THE OCP

A historical record of open calls, residencies, and grants that have closed. These opportunities are no longer accepting applications, browse live calls for current opportunities.

All Photography Sculpture Painting New Media Performance Art Theatre Dance and Circus Film and Video Art Ceramics Music and Audio Writing Other

The Meridian Award 2026

Meridian AwardClosed Jun 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Amy Clampitt Poet Residency Program

Berkshire Taconic Community FoundationClosed Jun 2026

Writing

Write for Kill Your Darlings Magazine

Kill Your DarlingsClosed Jun 2026

Writing

Michael Hartnett Annual Poetry Award / Gradam Bliantúil Filíochta i gCuimhne ar Mhícheál Ó hAirtnéide

Limerick City and County Council and The Arts CouncilClosed Jun 2026

Writing

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Art and Writing Open Call

SAB MAGClosed Jun 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Call for Submissions: Issue 3 - Sublime

PUCK PressClosed Jun 2026

Writing

Ordinary Objects: Call for First-Time Composers

COMAClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtWriting

Notations #2

hosqClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtNew Media

Global Art Competition

Global Arts GalleryClosed Jun 2026

PaintingSculptureNew Media

48th Members’ Showcase

ArtlinkClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Residenza Lago Scuro 2026

Residenza Lago ScuroClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

2026 SET Film Festival Open Call

SET SpaceClosed Jun 2026

New MediaFilm and Video ArtPerformance Art

CAC – Individual Artist Fellowships

Kala Art InstituteClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Literary Journalism: Memoir 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed Jun 2026

Writing

40-Day Residency & Group Exhibition 2026

BEERS LondonClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Bard Fiction Prize

Bard CollegeClosed Jun 2026

Writing

In Cahoots Residency January - May 2027 Application

In Cahoots ResidencyClosed Jun 2026

PaintingPhotographyWriting

Notations #2 open-call

hosqClosed Jun 2026

Music and AudioPerformance ArtNew Media

2026 Lenscratch Student Prize

LenscratchClosed Jun 2026

PhotographyNew MediaFilm and Video Art

Headlands Center for the Arts Artist in Residence 2026

Headlands Center for the ArtsClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Isaac Anolic Jewish Book Arts Award

Anolic Family AwardsClosed Jun 2026

Writing

Henry Moore Foundation Grants Programme

Henry Moore FoundationClosed Jun 2026

SculptureWriting

Overlap exhibition open call

LIC-AClosed Jun 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence

Oak Spring Garden FoundationClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Creative Fellowship: 2026–27 Cycle

The Wolfsonian–FIUClosed May 2026

New MediaPhotographySculpture

Call for applications - Wonju UNESCO City of Literature Residency 2026

Dunedin UNESCO City of LiteratureClosed May 2026

Writing

GEËSTU / GISS - Residency Program 2026

GEËSTU / GISSClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Call for Submissions: Tint Journal

Tint JournalClosed May 2026

Writing

AIR_MCUBE International Artists Residency Nepal

Gallery McubeClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts 2026-27

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and CulturesClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

ecoartspace: Water World 2026

ecoartspaceClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

Cáceres 2031 launches international call for Rural Labs for artistic residencies in rural Extremadura

Cáceres 2031 European Capital of Culture ConsortiumClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting

The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation Grant for Writing on Sculpture

The Jonathan and Barbara Silver FoundationClosed May 2026

WritingSculpture

Chicago Artists Coalition Call for Art: DMG Zine Issue 1

Chicago Artists CoalitionClosed May 2026

WritingPhotographyPainting

Quramo Writers’ Prize 2026

Quramo Publishing Ltd.Closed May 2026

Writing

Kevin Elyot Award 2026

University of Bristol’s Theatre CollectionClosed May 2026

Writing

Deniz Villaları: Ecological Crossings Residency 2026

Institut français de Turquie and Goethe-Institut IzmirClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePerformance Art

Unsound SOFT POWER: Discourse Program Open Call

UnsoundClosed May 2026

Writing

Tulipán Art & Culture Award

Tulipán FoundationClosed May 2026

PaintingSculpturePhotography

ArtPrize 2026 Artist Seed Grant

ArtPrizeClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Early Career Artist Residency Program

Lanesboro ArtsClosed May 2026

PaintingPhotographyNew Media

Festival OPEN CALL 2026

Outburst Queer Arts FestivalClosed May 2026

Performance ArtFilm and Video ArtWriting

Early Career Writers of Poetry 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed May 2026

Writing

Early Career Writers of Poetry 2026

Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityClosed May 2026

Writing

Collaboration and Innovation Grant

Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and HumanitiesClosed May 2026

Performance ArtWriting

SI Leeds Literary Prize

SI Leeds Literary PrizeClosed May 2026

Writing

PRISM PRESS : SPRING ISSUE OPEN CALL

Prism PressClosed May 2026

PaintingWritingPhotography

Manifest Gallery: VELVET Open Call

Manifest GalleryClosed May 2026

PhotographySculpturePainting