Music BC is excited to announce a new component to their JUMPSTART series: JUMPSTART Talks. They are excited to have Kardinal Offishall as their inaugural Jumpstart Talks Keynote speaker. This carefully crafted discussion, led by Hip-Hop legend Prevail, will showcase...
Become a Music BC Travel Grant Juror
Music BC is seeking creative professionals and music industry representatives to join its juror roster for 2023. Music BC jurors will provide insight and feedback on Music BC Travel Grants. A juror honorarium will be provided. Music BC is committed to providing a jury...
2023 CBC Poetry Prize is now open to Canadian Poets
The 2023 CBC Poetry Prize is now accepting submissions. Eligible submissions include an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems up to 600 words in length. The winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have the opportunity to attend a...
New Dawn 2023 Call for Entries
New Dawn is an international film production fund aimed to support a larger diversity of voices and perspectives. A combined effort by 10 European and Canadian public film funds, New Dawn was launched in May 2022 at the Cannes Festival. The first selection was...
Cannes Indigenous Co-Production Forum – Call for Participants
The Indigenous Screen Office is hosting an Indigenous co-production forum at the Festival de Cannes, May 16 to 27, 2023. Experienced producers may apply to participate in-person at the forum on May 18, 2023, an opportunity designed to connect and explore future...
IPF: Best Practices for a Web Series Funding Application
On February 6, 2023 Creative BC hosted IPF CEO Jon Taylor to speak on best practices for a Web Series funding application. The professional development training presentation is available to view here: IPF - Jon Taylor Short Form Series Presentation To learn more about...
Call for Artists: For Montreal and Mundial Montréal 2023
M for Montreal and Mundial Montréal are presenting the very first edition of the RADAR series. This series of showcases presented between March and May 2023 will be open to the general public as well as being punctuated by professional industry meetings. These monthly...
Submissions now open to showcase at BreakOut West 2023
BreakOut West features a multi-genre, multi-venue showcase festival that presents more than 50 established and emerging artists from across Western Canada. This year's event takes place October 11-15, 2023 in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia. Please note that...
2023 B.C. Magazine Industry Survey
The Magazine Association of BC invites you to complete their annual B.C. magazine industry survey. It will be their primary planning and advocacy tool for the next year. Complete the survey by January 23 at midnight here.
Interactive companies invited to apply to the Vancouver Takeover Delegation at SXSW 2023
Roll call! Innovation startups in Vancouver/B.C. considering heading to SXSW 2023 in Austin TX in March. The future of frontier technologies is being created right now in Vancouver, Canada. Local pioneers are leading global innovation in frontier technology including...
Entries are now being accepted for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors, seasoned authors and even first time authors in the...
2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize is now open to Canadian writers
Writers from across Canada are invited to submit to one of Canada's most prestigious prizes for unpublished work! You can submit memoir, biography, humour writing, essay, personal essay travel writing and feature articles up to 2,000 words, as long as it has not been...
2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award is now open for submissions
Established in 1976, the First Novel Award program has launched the careers of some of Canada’s most beloved novelists. Previous winners include Michael Ondaatje, Joan Barfoot, Joy Kogawa, W.?P. Kinsella, Nino Ricci, Rohinton Mistry, Michael Redhill, Mona Awad,...
2023 CCBC Book Awards- Call for Submissions
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is now accepting submissions for its English-language children’s book awards. In total, seven prizes will be awarded: TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award * Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Norma Fleck Award for Canadian...
The Canada-France Series Lab call for entries now open
Canada-France Series Lab is a joint venture between Series Mania Forum, Telefilm Canada, CNC, and BANFF World Media Festival. The main goal of the Canada-France Series Lab is to encourage and facilitate the development of new relationships between Canadian and French...
Unity for Humanity Grant 2022
Unity offers funding, mentorship, and technical support for RT3D social impact projects. In 2023, they're awarding a total of $500,000 USD to help grantees bring their projects to life. If you have a project in progress we want to hear from you. Applications are open...
Apply now Canadian Heritage Aid to Publishers
The Aid to Publishers component of the Canada Periodical Fund is designed to provide eligible Canadian publishers of print magazines, print community newspapers and digital periodicals with the financial support they need to produce and distribute high-quality,...