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Call for Submissions: 2027 Gallery Season Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek @ The Lebel
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The Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek is currently accepting submissions for our 2027 season. We invite solo and group artists to apply for the 2027 exhibition season.
DEADLINE: August 14, 2026 - 11:59 pm
Applications open for Alberta's Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassador
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Apply by June 15 for up to $50,000 to serve a one-year term as Alberta's next Artist in Residence.
DEADLINE: June 15, 2026 - 11:59 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 - 5:00 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