PHOTOGRAPHY
Deadline
2 August 2022
BBA Photography Prize 2022
Global
Open call to all photographers
Anyone 18+ can apply - all genders and nationalities welcome.
Submit up to 15 images - this entitles you to be eligible for the long and shortlist and show your photographs at our exclusive exhibition in Berlin. No restrictions on experience or social / educational background.
A group show of the works selected by Berlin Photo Week will exhibit in September. 20+ photographers selected by BBA will exhibit in Kuehlhaus Berlin, a 600 sqm venue, in October / November 2022.
They will also award 5 prizes including international exposure and cash prizes. 1st prize winner receives a solo show at BBA Gallery.
WRITING
Deadline
1 August 2022
JIAS 2023 WRITING FELLOWSHIP
South Africa
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications for its Eight Writing Semester, which will run from 1 February to 31 May 2023. Fellowships are open to any field of expertise, including novelists writing in indigenous languages. Previous fellows have included academics, novelists, scientists, poets, playwrights, independent researchers and journalists.
WRITING
Deadline
18 September 2022
The Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship
Africa
The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2022 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers is open. MMF annually awards a small number of Morland Writing Scholarships, with the aim being to allow each Scholar the time to produce the first draft of a completed book. The Scholarships are open to anyone writing in the English language who was born in Africa, or both of whose parents were born in Africa.
Scholars writing fiction will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of twelve months. At the discretion of the Foundation, Scholars writing non-fiction, who require additional research time, could receive an additional grant, paid over a period of up to eighteen months.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Deadline
4 August 2022
UNSTUCK: An All Inclusive International Call For Submissions
Global
The Magenta Foundation in partnership with visual artist Jean-François Bouchard, is offering three production grants to help photographers move their work in progress to the finish line.
They are calling upon ALL lens-based practitioners; those working with mixed media and those with a formal and traditional approach.
Applicants are encouraged to submit a story, rather than singles, as part of the grant application.
This new opportunity aims to target the creation of works in progress and bring them to realization. We are looking for projects which are already in the development phase that will benefit from financial resources.
MISCELLANEOUS
Deadline
31 July 2022
Sauti za Busara 2023 Open Call
Africa and the Diaspora
Sauti za Busara is urging artists to apply for a chance to perform at the festival’s 20th edition in Stone Town, Zanzibar, from 10 to 12 February 2023. Sauti za Busara showcases unique and diverse music, primarily from the African continent and diaspora. Musicians representing the Arab world and Indian Ocean region are also welcome to apply.
Preference is given to:
- Unique music with cultural identity that is connected to Africa, the Arab World and Indian Ocean.
- Women artists, or groups led by women.
- Young, new and emerging talents.
- Music with messages that are positive, relevant and useful to society.
- Music that is performed 100% live.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Deadline
Ongoing
Call for applications: Innovate Artist Grants
Global
Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants.
They believe that new ideas come from sparks of inspiration and aim to provide just that, access to small and mighty bursts of financial support so that you can focus on making your important and innovative work.
Innovate Grant was created out of the frustration of applying to grants with time-consuming requirements. These lengthy applications took valuable time and energy away from making new work. Countless hours were always sacrificed in either writing artist statements, crafting project proposals and getting letters of recommendation.
They believe that time is one of the most valuable components to fostering creativity and innovation. Our aim is to provide the time you need to be fully immersed in your ideas and in creating your work.
Keeping the grant process simple enables us to continue to support you on your important journey of creation, inspiration, and innovation.
MISCELLANEOUS
Deadline
12 September 2022
GOETHE-INSTITUT PROJECT SPACE (GPS): CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2023
South Africa
The call is now open for applications for Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) project grant.
GPS grants financial support / seed funding to artistic projects that are realised in South Africa between February and November 2023. The Goethe-Institut set up this grant in 2016 to support art professionals from across South Africa who collaborate with cultural or public spaces and engage with the people in the areas where these spaces are located.
For 2023, the focus is on projects that are specifically engaging with communities outside South Africa’s big urban centres.
Journalism
JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES
International Journalist's Network (IJNet) - Global
IJNet delivers the latest on global media innovation, news apps and tools, training opportunities and expert advice for professional and citizen journalists worldwide.
Miscellaneous Journalism Opportunities throughout the year
International Women's Media Foundation IWMF - Global
The IWMF works to unleash the power of female journalists to transform the global news media. Their fellows and grantees — both freelance and staff journalists — become experts in reporting in under-served regions, generate must-read stories, align with top outlets, and bring critical issues affecting women and others to light.
Global Investigative Journalism Network GIJN - Global
The Global Investigative Journalism Network is an international association of journalism organizations that support the training and sharing of information among investigative and data journalists—with special attention to those from repressive regimes and marginalized communities.
Photography
PHOTOGRAPHY OPPORTUNITIES
FotoRoom - Global
FotoRoom is an online space showcasing works of contemporary photography ranging in genre, theme and style, and made by artists from all over the globe.
International Photography Awards (list)
Photography Grants, Funds and Fellowships (list)
International Photography Festivals (list)
Photo Contest Guru - Global
An online portal of photography contests, funding, grants and awards.
LensCulture - Global
LensCulture is one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching resources for discovering contemporary photography talent around the world.
Miscellaneous Awards and Competitions throughout the year
Miscellaneous
SPECIALIZED OPPORTUNITY PORTALS
On The Move: Cultural Mobility Information Network - Global
A cultural mobility information network with members in over 20 countries across Europe and internationally. Their mission is to encourage and facilitate cross-border mobility and cooperation.
VANSA (Visual Arts Network of South Africa)
An industry organisation supporting the development of the visual arts sector.
African Writers Trust - Africa
The African Writers Trust is a body that aims to bridge the divide between African writers and publishing professionals living in the diaspora and on the continent, bringing them together in order to promote synergies and to foster knowledge and learning between the two groups.
Journalism.co.za - South Africa
The site is intended both as a resource for working journalists in Southern Africa and a teaching tool for the (Wits) university programme. It also allows media companies to find new talent, to promote services, award programmes, training or events in a multitude of ways.
A source for film and documentary grants, production budgets, templates and online courses.
Opportunities Include: grants, funding, jobs, fellowships etc.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY PORTALS
Opportunities For Youth - Global
Empowering youth through access to information and opportunities.
Opportunities for Africans - Africa
Connecting Africans to the latest life changing opportunities
The largest platform for international opportunities
A forum where various opportunities like education, jobs and entrepreneurial ideas are shared for the benefit of diverse cultures.
Bringing all the opportunities from all over the world in one platform, making it easy to find your dream opportunity.
Funding Opportunities - Global
Making Opportunities accessible to organizations and individuals
Prince Claus Fund - Select Regions
The Prince Claus Fund stimulates the freedom of cultural expression worldwide
Arts and Culture Trust - South Africa
South Africa's premier independent arts and culture funding development agency. Pro-active agents of change in the creative economy.
National Arts Council (NAC) - South Africa
The vision of the NAC is to promote through the arts, the free expression of South African cultures.
British Council SSA Arts - UK and Sub-Saharan Africa
The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.