Calls for Submissions
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General / Not Discipline Specific
Centre SAGAMIE has opened applications for micro-publishing residencies. The call is open to artists who are members of the partner centres AXENÉO7, Centre CLARK, and Vu, as well as artists from the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.
→Deadline January 5. Click here for details
The Centre des arts actuels SKOL is launching a call for submissions for a collective exhibition of queer artists living in the regions and in Québec.
→Deadline January 4. Click here for details
The Townships Young Voices 2026 Arts and Writing Competition is now open to artists age 11-29 who reside in the Eastern Townships. 20 prizes totaling $3000 will be awarded to finalists.
→Deadline January 31. Click here for details
The call for projects for the 27th edition of MUTEK Montréal is now open. Digital artists, electronic musicians, and audiovisual performers are invited to submit their projects for presentation at the festival.
→Deadline January 31. Click here for details
Carte Blanche Magazine invites creators to submit previously unpublished pieces in: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations (French to English), photography, and comics for the issue 53.
→Deadline January 4. Click here for details
Dance
If you are looking for Dance opportunities, check out the Regroupement Québecois de la danse and consider becoming a member of this organization dedicated to working with Dancers in Quebec.
Film & TV
ASIATE EN COURT is an Asian short film competition for Canadians. Organized by the FESTIVAL ACCÈS ASIE, the competition seeks to increase visibility for films and filmmakers of Asian heritage in Canada and Quebec.
→Deadline February 9. Click here for details
Folie/Culture is celebrating video art with a call for submissions to its emblematic Minute Vidéo. 60-second films on original topics based on the topic of potluck are invited to apply.
→Deadline December 11. Click here for details
Canada Media Fund has a number of available funding programs with 2025 deadlines.
→ Click here for details
Music & Sound
The Syli d’Or de la musique du monde is an incredible showcase that gives great visibility to local musicians. During the Gala Evening, several groups will share the honours and numerous prizes from our partners, worth a total of $75,000.
→Deadline December 9. Click here for details
Submissions are now open to play POP Montreal’s 25th Anniversary Edition on September 23–27, 2026.
→Deadline April 1. Click here for details
Performing Arts
Including Performance Art, Circus, Comedy, Interdisciplinary
Cirque Éloize is launching a brand-new project in East Asia in 2026 and is looking for passionate artists and creators to join this incredible journey.
→Deadline ongoing. Click here for details
Festival des Clowns de Montreal is calling professionals in the categories of clown, comedy, physical theatre, and eccentric performers for the 2026 Gala Cabaret during the 9th festival edition.
→Deadline December 15. Click here for details
Le Basement of Montreal Improv is looking for Stand-up & Storytelling Performers & Producers.
→Deadline ongoing. Click here for details
Theatre
If you are looking for theatre opportunities, check out Quebec Drama Federation’s What’s on Wednesdays page (also available on their social media) and subscribe to their newsletter to stay on top of the latest news.
Visual Arts & New Media Arts
If you want to stay on top of Calls for Submissions in visual & new media arts, akimbo.ca has a newsletter service you can subscribe to which will keep you posted on upcoming opportunities in Quebec as well as other regions in Canada.
artch Festival is now accepting applications for the 2026 edition. Applications are open to emerging visual artists with less than five years of their professional experience. Selected artists will recieve $3000, entrepreneurship training, and and exhibition in downtown Montreal.
→Deadline January 26th. Click here for details
The SPAO: Photographic Arts Centre, in partnership with Alexa Mazzarello Studio, is currently accepting applications for the Mother Artist Initiative. Mother artists who work within the medium of photography or lens based practices are encouraged to apply for this inaugural year.
→Deadline December 19. Click here for details
Fonderie Darling invites visual artists living in the greater Montreal area to apply for its next cohort of long-term residencies. The Montreal Studios Residencies offers eight spacious, light-filled studios for a period of three years.
→Deadline February 20. Click here for details
DARE-DARE invites emerging artists to propose a performance during a festive and explosive 40-hour event, which will take place continuously over three days in March 2026.
→Deadline January 5. Click here for details
The Stewart Hall Art Gallery and the Musée d’art de Joliette invites artists to submit new or adapted projects for this two-part exhibition, which will be presented across both institutions.
→Deadline December 8. Click here for details
Articule invites artists to apply for its 2026-2027 programming year, with DEPROGRAMMING as its theme. Proposals that may not fit neatly into a white cube, such as public interventions, live art projects, happenings, new artistic practices, and other are encouraged to apply.
→Deadline December 16. Click here for details
Vidéograph invites D/deaf artists to apply to the FOCUS Residency, to develop a new project, explore a new technique, or continue working on an artwork in progress.
→Deadline January 12. Click here for details
Writing/Literary Arts
If you are looking for Writing opportunities, check out the Quebec Writers’ Federation and sign up for their newsletter to stay on top of the latest news, contests, and workshops. For Playwrighting opportunities, look under Theatre.
Blue Metropolis invites college and university students to participate in Planet, My Love 2026 writing contest. 1,500-word works of fiction in English on sustainability and ecological topics can win a $1,000 scholarship.
→Deadline December 7. Click here for details
