English-Language Arts Network

The Accenti writing non-fiction writing contest can be on any topic, but entries must in some way reflect or make reference to Canada and Italy, or the Italian-Canadian experience. Multiple entries welcome. There is a $20 entry fee.

Eligibility

• All writers (non-Italians welcome)
• Accenti employees, contractors, and sponsoring bodies are not eligible to enter the contest.

See complete list of eligibility requirements on the Accenti website.

Amount

• First Prize $1000.00
• Second Prize $250.00
• Third Prize $100.00

Submissions Date

Winter (December 31)

Website

http://www.accenti.ca/_bin/contests/nonfiction.cfm

Phone

no phone number but email inquiries welcome.

Please contact Accenti directly for contest details.

This fellowship offers up to five Canadian journalists (including one from Quebec) an opportunity to travel to a developing country to conduct research and broaden their understanding of international issues. The fellowship seeks to encourage more in-depth and informed reporting on international development issues. Funding may be used to cover costs related to travel, medical costs, accomodation, meals and incidentals, local transportation, visas, and registration, airfare and hotel for the CAJ's national conference.

Eligibility

• Paid-in-full members of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
• Members must be Canadian journalists working full-time in the media
• Freelance journalists are eligible if they provide a letter of guarantee or intent from a mainstream newspaper, magazine, broadcaster, news agency or Internet news service to broadcast, publish, or syndicate resulting articles, features, documentaries or reportage

See the CAJ website for details about becoming a CAJ member, eligibility and Fellowship application guidelines.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Summer (August 30)

Website

http://www.caj.ca/

Phone

(613) 526-8061

Please contact CAJ directly for full fellowship details.

This component of the Youth Employment Strategy aims to advance the skills and hands-on experience of young participants while enabling them to learn and improve their second official language.

Eligibility

Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Please contact Canadian Heritage

Website

YOUNG CANADA WORKS

Phone

toll-free 1-800-935-5555

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

The aim of this program is to increase the production and dissemination of knowledge and tools to support minority-language education.

Eligibility

• Canadian non-profit organisations
• Professional associations
• Post-secondary institutions

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Dates vary. Application invitations sent out annually.

Website

Strategic Funds

Phone

tel.(819) 994-5696

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

The two components of the Youth Employment Strategy aim to advance skills and hands-on experience of young participants while encouraging participation in the development of official-language minority communities.

Eligibility

Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Please contact Canadian Heritage

Website

Young Canada Works

Phone

Toll free: 1-800-935-555

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

This component of the Youth Employment Strategy aims to advance the skills and hands-on experience of young participants while enabling them to learn and improve their second official language.

Eligibility

Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Please contact Canadian Heritage

Website

YOUNG CANADA WORKS

Phone

toll-free 1-800-935-5555

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

This program aims to increase the production and dissemination of knowledge, methods and tools to support teaching of a second-language.

Eligibility

• Canadian non-profit organisations
• Professional associations
• Post-secondary institutions

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Dates vary. Application invitations sent out annually.

Website

Canadian Heritage official languages programs

Phone

tel.(819) 994-5696

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

The Strategic Fund program aims to assist official language minority communities to encourage their citizens to participate in local community life in their own language, thus developing the vitality of the culture and helping them integrate into their local community through large-scale projects.

Eligibility

Non-profit organisations, associations, institutions, provincial and territorial governments. Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Anytime

Website

Canadian Heritage official languages programs
Strategic Funds

Phone

tel. (819) 994-5698

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

The aim of this program is to support the ongoing commitment and actions of organisations involved primarily in promoting linguistic duality and the provision of services in both official languages with a focus on long-term outcomes.

Eligibility

Canadian non-profit organisations. Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Canadian Heritage website.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Dates vary. Application invitations sent out annually.

Website

Collaboration in Promotion

Phone

tel.(819) 994-5696

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

The two components of the Youth Employment Strategy aim to advance skills and hands-on experience of young participants while encouraging participation in the development of official-language minority communities.

