Calls for Submissions
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General / Not Discipline Specific
Festival Accès Asie is launching a call for applications to host a visual artist in a six-month immersion residency, as part of the démART–Mtl (Artistic stream) program of the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
→Deadline September 22. Click here for details
Artexte invites three researchers (individuals and/or collectives) from all contemporary art disciplines to explore the collection’s documentary resources, as part of its research residency program.
→Deadline October 26. Click here for details
The Museum of Jewish Montreal is accepting projects for the 2025-2026 cycle of the Microgrant Cohort Program for Creative or Cultural Exploration. This year focuses on food, art, and culture/heritage.
→Deadline October 12. Click here for details
MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) invites emerging and established artists, collectives, and artistic companies based in Canada, to submit their performing and visual arts proposals for the 2026-2027 season.
→Deadline October 10. Click here for details
The Indigenous Curatorial Collective (ICCA) and C Magazine are launching the 4th annual Indigenous Art Writing Award, to support, compensate, and platform three standout individuals advancing critical and creative thought about Indigenous contemporary art.
→Deadline November 24. 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
Call for submissions is open for the 44th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) to be held from March 12 to 22, 2026 in theatres and from March 20 to 29, 2026 online. This call for submissions is aimed at directors, producers or distributors who have finished or are finishing a fiction film about art, a biographical film, a documentary, a performance recording, an art video or media art. It will allow them to premiere their work(s) in Montreal.
→Deadline October 24. Click here for details
Festival Filministes is accepting film submissions in different categories, including Best Fiction Short Film, Best Documentary Short Film, Best Art House Short Film, and several others.
→Deadline September 21. Click here for details
Canada Media Fund has a number of available funding programs with 2025 deadlines.
→ Click here for details
Music & Sound
Performing Arts
Including Performance Art, Circus, Comedy, Interdisciplinary
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.
Montreal Fringe Festival 2026 is accepting applications. The 36th edition of the Montreal Fringe will take place from June 1 to 21, 2026.
→Deadline November 21. Click here for details
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.
Est-Nord-Est (ENE) is accepting applications for the author and artist residencies. ENE offers space for production, research, and creation and time for free experimentation, outside of an exhibition context, in order to open the way to new creative territories.
→Deadline November 9. Click here for details
Festival Accès Asie and OBORO invite artists from the Asian diaspora to develop and present a media-based project through Interval, a short-term production and presentation residency program in media arts.
→Deadline October 31. Click here for details
L’Écart invites artists, curators and collectives to submit an exhibition, residency, performance, workshop or curatorial project for its 2026-2027 programming.
→Deadline October 31. Click here for details
Prim Centre is currently accepting applications for various production, creation and research support programs.
→Deadline October 15. Click here for details
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse is accepting project proposals for its window exhibition for the 2026-2027 programming year, and performances for the 2025–2026 annual programming.
→Deadline October 20. Click here for details
Dazibao’s open call for exhibition projects invite artists and curators are to propose projects for the exhibition space or the screening room.
→Deadline October 15. Click here for details
The McClure Gallery is now accepting submissions for its 2026-2027 exhibition program. Contemporary artists of all media and curators with an exhibition proposal are invited to apply.
→Deadline October 15. Click here for details
Centre Clark is inviting artists, curators, and collectives to submit exhibition projects for its programming from September 2026 to June 2027.
→Deadline October 1. Click here for details
Caravansérail Centre in Rimouski is accepting applications for exhibitions to constitute their next year of programming. With a focus on research and experimentation, the Center invites artists to present daring, bold projects.
→Deadline October 26. 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.
Room Magazine seeks unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and black-and-white art by folks of marginalized genders.
→Deadline rolling. Click here for details
Yolk literary is now accepting submissions to their digital publication and to their “In Transit” series.
→Deadline rolling. Click here for details
