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Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for Photography 2027 (Banff Centre)

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The Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for Photography provides financial and creative assistance to a mid-career Canadian artist.

DEADLINE: June 17, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Call for Workshop Proposals 

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Alberta Craft is seeking artists to lead engaging, hands-on, craft-focused workshops

DEADLINE: May 15, 2026 - 11:59 pm

CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2027 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

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The largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers.

DEADLINE: February 12, 2027 - 5:00 pm

CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2027 Next Generation Short Story Awards

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A not-for-profit international awards program for authors of short stories

DEADLINE: February 25, 2027 - 5:00 pm

Call for Mural Artists (Strathcona County)

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Strathcona County is seeking an artist or artist team to design and paint a large-scale exterior mural on a freestanding cinder block skate shack / washroom / concession building located at the centre of Sherwood Heights Multi-Sport Park in Sherwood Park.

DEADLINE: June 4, 2026 - 11:59 pm

Calling All YouthWrite Alumni

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YouthWrite wants to connect with alumni to celebrate 30 years of camps for kids who love to write... just about anything!

DEADLINE: July 3, 2026 - 5:00 pm

2026 SAAG Arts Writing Prize Call for Submissions

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The SAAG is seeking submissions for its 15th annual writing prize, celebrating the work of emerging arts writers and critics

DEADLINE: April 7, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Call for Submissions: ENVIRON

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Alberta Craft invites submissions for ENVIRON, a curated exhibition exploring how craft artists reveal the environments—ecological, industrial, digital, cultural, and lived—that shape their materials, processes, and meaning.

DEADLINE: February 27, 2026 - 5:00 pm

The Common Ground Festival is Looking for Submissions - All Performing Arts Welcome

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The Common Ground Festival is back this year and we're groovier than every. We are looking for submissions for performing arts of all kinds!!! If you've got a thing we've got a stage.

DEADLINE: July 31, 2025 - 11:59 pm

ChamberFest West (CFW), Calgary-based Music Organization, Board Recruitment Opportunity

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CFW presents a major international summer music festival and is building its Board. Candidates with governing experience, community connections a plus.