Eligibility

Information for students interested in this program can be found at the Young Canada Works website. Information for employers interested in hiring students with this program can be found at the page for employers at the same site.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Please contact Canadian Heritage

Website

Young Canada Works

Phone

Toll free: 1-800-935-555

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for grant details.

The objective of the CMF is to foster the creation of Canadian editorial content in Canadian magazines, to enhance the quality and diversity of Canadian magazines, and to strengthen the infrastructure of the Canadian magazine industry. Financial support includes funding for editorial content, arts and literary magazines, as well as for business and development.

Eligibility

• Canadian magazine publishers and Canadian magazines
• Minimum of 80% Canadian editorial content

Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Vary

Website

Canadian Heritage
Canadian Magazine Fund

Phone

Toll-free 1-888-357-3116

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

The objectives of this program are to ensure that Canadians continue to have access to Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers with high levels of Canadian content. This program works in partnership with Canada Post Corporation to offset the mailing costs of magazines/newspapers within Canada.

Eligibility

Canadian publications (periodicals, small local weekly newspapers, select other weekly newspapers). Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Vary

Website

Publications Assistance Program

Phone

(819) 997-4974 Toll-free: 1-800-641-9221

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

This program provides support on a multi-year or annual basis for the ongoing operational activities of the organisation's professional programs.

Eligibility

Canadian incorporated non-profit organisations located in Canada. Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for further details regarding eligibility.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Summer (June 30)

Website

Canadian Heritage
National Arts Training Contribution Program

Phone

(819) 997-3777 (tel)

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

This program aims to strengthen organisational effectiveness and build capacity of arts and heritage organisations. It is composed of four program components: Stabilization Projects, Capacity Building, Endowment Incentives, and Networking Initiatives.

Eligibility

• Independent, non-profit organisations

Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Vary

Website

Canadian Heritage
Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program

Phone

Canadian Heritage Headquarters: Tel. (819) 997-0055
Toll free: 1-866-811-0055
TTY/TDD (819) 997-3123
Quebec regional office: 514-283-2332

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

This program provides financial assistance to Canadian non-profit organisations that present, in a professional manner, artistic experiences originating from more than one province or territory or, that strengthen networking activities of Canadian performing arts presenters or the organisations that support them.

Eligibility

• Canadian non-profit organisations
• First Nation Tribal or Band/Council Inuit organisations will also be considered

  Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Vary

Website

Canadian Heritage
Arts Presentation Canada

Phone

514-283-2332 (tel) toll-free: 1-877-222-2397
For hearing impaired: TTY/TDD (819) 997-3123

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

The CSC contributes to improved physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation. It is designed to increase and improve access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts and to museum collections. CSC supports improvement, renovation and construction of arts and heritage facilities, and the acquisition of specialized equipment as well as conducting feasibility studies for cultural infrastructure projects.

Eligibility

• Non-profit arts and heritage organisations

Please consult Canadian Heritage's website for detailed eligibility details.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Vary

Website

Canadian Heritage
Cultural Spaces Canada

Phone

514-283-2332; 877-222-2397 (toll-free)

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

This program assists Canadian arts and cultural enterprises and non-profit organisations in making the most of international business development opportunities. Trade Routes is the only comprehensive trades development program specifically designed for the arts and cultural sector.

Eligibility

• For-profit or non-profit corporation or association, or
• Community association,or
• Export service provider (such as a business, industry association or academic institution)

Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Anytime (proposals should be submitted well before the anticipated start-date)

Website

Canadian Heritage
Trade Routes

Phone

Toll-free: 1-866-999-7233

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

The objective of this program is to ensure choice of, and access to, Canadian authored books that reflect Canada's cultural diversity and linguistic duality, both in Canada and abroad. The program seeks to achieve this objective by fostering a strong and viable book industry. Funding is provided as direct aid to book publishers as well as for retail distribution of books.

Eligibility

• Canadian-owned-and-controlled book publishers that have been in the business for at least 36 months
• Canadian-owned-and-controlled associations, organisations, agencies or firms representing one or more sectors of the book trade

Please consult the Canadian Heritage website for detailed eligibility criteria.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Vary

Website

Canadian Heritage
Book Publishing Industry Development Program

Phone

tel. (819) 997-4944 Toll free: 1-877-823-0702

Please contact Canadian Heritage directly for program details.

