Poetry

Short Description The annual Shape Open exhibition Call is now open. This year, to address the cuts to payments and funding that threaten disabled people’s lives, we are seeking work which responds imaginatively to themes of rights, protest, power, and the state of the British welfare system. We are also interested in work that reflects […]

Short Description It is possible to apply to multiple residency using the corresponding Apply links. Please specify on cover page of aplication if you have done so and list your preferences and dates. ALTERNATIVE Residency: July – August – September [2-6 weeks]:Applications to this residency are rolling and accepted until spaces are available, under payment of […]

Short Description The City of Redmond seeks applications for the position of Redmond Poet Laureate. The purpose of the Redmond Poet Laureate program is to make a significant contribution to the cultural life of the city and reveal new ways of understanding throughout our diverse community.   The Poet Laureate will generate a work plan […]

Short Description Do you have a breathtaking project you would like to work on during your residency in Prague? Prague City of Literature offers an opportunity to writers and translators to live and work in the beautiful city center where historical architecture meets modern and vibrant city life. This call goes for eight two-month residencies in 2026 […]

Short Description At the edges of Europe languages meet, morph and both make & break communities. The first Sonic Bridges film will explore how languages mingling at the edges of europe are used to both include and exclude. This is an opportunity for an EU or Balkan-based writer to create a spoken word or sung […]

Short Description Does a latent shadow reside in the heart of artistic creation and within the souls of the artists themselves? If any figure could parallel the introspective solitude of a monk, it is the visual artist. Though it may stir debate, let us reflect. Consider the profound solitude, the palpable stillness of the studio […]

Short Description CIRCA PRIZE 2025 launches today, 1 May, with a global call challenging artists to consider sanctuary not as retreat, but as resistance — inviting them to propose new ways of seeing, surviving, and shaping our collective future. Broadcasting live from London, musician and Prize Juror Björk kicked things off with an excerpt of […]

La SOURCE center for research & creation is an international and transdisciplinary artistic research incubator in Brittany, France. Artists / Researchers come together here in an immersive, experimental approach to explore the edges of meaning-making and perception. La SOURCE supports purpose-driven practices that engage embodied systems of knowledge, relational inquiry, and the shaping of emergent intelligence. At the center, creation is not understood as a […]

Short Description The Hertzlab at ZKM in Karlsruhe (UNESCO City of Media Arts) in collaboration with Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature—represented by the Cultural Office of the City of Heidelberg—cordially invites poets from UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide to apply for its new residency program. Eligibility Eligible to apply are poets (or those working professionally […]