Calls for Submissions
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General / Not Discipline Specific
PRIM is launching its call for projects to support the creation of independent media artworks.
Programs provide access to professional resources, specialized equipment, and personalized support to bring bold projects to life. Three programs are available, offering discounts on the rental of production and post-production equipment and facilities. Research and Exploration: Open to experimentation, to test ideas and further develop an approach before creation. Creation Assistance: Open to all types of independent media art productions. Doc at risk :Open to documentary projects that take risks — in their subject matter, their financing, their form, or in the way they challenge cinematic language.
→Deadline April 15. 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.
COSMOS³ is looking for a dance artist with a love for cooking and the desire to cook/perform during a Danse-Cité event.
→Deadline March 27. Click here for details
Studio 303 is hosting the 3rd edition of the MARATHON on April 25. They are looking for short forms of choreographic and performative works (5 minutes max) that integrate the body and/or movement. Open to projects in the research/exploration/creation phase and to movement artists at any career stage.
→Deadline March 22. Click here for details
Film & TV
The Frontières Market in Montreal is accepting film projects from any territory that are actively seeking a Canadian or European co-producer, as well as a sales agent. genre film financing and co-production between Europe and North America. The market is organized by the Fantasia International Film Festival, in partnership with the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes.
→Deadline April 10. Click here for details
Call for film submissions for Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec
→Deadline June 8. Click here for details
Music & Sound
Fairbairn House Heritage Centre in Wakefield, QC is accepting submissions for Musical Mondays. Fill out the form to sign up to play beautiful outdoor concerts!
→Deadline April 10. Click here for details
Porchfest 2026 is now open for registration for musicians and potential venues.
→Deadline Ongoing. Click here for details
M FOR MONTREAL 2026 call for artists and artist representatives. M for Montreal festival’s 21st edition that will take place on November 18 to 21, 2026.
→Deadline April 30. 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
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.
Pyrite Theatre is casting actors for “Seeing Red” a dark two-hander about love, ambition, and the moment when male fragility curdles into violence.
→Deadline March 25. 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.
Produit Rien is open for experimental, interdisciplinary and research-driven proposals for its 2027 year.
→Deadline April 1. Click here for details
Montréal Monochrome is an annual conference series for Indigenous, Black, and artists and cultural workers of color, organized by articule. Based on the theme TRANSIENT, they are seeking proposals for lectures as well as artists to enrich the space where the activities will take place.
→Deadline March 27. Click here for details
Artists from around the world are invited to take part in the Global Art League 2026 Art Competition, happening in Montreal, Canada, next summer.
→Deadline ongoing. 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.
Pulse Mag is looking for Confessions, Fiction, and Autofiction on Secrets for a reading.
→Deadline May 3. Click here for details
The QWF Literary Awards are now accepting submissions for eight prizes:
The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry; The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction; The Concordia University First Book Prize; The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction; Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole; The QWF Prize for Playwriting; The Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize; The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
→Deadline June 3 5PM ET. Click here for details
Yolk is now accepting submission in Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, and Visual Arts for their Digital Publication
→Deadline March 31. Click here for details
The Montreal International Poetry Prize 2026 is now open to submissions. Winner will receive $20 000.
→Deadline May 15. Click here for details