Located at the Fondation Christoph Merian in Basel, Switzerland, this residency allows Quebec artists to choose a studio at the Fondation based on their specific artistic needs.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

6-month residency and $15,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This residency provides a fully-furnished studio-apartment located in Montreal's Latin Quarter and is intended to allow artists to take advantage of Montreal's very dynamic cultural life.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

6-month residency and $10,000 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This residency allows the artist to stay at the Translators' House (Vertalershuls) located in a beautiful residential area of Amsterdam.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

3-month residency and $7500 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

Co-sponsored by the Agence Rhone-Alpes Pour le Livre et la Documentation, this residency provides Quebec writers and storytellers with a fully-furnished apartment in Lyon for the duration of their residency.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

3-month residency and $7500 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This residency for young Quebec artists is hosted by two centres in France: The Centre Européen d'Action Artistiques Contemporaines in Strasbourg and the Villa Arson in Nice. Part of the period of residence may also be spent at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris.

Eligibility

• 35 years old and under

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Residency of two stays lasting six months and $12 000 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This is a new collaboration between CALQ and the artist-in-residence program at the Banff Centre in Alberta. The goal of this residency is to foster the career development of Quebec artists and writers and to enable them to benefit from Banff Centre's prestigious and extensive facilities.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

7–12 week residency depending on the discipline and $3000 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

As part of its contribution to the initiative launched by the Québec government in 2006 to develop ongoing arts and culture exchanges between Québec, Ontario and New Brunswick, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec recently concluded reciprocity agreements with the Ontario Arts Council and the New Brunswick Arts Board.

The agreements establish an annual exchange program that provides professional artists and writers with opportunities for creation and professional development residencies in a participating province. Artists and writers participating in this program enjoy complete autonomy and define the objectives of their period of residence and elaborate the parameters and conditions governing its realization in collaboration with an arts or community organization in the territory where the period of residence is to take place.

The agreements reflect the desire of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec hopes to offer Québec writers and artists a new career development opportunity and to continue its productive collaboration with the arts councils of neighbouring provinces.

Among the program's aims are the following:

Eligibility

The program is for professional artists in the following disciplines: visual arts, arts and crafts, media arts, circus arts, architectural research, multidisciplinary arts, literature and storytelling, music, theatre and dance.

Applicants must submit at the time of registration a letter of intent from the host organization in which the latter undertakes to offer professional support during the period of residence and that specifies the nature of the collaboration that the organization intends to establish in conjunction with the project.

Candidates must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and must have lived in Québec for at least the last 12 months.

They must be eligible for the grant programs of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, which means that they must have been in professional practice for at least two years and have presented works of art in a recognized professional setting.

Artists or writers groups are not eligible for this program.

Amount

Submissions Date

October 5, 2007

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios/qc_ont_nb_en.htm

Phone

514-864-3350

Toll-Free: 1-800-608-3350

This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling writers/storytellers and writers'/storytellers' groups to carry out projects that foster their artistic development in the areas of written and oral literature.

Eligibility

• Minimum 10 years professional experience
• Have had works presented in recognized professional context

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $25,000

Submissions Date

Fall (September 10)
Spring (April 15)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/litterature_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling writers/storytellers and writers'/storytellers' groups to carry out projects that foster their artistic development in the areas of written and oral literature.

Eligibility

• 2–10 years professional experience
• Have had works presented in a recognized professional context

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $20,000

Submissions Date

Fall (September 10)
Spring (April 15)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/litterature_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling multidisciplinary artists or arts organisations to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms. Projects may involve: thematic or formal research, multidisciplinary research or creation, exploration of a new artistic vocabulary, new materials, new technologies or new media.

Eligibility

• 2–10 years professional experience
• Have had works presented in a recognized professional context

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $20,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/arts_multi_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

Development Grants enable writers/storytellers and writers'/storytellers' groups to broaden their knowledge, refine their artistic approach and acquire greater mastery of their art, notably through training sessions or participation in workshops, seminars and colloquia.

