Calls for Submissions

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General / Not Discipline Specific

Nuit Blanche is calling artists, collectives, and cultural organizations, to submit applications for 2026 edition.
→Deadline November 7. 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 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.

Festival Quartiers Danses invites local and Canadian choreographers and companies who wish to present a Montreal, Canadian, or world premiere, or a reprise, for the 24th edition taking place from September 10 to 20, 2026.
→Deadline November 14. Click here for details

Studio 303 call for submissions for the 2026 Residency program are now open. The residencies offer time, space and support for the research, creation and production of independent artists’ projects.
→Deadline October 15. Click here for details

Film & TV

Call for submissions is open for the 44^th 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

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

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.

The National Theatre School of Canada is accepting applications for its Artistic Leadership Residency on February 2026.
→Deadline October 24. Click here for details

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

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.

Quebec Writers Federation 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers is accepting applications from BIPOC emerging and aspiring writers and literary artists.
→Deadline October 29. Click here for details

Submissions are open for the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.
→Deadline December 2. Click here for details

Quebec Writers Federation 2026 Writing Mentorship program is open for applications. The mentorships are designed to help promising emerging writers make the transition to the next stage of their careers.
→Deadline October 29. Click here for details

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

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.

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