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Call for Submissions: Writing Resistance Zine (Anywhere)
Writing Resistance is looking for writing and art (drawing, painting, photography) for the FIRST EVER Writing Resistance zine! We are only accepting submissions from sick, disabled and Deaf folks and people who are on the receiving end of ableism and/or audism. All ages can apply. Submissions are due Friday, March 15th. For more info, check the Facebook page or go here.
Call for Proposals: Heritage Minutes (Canada)
The Historica-Dominion Institute is pleased to announce a request for proposals to find the maker of the newest Heritage Minutes, which will focus on two of Canada’s most influential Fathers of Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier. The new Minutes will mark the upcoming bicentennial of the births of Macdonald (2015) and Cartier (2014), and provide an opportunity to tell stories from Confederation—a topic not yet explored in the Heritage Minute collection. The RFP, which is an open and competitive call to filmmakers of all ages and experience levels, will continue until March 1, 2013. For more info, go here.
Call for Entries: Summer Literary Seminars 2012 Contest (Anywhere)
This contest for poetry and fiction is stacked with various prizes, including the Sutzkever Centennial Translation Prize, to be judged by Ed Hirsch, and a unified literary contest co-sponsored by The Walrus and featuring judges Mary Gaitskill (fiction), Eileen Myles (poetry), and Ander Monson (non fiction). Read about these and other prizes here. Contest deadline has been extended to March 9.
Call for Residents: Roberts Street Social Centre (Halifax,NS)
The folks at the Halifax space are looking for a zinemaker, screenprinter, performer, writer, organizer, maker and doer, mover and shaker, builder, and/or artistofallsorts to join them for a residency in Halifax.
The residency program runs seasonally at The Roberts Street Social Centre, from mid-May until mid-October. Residencies are two to three weeks long, and residents are provided with space, equipment and support for their project as well as living space within walking distance of the
Centre. They encourage projects that relate to the mandate of the Roberts Street Social Centre, in any medium.
Deadline for applications is March 4. Learn more at their website.
Call for Submissions: Centre3 for Print + Media Arts (Hamilton, ON)
Centre3 for Print and Media Arts (formerly The Print Studio) invites Canadian artists and curators to submit proposals that explore the creative use of print media (experimental, traditional or digital print) and/or media arts. DEADLINE: March 8. For more info, visit their website.