Open calls closing in October 2026

All open calls here: 229

1. 31 Oct 2026

   Premio Scenario 40 — Italian Under-35 Theatre Award, €8,000 Prizes, Final at Scenario Festival Bologna 2027

   Associazione ScenarioItaly (zonal selections; final in Bologna, Sept 2027)

   Competition2 × €8,000 + 2 × €2,000 prizes

2. 31 Oct 2026

   Flanders Arts Decree International Presentation Project — up to €50,000 to Present Work Abroad (Artists from Flanders and Brussels)

   Flemish Department of Culture, Youth and MediaAbroad (artists based in Flanders or Brussels)

   GrantFree to applyUp to €50,000

3. 31 Oct 2026

   Dzanc Books Poetry Prize 2026 — $1,500 Advance and Publication

   Dzanc BooksAnn Arbor, Michigan, USA (online submission)

   Competition$1,500 advance + publication

4. 31 Oct 2026

   Project Funding (April 2027 Start)

   Alexander Tutsek-StiftungGermany

   GrantAmount not stated

5. 31 Oct 2026

   The Contemporary Print 2027 — Juried Printmaking Exhibition

   PrintAustinAustin, Texas, USA

   Exhibition$500 best in show

6. 31 Oct 2026

   Tallgrass Artist Residency 2027 — Free 10-Day Prairie Residency, Kansas Flint Hills

   Tallgrass Artist ResidencyMatfield Station, Flint Hills, Kansas, USA

   ResidencyFree to apply10-day residency at Matfield Station

7. 31 Oct 2026

   Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize 2026 — Northwestern University Press (First Book, Poets of Color)

   Northwestern University PressEvanston, Illinois, USA (submission by email)

   Competition$500 + chapbook publication + 15 copies

8. 31 Oct 2026

   Neuwerk Lake Residency 2027, Konstanz — Two Months in a 116 m² Studio on Lake Constance plus an Exhibition

   Neuwerk eGNeuwerk, Konstanz (Lake Constance), Germany

   ResidencyFree to applyStudio with living space and utilities + exhibition budget

9. 31 Oct 2026

   The Garden Awakening Mural — $8,000 Commission, California Center for the Arts, Escondido

   California Center for the Arts, Escondido FoundationEscondido, California, USA

   Competition$8,000 all-inclusive mural commission

10. 31 Oct 2026

    Residenze Lievito II: Making Good 2027

    La CAP ReHubSinalunga, Tuscany, Italy

    ResidencyEUR 500 net per month and housing

11. 31 Oct 2026

    Montmartre Residency Open Call 2027 — Paid Live/Work Residency in Montmartre, Paris

    Montmartre ResidencyMontmartre, Paris, France

    ResidencyPaid residency, min. 1 month

12. 31 Oct 2026

    Patricia Dobler Poetry Award 2026 — Carlow University, Pittsburgh (Women Poets 40+, $1,000)

    Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (submission by email)

    Competition$1,000 + travel, lodging and a reading

13. 31 Oct 2026

    Concorso Banner d'Artista 2027 — Public-Space Banners for the Museo Arte Contemporanea Cavalese

    Museo Arte Contemporanea CavalesePiazzetta Rizzoli, Cavalese, Trentino, Italy

    CompetitionSix-month public banner show

14. 31 Oct 2026

    Voices and Visibility: Women, Art, and Political Change — Kawartha Art Gallery 2026 Annual Juried Exhibition, Ontario, up to $1,000 in Awards

    Kawartha Art GalleryKawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario, Canada

    Competition$1,000 / $500 / 2 × $250

15. 31 Oct 2026

    Résidence d'action/médiation 2027 — Women Visual Artist in Joux-la-Ville Detention Centre

    Château de MonthelonMontréal / Joux-la-Ville, Yonne, France

    Residency€4,000 global envelope + housing

16. 31 Oct 2026

    Land Tirol Résidence-Stipendien Marseille 2027 — Four One-Month Residencies with €1,500 for Tyrolean Artists and Writers

    Land Tirol — Abteilung KulturRésidence d’artistes Marseille contemporain, Marseille, France

    ResidencyFree to apply€1,500 + €250 travel each (four grants)

17. 31 Oct 2026

    STAEDTLER International Creative Challenge 2026 (Latin America) — €1,500 Travel Voucher and Product Prizes for Hand-Drawn Art on 'La vuelta al mundo'

    STAEDTLEROnline

    Competition€1,500 travel voucher + €500 products (top category)

18. 31 Oct 2026

    CPB International Photography Open Call 2026–27 (Edition 3) — Exhibition in a Public Space in Chennai and a SIGMA Lens Prize, Open to Anyone Worldwide

    Chennai Photo Biennale FoundationChennai, India

    CompetitionSIGMA 35mm f1.4 lens (single image and photo series prizes)

19. 31 Oct 2026

    The Salopian Open 2026 — Open Exhibition at Gateway Gallery, Shrewsbury, Solo Show Prize

    Gateway GalleryThe Gateway Centre, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK

    CompetitionSolo exhibition for the overall winner

20. 31 Oct 2026

    OPEN CALL: UNDERGROUND — Three-Week Group Exhibition at Bázis., Budapest (Jan–Feb 2027)

    Bázis.Budapest, Hungary

    ExhibitionThree-week exhibition at Bázis.