Eligibility

• Artists and artists' groups

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $9000

Submissions Date

Fall (September 10)
Spring (April 15)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/litterature_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

Through travel grants, CALQ wishes to enable multidisciplinary artists and artists' groups to accept invitations from inside and outside Quebec to participate in activities related to their artistic disciplines or career development. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms.

Eligibility

• Artists and artists' groups

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Amount ranges from $750 to $2500 according to travel distance

Submissions Date

Anytime

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/arts_multi_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

Located in SoHo, this studio offers Quebec artists of all disciplines the opportunity to take advantage of the vitality and resources of a broad range of artistic milieus in the heart of New York artistic life while working to prepare a recital, finish a manuscript, prepare works for an exhibition or explore new avenues of research.

Eligibility

• Minimum 10 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

6-month residency and $15,000 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

Located in Monteverde Vecchio district of Rome, this residency is offered for artists from January to June 2007.

Eligibility

• Minimum 10 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

6-month residency and $15,000 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

Located in Espoo, 10 km from the capital city of Helsinki, this residency includes housing and an adjustable studio to produce works of various dimensions.

Eligibility

• Minimum 10 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

4-month residency and $10,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This residency offers Quebec writers and storytellers the opportunity to stay in an Art Deco apartment overlooking the Place du Vieux Marché aux grains at the Maison Internationale des Littératures PASSA PORTA in Brussels.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

2-month residency and $5000 grant

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This grant is intended to support the creation of literary works or stories intended for the public by writers and storytellers, as well as writers' and storytellers' groups.

Eligibility

• Minimum 10 years professional experience
• Have had works presented in recognized professional context

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $25,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 15)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/litterature_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

This grant is intended to support the creation of literary works or stories intended for the public by writers and storytellers, as well as writers' and storytellers' groups.

Eligibility

• 2–10 years professional experience
• Have had works presented in a recognized professional context

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $20,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 15)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/litterature_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

This grant is intended to support research or creation of works by enabling multidisciplinary artists or arts organisations to carry out projects that foster their artistic development. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms. Projects may involve: thematic or formal research, multidisciplinary research or creation, exploration of a new artistic vocabulary, new materials, new technologies or new media.

Eligibility

• Minimum 10 years professional experience
• Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
• Artists with under 10 years experience may apply when their artistic output warrants it

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $25,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/arts_multi_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

This residency enables Quebec artists to broaden their knowledge of Mexico's culture and artistic diversity. According to the artist's discipline, work space is also made available by the Centro Nacional de las Artes, the Centro de la Imagen and the Sociedad General de los Escritores Mexicanos, and other professional Mexican organisations responsible for organising their stay.

Eligibility

• Minimum 2 years professional experience
• Basic knowledge of Spanish recommended

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Residency covering basic cost of housing

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

This residency is aimed at encouraging young artists who are developing new forms of expression by fostering their mobility on the European arts scene through a network of over 70 creative centres located in 25 different countries.

Eligibility

• 35 years old and under

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

3–12 month residency and artistic grant covering international transportation costs, living expenses, and the cost of carrying out an artistic project

Submissions Date

Varies

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/studios_prog_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for residency details.

Through travel grants, CALQ wishes to enable writers/storytellers and writers'/storytellers' groups to accept invitations from inside and outside Quebec to participate in activities related to their artistic disciplines or career development.

Eligibility

Artists and artists' groups

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Ranges from $750 to $2500 according to travel distance

Submissions Date

Anytime

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/litterature_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

The primary objectives of this program are to foster the creation of works for young audiences and to enable artists of all disciplines to reach youth. This program is intended for professional artists as well as for writers and professional artists' and professional writers' groups.

Eligibility

• Minimum two years of practice in Quebec or abroad
• Have had works presented in a recognized professional context
• Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
• Have lived in Quebec at least 12 months

See CALQ website for complete list of eligibility requirements.

