 2026 — $1,500 Grand Prize and a Publishing Offer, Open Worldwide

Santa Fe Writers ProjectOnline (Santa Fe Writers Project, USA)

Competition$1,500 grand prize; two $500 runner-up prizes

4 Jan 2027

Mophradat Art-Time Residency 2027 at BUDA with Premiere at NEXT Festival — €10,000 All-In for a Performing Artist from the Arab World, Belgium

MophradatKunstencentrum BUDA, Kortrijk, Belgium, with a premiere at NEXT Festival

Residency€10,000 all included

4 Jan 2027

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2027, Toronto — Film Submissions for Shorts, Mid-Length, Features and Episodic Docs (Late Deadline 4 January 2027)

Hot DocsToronto, Canada

CompetitionFestival selection and juried awards

4 Jan 2027

Video Mapping Awards 2027 — Screening to Jury and Public at Video Mapping Festival Lille

Rencontres AudiovisuellesLille, France

CompetitionFree to apply

4 Jan 2027

Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowships 2027–2028 — $72,000 Resident Fellowships for Biographers, CUNY Graduate Center, New York

Leon Levy Center for BiographyNew York, NY, USA (CUNY Graduate Center)

Fellowship$72,000 stipend for September–May

5 Jan 2027

RBSA Photography Prize 2027, Birmingham — £1,000 First Prize

RBSA GalleryBirmingham, UK

Competition£1,000 / £500 / £250

5 Jan 2027

Sony World Photography Awards 2027 — Single Image and Youth

World Photography OrganisationInternational (London exhibition and touring shows)

CompetitionFree to applySingle Image: $5,000 + Sony equipment; Series: $25,000

5 Jan 2027

Satyrykon 2027 — 50th International Cartoon Competition, Legnica (Grand Prix PLN 15,000)

Legnickie Centrum KulturyLegnica, Poland

CompetitionGrand Prix PLN 15,000 + medals PLN 7,000–9,000

5 Jan 2027

Loeb Fellowship

Harvard Graduate School of DesignCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

FellowshipFree to applyStipend + modest housing; tuition-free auditing at Harvard and MIT

6 Jan 2027

Literary Journalism 2027 — 19-Day Mentored Non-Fiction Residency, Banff Centre

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityBanff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Residency19 days: studio, room, meals, mentorship

6 Jan 2027

VFX and Puppetry for Feature Film and TV 2027 — Two-Week Intensive with Derek Arnold, Banff Centre

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityBanff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Workshop2-week intensive, room and meals

6 Jan 2027

LENS 2027 — 17th International Juried Photography Exhibition, Perspective Gallery, Evanston

Perspective GalleryPerspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Exhibition$300 / $200 / $150

6 Jan 2027

Michigan Annual LIV

Anton Art CenterAnton Art Center, 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens, MI 48043, USA

Competition

7 Jan 2027

OPEN Festival 2027 Call for Artists — Street Theatre and Contemporary Circus in Mantova (4–6 June 2027): Fee, Accommodation, €500 Audience Prize

Fondazione Umberto Artioli Mantova Capitale Europea dello SpettacoloMantova, Italy

OtherSymbolic fee + €500 audience prize

7 Jan 2027

Farfield Mill International Textile Competition 'Lasting Threads' 2027 — £750 First Prize and Exhibition, Cumbria

Farfield MillSedbergh, Cumbria, UK

Competition£750 / £500 / £250 People's Choice

7 Jan 2027

Vetralia × Venice Design Biennial — Reverberation Open Call for Glass Mirror Designs (Production + Milan Design Week 2027)

VetraliaOlmo di Martellago, Venice, Italy; showcase Milan Design Week 2027

CompetitionProduction + Milan Design Week showcase + royalties

7 Jan 2027

Kunst am Bau Competition, Bundeswehr Central Medical Institute, Kronshagen near Kiel — Up to €250,000 Foyer Artwork (Open Two-Phase, EEA Artists)

Gebäudemanagement Schleswig-HolsteinKronshagen near Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

OtherFree to applyUp to €250,000 realisation; €14,000 prizes

7 Jan 2027

Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award 2027 — $1,000 and Publication of a Prose or Graphic Narrative Chapbook (The Florida Review)

The Florida ReviewOrlando, FL, USA (University of Central Florida; online entry)

Competition$1,000 + chapbook publication and 50 copies

8 Jan 2027

TIL Literary Awards 2027 — More Than $25,000 in Prizes in 14 Categories for Texas Writing

Texas Institute of LettersTexas, USA

CompetitionOver $25,000 in 14 categories

8 Jan 2027

Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2027 — Open Call at Mall Galleries, London

Royal Society of British ArtistsMall Galleries, London, United Kingdom

ExhibitionPrizes worth over £15,000

8 Jan 2027

XIV Jovellanos International Poetry Prize 'The Best Poem in the World' — €2,000 for One Poem in Any Language

Ediciones NobelGijón, Spain

Competition€2,000

8 Jan 2027

OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators 2026–27 — $1,000 to $3,000 for Creating New Theatre Work, Applied for Through Theatre Companies

Ontario Arts CouncilOntario, Canada

Grant$1,000–$3,000

8 Jan 2027

Mount Holly (NC) Creative Spaces 2027 — One-Year Outdoor Sculpture Leases, $3,000 / $1,800 per Work, Free Entry

City of Mount HollyMount Holly, NC, USA

Exhibition$3,000 (large) / $1,800 (streetscape) lease

8 Jan 2027

Communication Arts Illustration Competition 2027 — Award of Excellence and Publication in the Illustration Annual

Communication ArtsInternational (online entry); annual published in Menlo Park, California, USA

CompetitionAward of Excellence + publication in the Annual

Open calls closing in January 2027

Other months

All open calls here: 148

FAQ

How many of these open calls are free to apply?

What do these open calls provide?

Can artists from any country apply?

When is the next deadline?

Open calls closing in January 2027

Other months

All open calls here: 148

FAQ

How many of these open calls are free to apply?

What do these open calls provide?

Can artists from any country apply?

When is the next deadline?