21. 31 Oct 2026

    HAP Studio Programme 2027–2031 at basis Frankfurt — Four Years of Free Studio Space and Mentoring for Four Early-Career Artists from Hesse, Deadline 31 October 2026

    basis e.V.Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    ResidencyFree studio, no stipend

22. 31 Oct 2026

    River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize 2026 — $1,000 + Publication by University of New Mexico Press

    River TeethMuncie, Indiana, USA (Ball State University; online submission)

    Competition$1,000 + book publication

23. 31 Oct 2026

    LU.CA Stage Residencies 2027 — One-Week Theatre Residency for Work for Young Audiences (Portugal)

    LU.CA Teatro Luís de CamõesLisbon, Portugal

    ResidencyFree to applyOne-week stage residency + tech support (no fee)

24. 31 Oct 2026

    Reviving Nature 2027 (Plearn) — International Artist Residency & Festival, one fee-waived place

    Studio 88 Artist ResidencyDoi Saket, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Residency1 fully fee-waived place; others pay 40k–100k THB

25. 31 Oct 2026

    Shapes and Things — Group Exhibition Open Call, London: Free to Enter, Up to £50 If Selected

    Shapes and ThingsLondon, UK

    Exhibition

26. 31 Oct 2026

    Bear Gallery 2028 Exhibitions — Solo, Group and Curated Shows for Alaska Artists, Fairbanks

    Fairbanks Arts AssociationBear Gallery, Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

    ExhibitionSolo or group exhibition

27. 31 Oct 2026

    15th Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards 2027 — Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry ($1,000 + Masters Workshop)

    Tucson Festival of BooksTucson, Arizona, USA (online submission; workshop in Tucson, March 2027)

    Competition$1,000 first; $500; $250 + workshop scholarships

28. 31 Oct 2026

    Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) — $13,500 Grant and a Solo Exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Open Call 1–31 October 2026

    Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Exhibition$13,500 grant + solo museum exhibition

29. 31 Oct 2026

    Showcase#art 2027 — One-Month Show in the Zebrastraat XYZ Lounge, Ghent, for Artists Without a Gallery

    ZebrastraatGustaaf Callierlaan 231, Ghent, Belgium

    ExhibitionOne-month show + vernissage

30. 31 Oct 2026

    ART MATTERS 18 — Galerie Biesenbach International Open Call, Cologne (€20)

    Galerie BiesenbachOnline + Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany

    CompetitionOnline show; 2 winners in Cologne group show

31. 31 Oct 2026

    Deutscher Literaturfonds Work Grants for Literature — €3,000 a Month for Up to a Year for Professional German-Language Authors, Autumn 2026 Deadline

    Deutscher LiteraturfondsGermany (applicants in German-speaking literature)

    Grant€3,000 a month, up to 12 months

32. 31 Oct 2026

    Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry 2026 — Persea Books ($1,000, Publication, Civitella Ranieri Residency)

    Persea BooksNew York, USA (online submission)

    Competition$1,000 advance + publication + residency option

33. 31 Oct 2026

    Nuestros Artistas 2027 — Group Exhibition for Las Condes Resident Artists at Centro Cultural Las Condes (Santiago, January 2027)

    Corporación Cultural de Las CondesLas Condes, Santiago, Chile

    ExhibitionInclusion in the Nuestros Artistas 2027 group show

34. 31 Oct 2026

    SPOT Festival 2027 — Open Call for Nordic Debut Artists and Bands (Aarhus Showcase, 7–8 May 2027)

    SPOT FestivalAarhus, Denmark

    OtherShowcase slot at SPOT Festival 2027

35. 31 Oct 2026

    Lithuanian Council for Culture Mobility Stipend 2027-2 — up to €4,000 for a Residency, Competition or Festival Abroad (March–June 2027)

    Lithuanian Council for CultureLithuania (activity abroad)

    GrantFree to applyUp to €4,000

36. 31 Oct 2026

    Elisabeth Büttner Grant for Film Culture — Projects in Film Heritage, Programming and Curatorship (Austria)

    Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and SportAustria and abroad

    GrantFree to apply€1,500–€2,000/month, up to 6 months

37. 31 Oct 2026

    Gulbenkian Grants for Internationalisation 2026

    Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPortugal / International

    GrantFree to applyUp to €5,000

38. 31 Oct 2026

    Illustrator / Comics Author for the ViaSilva Photo Festival 10th-Anniversary Book — €1,500

    Les Ailes de CaiusCesson-Sévigné / Rennes, France

    Other€1,500 gross for the whole commission

39. 31 Oct 2026

    Abitare il provvisorio — 4th Florence Annual International Art Exhibition, ISOLART (€35–€55)

    Isolart GalleryCasa Abitata, Florence, Italy

    ExhibitionExhibition + digital catalogue; jury awards

40. 31 Oct 2026

    apexart NYC Open Call 2027–2028 — Curatorial Proposals

    apexartNew York, USA

    Exhibition$10,000 incl. $2,000 honorarium