Open Studio Seeking Submissions, Residencies (Toronto)
Submissions are being accepted to exhibit in the Open Studio Gallery for the period between September 2013 and July 2014. The gallery is also accepting applications for their visiting artist residency program (September 2013 – April 2014.)
Open Studio is an artist-run printmaking studio and exhibition venue that presents a wide range of traditional and experimental print media-based work. Accepted formats include: 2- and 3-dimensional works, bookworks, digital and multi-media installation-based work. We welcome proposals by individual artists, groups and curators. CARFAC Artist Fees are paid. Please review our submission guidelines by visiting www.openstudio.on.ca and clicking on Submissions.
DEADLINE: Submissions must be received on or before 5:00 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012.
For more information about each program and guidelines on how to apply, including digital submission requirements, please visit the Open Studio website.
Blue Heron Studio Repurposed Books Contest (Uxbridge, ON)
The Blue Heron Studio (based out of Uxbridge’s Blue Heron Bookstore) is celebrating its launch by inviting artists and craftspeople to re-imagine discarded books into new objects. These objects can be sculptural, functional or two-dimensional. You are invited to produce up to two objects for this event either in your own space or at our upcoming workshop on Wednesday, August 8th from 6:30 – 9:30pm. Submissions for the exhibition are due at Blue Heron Studio by Friday, September 14th, 2012 at 4pm.
For the more ambitious, we are also accepting proposals for installations which will be housed in various storefronts and retail spaces. Deadline: Friday, August 24th, 7pm.
The grand prize is $500. Jury selection for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize will be announced at the opening reception on Saturday, September 22nd. The public will be invited to select a People’s Choice Award during the exhibition of entries from September 22nd to September 29th. All work must be picked up between the hours of 5:30—8:30pm on Friday, September 29th, 2012.
Lift Out Loud Call for Short Scripts (T0r0nt0)
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) runs a popular screenplay reading series called LIFT OUT LOUD. We are
currently looking for short screenplays for our LIFT OUT LOUD reading in October.
Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 to: liftoutloud(at)gmail.com
Subject Heading: “LIFT OUT LOUD October 2012 Submission.”
Please note: To facilitate impartiality, please include your name in the body of your email, but NOT anywhere on the script.
If selected, non-member submissions will be required to join LIFT’s membership:
http://lift.ca/about/lift-membership
Low-Fi Sci-Fi Film Challenge (Toronto)
Make a five-minute science fiction-themed movie in one weekend. Starting Friday, August 24, you will have 48 hours to make a sci-fi mini-masterpiece. On August 24 at 7pm, challengers will receive three prompts – a track of music, a line of dialogue and a physical prop. You then have to incorporate these three things into your piece however you see fit. The finished products will be screened at Toronto’s Monach Tavern the following night (August 27th) at 7pm. Whether you’re an experienced filmmaker or a newbie, this is for you. Deadline for registration is August 21.
Bloodroot Literary Magazine Poetry Competition (Vermont)
Three prizes of $200, $100, $50, three honorable mentions and publication in 2012 Bloodroot Literary Magazine edition. Reading period runs April 1 through September 15. Please consult full contest guidelines here.
The competition is open to any poet who writes in English. Manuscripts should be typewritten or computer-printed on white 8-1/2″ X 11″ paper. We can only accept hard copies. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. Submit original, unpublished, free verse, 10 lines to 2 pages. Entry fee: $15 for three poems, $5 each additional poem. Your name must not appear on the manuscript. Please provide name, address, email address, titles of poems in a cover letter.
Entries must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2012. Manuscripts cannot be returned. Please no simultaneous submission to other publications.
Watercress Journal Short Fiction Contest (Ohio)
Watercress Journal is a new online literary magazine based in Lakewood, Ohio. It is currently taking submissions for its first short story competition. Submissions should not exceed 5,000 words. Every entry will be provided feedback from one of the five judges and be considered for publication in the journal. The top three entries will receive feedback from all five
judges. First place will receive $100 prize. We are looking for previously unpublished fiction. Surprise us, inspire us.
Send us your best work. Simultaneous submissions are okay with notification upon acceptance elsewhere. Deadline August 15th.
There is a $5.00 reading fee – Please provide your PayPal confirmation code at the top of your entry.