Open calls closing in January 2027

All open calls here: 148

1. 8 Jan 2027

   XIII Concurso de Artes Plásticas Dcoop 2027 — €11,000 in Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking Prizes (Free Entry, Spain Residents)

   DcoopAntequera (Málaga), Spain

   CompetitionFree to apply€3,500 painting, €3,500 sculpture, €4,000 printmaking

2. 8 Jan 2027

   Sculptures in the Landscape 2027 — Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at the Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park, North Yorkshire (No Sales Commission)

   Himalayan Garden & Sculpture ParkRipon, North Yorkshire, UK

   ExhibitionOutdoor exhibition, no sales commission

3. 8 Jan 2027

   The Biscuit Factory Art Prize 2027 — Open Call Exhibition, Newcastle upon Tyne, 26 February–25 April 2027

   The Biscuit FactoryNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

   Competition

4. 8 Jan 2027

   Curta Cinema 2027 (36th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival) — Call for Short Films up to 30 Minutes

   Festival Curta CinemaRio de Janeiro, Brazil

   CompetitionFestival competition awards

5. 8 Jan 2027

   Naples Botanical Garden Creative Residency 2027 — Environmental Art

   Naples Botanical GardenNaples, Florida, USA

   Residency$3,000 stipend + $600 groceries, housing

6. 9 Jan 2027

   4° Premio per giovani incisori 2027 — Biennale d'incisione «Giuseppe Maestri», Bagnacavallo (€1,000)

   Museo Civico delle Cappuccine, BagnacavalloBagnacavallo (RA), Italy

   Competition€1,000 + solo show; 2 × €500

7. 10 Jan 2027

   Animayo Gran Canaria 2027 Official Competition — Free Call for Animated Shorts, VFX, Music Videos and Game Cinematics (€3,000 Grand Jury Prize, Oscar- and Annie-Qualifying)

   AnimayoLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

   CompetitionFree to applyGran Premio del Jurado €3,000 gross

8. 10 Jan 2027

   Namingha Institute 2027 — Two-Week Residency with Dan and Arlo Namingha, Museum of Northern Arizona ($1,500 Stipend)

   Museum of Northern ArizonaMuseum of Northern Arizona campus, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

   ResidencyTwo-week residency + $1,500 stipend

9. 10 Jan 2027

   Dance Digital 2027 — Sadler's Wells Dance Film Festival: Call for Films

   Sadler's WellsLondon, UK

   CompetitionSeven festival awards; Digital Stage online release

10. 11 Jan 2027

    Portugal Long Table Restaurant

    BuildnerBraga, Portugal

    Competition€10,000 prize fund (€5,000 / €2,500 / €1,000)

11. 11 Jan 2027

    ortung 15 — Schwabach Art Prize 2027

    Stadt SchwabachSchwabach town centre, Germany

    CompetitionEUR 6,000 and EUR 3,000

12. 11 Jan 2027

    2027 Live Well, Die Well Art Prize "Conversations about end of life" — $30,000 Prize Pool, Free Entry

    Palliative Care AustraliaAustralia

    CompetitionFree to apply$30,000 prize pool across categories

13. 11 Jan 2027

    Premio Marca Corona 2026–2027 "Segni Comuni" — Under-35 Ceramic Art & Design Award, €1,500 + Residency

    Marca CoronaSassuolo / Bologna, Italy

    CompetitionFree to apply€1,500 + residency + production

14. 11 Jan 2027

    Pictoplasma Berlin 2027 — Call for Character-Driven Animated Shorts (Free)

    PictoplasmaBerlin, Germany

    ExhibitionFree to applyScreening at the 23rd Pictoplasma festival

15. 11 Jan 2027

    James Merrill House Writer-in-Residence 2027–2028 — Six 2–6 Week Residencies in Stonington, CT ($1,100/Month Stipend)

    James Merrill HouseStonington, Connecticut, USA

    Residency$1,100 per month, prorated

16. 11 Jan 2027

    Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest 2027 — $1,000 National Prize, Judged by Marge Piercy (WOMR, Cape Cod)

    WOMR Outermost Community RadioProvincetown, MA, USA (entries by post)

    Competition$1,000 national prize; $300 Cape Cod regional prize

17. 12 Jan 2027

    Canton of Bern Residency Grants 2028 — Six Months in Paris or Five in New York with CHF 3,000/Month, for Bern-Based Artists

    Amt für Kultur des Kantons BernCité internationale des arts, Paris, France / New York, USA

    ResidencyFree to applyCHF 3,000/month + studio flat or up to USD 2,500 rent

18. 12 Jan 2027

    Anderson Center Residency 2027 — Free Two- to Four-Week Residencies with Meals in Red Wing, Minnesota

    Anderson Center at Tower ViewTower View, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA

    ResidencyFree room, studio, meals; 2–4 weeks

19. 12 Jan 2027

    ANIMATOR 2027 Call for Films — 20th International Animated Film Festival, Poznań: Four Free Competitions incl. Oscar-Qualifying Golden Pegasus (€11,000)

    ANIMATOR International Animated Film FestivalPoznań, Poland

    CompetitionFree to applyGrand Prix €11,000 gross; best feature €8,000

20. 12 Jan 2027

    Anderson Center Early Career Artist Residency 2027 — $625/Week Stipend for Minnesota and NYC Artists

    Anderson Center at Tower ViewTower View, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA

    FellowshipFree to apply$625/week stipend + travel + $450 documentation

21. 12 Jan 2027

    Sony World Photography Awards 2027 — Series (Professional)

    World Photography OrganisationLondon, United Kingdom (exhibition) / online submission

    CompetitionFree to apply$25,000 + solo exhibition + Sony equipment

22. 13 Jan 2027

    Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2027 — $25,000 Acquisitive Award, PLC Sydney

    Adelaide Perry GalleryCroydon, Sydney, Australia

    CompetitionAUD 25,000 acquisitive + AUD 2,000 People's Choice

23. 14 Jan 2027

    Colorado Prize for Poetry 2027 — $2,500 and Book Publication (Final Judge Juliana Spahr)

    Center for Literary PublishingFort Collins, Colorado, USA

    Competition$2,500 + publication

24. 14 Jan 2027

    Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris Artist Residency 2027 — Bedroom in the Centre and €800 a Month for Irish Artists of Any Discipline

    Centre Culturel IrlandaisCentre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

    Residency€800 per month stipend plus bedroom and travel up to €300

25. 14 Jan 2027

    48th Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2027 — $30,000 Prize Pool incl. $20,000 Acquisitive First Prize

    Walyalup Fremantle Arts CentreFremantle (Walyalup), Western Australia

    CompetitionAUD 20,000 + 5,000 + 5,000

26. 15 Jan 2027

    KUNSTFONDS_Stipendium 2027 — €18,000 for Six Months of Free Artistic Work, for Visual Artists Living in Germany

    Stiftung KunstfondsGermany

    GrantFree to apply€18,000 for 6 months

27. 15 Jan 2027

    Arts Council Norway — Production Grants for Newly Graduated Visual Artists, January 2027 Round

    Arts Council NorwayNorway

    GrantFree to applyProject grant (partial financing)

28. 15 Jan 2027

    Canton of Thurgau Förderbeiträge 2027 — Six Personal Grants of CHF 25,000 for Thurgau Artists of All Disciplines

    Kanton ThurgauThurgau, Switzerland

    GrantCHF 25,000 × 6

29. 15 Jan 2027

    Geoffrey Bawa Moonamal Award 2027 — Built Environment Stream for Ecologically Regenerative Architecture, Landscape and Infrastructure Projects in Sri Lanka

    Geoffrey Bawa TrustSri Lanka

    CompetitionMoonamal Award (prize amount not stated)

30. 15 Jan 2027

    Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Residencies

    Virginia Center for the Creative ArtsAmherst, VA, USA / Auvillar, France

    ResidencyFully funded options available.

31. 15 Jan 2027

    XLIV Reina Sofía Prize for Musical Composition — €100,000 First Prize (+ €50,000 and €25,000) for an Orchestral Work by Spain-Based Composers

    Fundació Ferrer de MúsicaBarcelona / Madrid, Spain

    Competition€100,000 / €50,000 / €25,000

32. 15 Jan 2027

    Roland Gräfe Foundation Art Prize 2027 — €7,500 for Painters of the Vogtland (Germany and Czech Republic)

    Roland Gräfe StiftungVogtland (Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria and the Czech Vogtland); foundation seat in Radebeul, Germany

    CompetitionFree to apply€7,500 prize, catalogue and exhibition

33. 15 Jan 2027

    OAC Recommender Grants for Writers 2026–27 — $1,500 to $5,000 for Ontario Writers, Applied for Through Publishers

    Ontario Arts CouncilOntario, Canada

    Grant$1,500–$5,000

34. 15 Jan 2027

    Luminarts Classical Music Fellowships 2027 — $10,000 for Chicago Pianists, String, Wind Players and Singers Aged 18–30

    Luminarts Cultural FoundationChicago, Illinois, USA

    FellowshipFree to apply$10,000 unrestricted; finalists $300

35. 15 Jan 2027

    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant

    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb FoundationOnline

    GrantFree to apply$25,000 (20 grants last year)

36. 15 Jan 2027

    Arts Council Norway — Independent Theatre Production Grants, January 2027 Round (incl. up to NOK 180,000 for Playwrights)

    Arts Council NorwayNorway

    GrantFree to applyProduction grant; up to NOK 180,000 for playwrights

37. 15 Jan 2027

    Jentel Artist Residency — Summer/Fall 2027 Sessions, Banner, Wyoming (Artists, Writers, Composers)

    Jentel FoundationJentel Artist Residency, Banner (near Sheridan), Wyoming, USA

    Residency3-week residency + $300 stipend

38. 15 Jan 2027

    Luminarts Jazz Improvisation Fellowship 2027 — $10,000 for Chicago Jazz Musicians Aged 18–30

    Luminarts Cultural FoundationChicago, Illinois, USA

    FellowshipFree to apply$10,000 unrestricted; finalists $300

39. 15 Jan 2027

    Riding Mountain Artists’ Residency 2027 — Two Weeks in a 1934 Log Cabin + CA$2,500 (Manitoba Arts Council)

    Manitoba Arts CouncilDeep Bay cabin, Clear Lake, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada

    ResidencyFree to applyCA$2,500 + two-week cabin residency

40. 15 Jan 2027

    Art Canada Institute New Voices Publishing Fellowship 2027 — CAD 60,000 to Write a First Art-History Book

    Art Canada InstituteToronto, Canada (remote)

    FellowshipFree to applyCAD 60,000