Amount

Maximum $20,000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 15)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/jeunepublic_en.htm

Phone

(514) 864-3350, Toll free: 1-800 608-3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

Development Grants enable artists to broaden their knowledge, refine their artistic approach and acquire greater mastery of their art in the area of multidisciplinary arts, notably through training sessions or participation in workshops, seminars and colloquia. The multidisciplinary arts encompass forms of expression that use several disciplinary codes and whose practice, language and works lie outside recognized artistic forms.

Eligibility

• Artists and artists' groups

Please see detailed list of eligibility requirements on the CALQ website.

Amount

Maximum $9000

Submissions Date

Spring (April 1)

Website

http://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/artistes/arts_multi_en.htm

Phone

514.864.3350 / Toll-Free 1.800.608.3350

Please contact CALQ directly for grant details.

Event, a Canadian literary magazine, sponsors an annual creative non-fiction writing contest. Three winning entries will receive $500 and publication in Event. Other manuscripts may also be chosen for future publication. The entry fee for this contest is $29.95 and includes a one-year subscription to EVENT.

Eligibility

• All writers
• Previously unpublished pieces with maximum 5000 words
• Multiple entries accepted

  Please see detailed eligibility criteria on Event's website.

Amount

3 prizes of $500 each, plus publication in Event

Submissions Date

Spring (April 15)

Website

http://event.douglas.bc.ca/community/event-magazine/contestdetails.html

Phone

(604) 527-5293

Please contact Event directly for contest details.

As part of its International Cultural Relations Programme, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs supports Canadian arts and culture abroad by assisting Canadian individual artists and artistic groups with costs for promoting their work internationally. This includes contributing to costs related to touring and participation in important artistic events or international festivals.

Eligibility

• Individuals, institutions or organisations that create, interpret, promote or market Canadian cultural products for the international market 

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Department of Foreign Affairs website.

Amount

Varies. Usually covers: cost of international transportation or approximately 30% of the total project budget.

Submissions Date

Vary according to discipline

Website

www.international.gc.ca/arts/

Phone

1-613-992-6283
1-888-757-7752 (toll free)

Please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and International trade directly for grant details.

Grain Magazine's Annual Short Grain Contest offers $6000 in cash prizes to winning entries in the following writing categories: dramatic monologue, postcard stories, prose poems, and the Long Grain of Truth (creative non-fiction). All contest winners will have their entries published in Grain Magazine. Located in Saskatchewan, Grain Magazine has a long literary history and publishes both established and emerging writers. The entry fee for this competition is $30 and includes a year's subscription to Grain Magazine.

Eligibility

• All writers
• Previously unpublished pieces
• Multiple entries accepted (addition payment of $8 per additional entry)

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the Grain Magazine website.

Amount

3 prizes of $500, plus publication in Grain Magazine

Submissions Date

Winter (February 28)

Website

Grain Magazine

Phone

(306) 244-2828

Please contact Grain Magazine directly for contest details.

This grant is aimed at private companies working in translation, language training, and language technologies who need assistance for marketing projects, creating communication plans and participating in trade fairs.

Eligibility

• Well established and in business for at least one year
• Incorporated and headquartered in Canada

See complete list of eligibility requirements on the Industry Canada website.

Amount

$10,000

Submissions Date

Fall (October 16 for projects starting December 15)

Website

Language Industry Program

Phone

1-888-586-7541

Please contact Industry Canada directly for grant details.

This grant is a one-time, non-recurrent grant given primarily to new companies or organisations that, without necessarily having a permanent operating structure, produce regularly and wish to receive financial support to produce one or several artistic events.

Eligibility

• Non-profit organisation
• Minimum 2 full years of legal existence
• Have produced a minimum of one artistic project

Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Spring (March 1)
Fall (Sept 15)
Winter (December 15)

Website

http://www.artsmontreal.org/prog_gen.php

Phone

(514) 280-3580

Please contact CAM directly for grant details.

This grant is provided for all of the activities related to an organisation's regular programming. Financial assistance is given for a 12-month period usually coinciding with the organisation's fiscal year.

Eligibility

• Recognized professional non-profit organisation
• Have received a minimum of 3 one-time project grants from CAM over a maximum of a 6-year period

Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Spring (March 1)
Fall (Sept 15)
Winter (December 15)

Website

http://www.artsmontreal.org/prog_gen.php

Phone

(514) 280-3580 (tel)

Please contact CAM directly for grant details.

