Calls for Submissions
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General / Not Discipline Specific
Art Matters Festival invites artists of all disciplines -installation, new media, performance, music, film, literary arts, and beyond- to apply for the next edition under the theme of Unstable Grounds.
→Deadline November 30. 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Carte Blanche Magazine invites creators to submit previously unpublished pieces in: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations (French to English), photography, and comics for the issue 53.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
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
Film & TV
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
FIFEQ Montreal call for ethnographic film submissions is now open.
→Deadline November 30. Click here for details
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 November 10 [extended]. Click here for details
Canada Media Fund has a number of available funding programs with 2025 deadlines.
→ Click here for details
Music & Sound
Taverne Tour X is seeking musicians for the 10th edition of their festival, which will be held from February 12 to 14, 2026, in Montreal.
→Deadline December 1. 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
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.
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.
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
The International Symposium of Contemproary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul is calling for projects for its next edition. The event will explore the aesthetics and politics of camouflage, obfuscation and strategic deception as critical and survival tactics in an era marked by post-truth.
→Deadline December 1. Click here for details
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
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
Submissions are open for the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.
→Deadline December 2. Click here for details
