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: 10 February 2025
The HWR Khozem Merchant non-fiction Fellowship
Deadline: 10 February 2025
Emerging Writers’ Festival Artist Application 2025
Deadline: 10 February 2025
The Obaasima Creative Fund
Deadline: 14 February 2025
Pfumo Collective- CITIZEN:A Call Out for Non-Fiction Proposals
Deadline: 15 February 2025
Writers Space Africa (WSA): Call for Submissions
Deadline: 16 February 2025
The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa
Deadline: 26 February 2025
The London Library Emerging Writers Programme 2025/26
Deadline: 28 February 2025
uHlanga: Call for Submissions
Deadline: 2 March 2025
Call for Submissions: Lọúnlọún – Historical Fiction
Deadline: 10 March 2025
Asian Festival of Children’s Content: The Book Illustrators Gallery (BIG) Open Call
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Kampala International Theatre Festival (KITF): Call for participants
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Doek! poetry, visual art, fiction, non fiction submissions
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Zone: Call for Submissions
Deadline: 5 April 2025
The Tampered Press Manuscript Prize
Deadline: 22 April 2025
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting
Deadline: 12 May 2025
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival: Call for submissions
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Black Artists Grant
Deadline: 31 January 2026