The programme supports works created by professional artists who have been favourably received and who are of definite interest to their target audiences. It aims to help organisations create loyalty, and reach new public.

Eligibility

• Recognized as a professional organisation
• Be incorporated as a non-profit organisation for at least one year
• Have its headquarters in the city of Montreal and present artistic activities on a regularly basis
• Have as its principal mission the creation, production, and presentation of arts activities

Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.

Amount

Varies

Submissions Date

Fall (October 15)

Website

http://www.artsmontreal.org/prog_tour.php

Phone

(514) 280-3580 (tel)

Please contact CAM directly for grant details.

Partners wishing to organise networking activities for this clientele are eligible for funding.

Eligibility

• Non-profit organisations
• Student associations
• Professional associations and organisations
• Cooperatives

Please contact CAM for detailed eligibility requirements.

Amount

Amount varies according to program:

• Networking activities ($500)
• Training/networking activities ($1000)

Submissions Date

Fall (October 1)

Website

http://www.artsmontreal.org/releve.php

Phone

Elisa Belhache, Coordinator—Emerging Artists: (514) 280-3724

Please contact CAM directly for grant details. NB: Elisa Belhache is the contact person for this program for 2007.

The John Glassco Translation Prize, in memory of writer and literary translator John Glassco, is awarded for a translator's first book-length, literary translation into French or English for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's literature.

A list of previous winners can be found at the LTAC website.

Eligibility

• Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
• Submissions can be made by anyone interested.

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the LTAC website.

Amount

$1,000

Submissions Date

Summer (July 31)

Website

Literary Translators' Association of Canada

Phone

Prize Committee's Concordia University office: (514) 848-2424 ext. 8702

Please contact the Literary Translators' Association of Canada website for proze details.

PEN Canada has developed the Writers in Exile Network to provide support for writers who have sought refuge in Canada due to persecution in violation of freedom, including freedom of expression, in their country of origin. Support includes but is not limited to assisting writers with finding academic placements residencies, publishing and lecturing opportunities, and internships. This aim of this program is allow writers in exile living in Canada to improve their access to a professional career as well as help them continue with their creative work.

Eligibility

• Immigrants in Canadian
• Have been a writer, journalist, poet, editor, translator, essayist or playwright before emigrating to Canada

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the PEN Canada website.

Amount

Residencies, fellowships, opportunities for readings, bursaries and scholarships.

Submissions Date

Anytime

Website

http://www.pencanada.ca/programs/exile/index.php

Phone

Contact David Cozac at PEN Canada, (416) 703-8448 ext. 24

Please contact PEN Canada directly for program details.

The Quebec Writing Competition is an annual event that encourages entries from a variety of different writing categories, including stories about travel, life stories, short fiction, family narratives, humour, and personal essays. There is an entry fee of $10 for this competition. Writers may submit multiple entries (the $10 fee must accompany each submission).

Eligibility

• Quebec residents
• Maximum of 1200 words
• Multiple entries permitted

Please see detailed eligibility criteria on the QWF website.

Amount

• First Prize: $1500
• Second Prize: $1000
• Third Prize: $500

All winning stories will be broadcast on CBC and published in the print edition of Maisonneuve Magazine or on their website.

Submissions Date

Summer (postmarked on or before August 31)

Website

The Quebec Writing Competition

Phone

(514) 933-0878

Please contact QWF directly for competition details.

The Antigonish Review, an established Nova Scotian literary journal, sponsors an annual poetry contest for Canadian writers. Poems can be on any subject. Entries can be one long poem, or several shorter poems. There is an entry fee of $25, which includes a one-year subscription to the Antigonish review.

Eligibility

• Poems must be a maximum of 150 lines.
• Please contact the Antigonish Review for format and eligibility details.

Amount

First prize: $600 and publication
Second prize: $400 and publication
Third Prize: $200 and publication

Submissions Date

Summer (June 30)

Website

http://www.antigonishreview.com