Creative Opportunities
Here we bring together new opportunities, competitions or residencies which might be of interest to artists across the Commonwealth.
Are you an arts organisation with an opportunity that you would like to share with our community? If so, please email creatives@commonwealthfoundation.com.
Please note that these are not Commonwealth Foundation projects (unless specifically stated). Enquiries about these opportunities should be made direct to the organiser.
Deadline: 30 April 2026
The Queen’s Commonwealth Writing Competition 2026
Deadline: 30 April 2026
The 2026 Furphy Literary Award Open Short Story Competition
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival Prizes
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Wasafiri Magazine Open Call for Creative Submissions
Deadline: 8 May 2026
Lọ́unlọ́un Issue 5: Fiction Open Call
Deadline: 9 May 2026
How To Make A Commonwealth Quilt
Deadline: 26 May 2026
The Folio Book Illustration Award 2026
Deadline: 31 May 2026
PEN Translation Grants
Deadline: 31 May 2026
PEN Heaney Prize
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Deadline: 1 July 2026
The Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature
Deadline: 1 July 2026
African Teen Writers Award
Deadline: 1 July 2026
Na-La Mapambazuko Afrika Award
Deadline: 1 July 2026
African Writers Award
Deadline: 1 July 2026
2027 BLR Literary Prize
Deadline: 1 September 2026
Climate Playwriting Prize
Deadline: 30 September 2026