Film Grants/Fellowships
JANUARY
Milan Design Week Call
Deadline: January 10, 2022
Award: Hotel stay + opportunity to display work
Park Associati are launching the third edition of their call for applications for young designers offering Park Hub, the exhibition area within their Milan architectural studio.
The call is addressed to all under-30 designers wishing to exhibit their work to the international public of the next Milano Design Week, to be held from 5th to 10th April 2022.
At Park Associati, we question ourselves about how design can answer the most pressing queries that concern the political, social and environmental issues of our time.
Here are some possible topics or food for thought:
Can design contribute to the debate on the political, social and cultural changes taking place in the world?
The challenges that need to be met to create a sustainable future are increasingly visible. How can design deal with the climate emergency and the need for a more responsible use of resources?
How can design help bridge the gender gap? And what about the generational or wealth gap?
The proposed work must transform an idea and intent into something concrete, tangible, and meaningful.
The aim is not to give a precise answer to all the questions but to enable participants to express themselves freely on current issues by exhibiting a project that either reflects real social engagement, proposes solutions or has a story to tell.
For more information please visit: https://parkassociati.com/en/mdwc
Cleveland State University: Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship in Writing & Publishing
Deadline: January 14, 2022
Award: 2 Year Fellowship with Teaching Assignment and Stipend
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is accepting applications for the Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship in Writing & Publishing, a two-year postgraduate fellowship that offers an emerging writer time to work toward a first or second book and professional experience teaching creative writing and engaging in community-oriented literary work in collaboration with the CSU Poetry Center.
The fellowship will encompass two academic-year (9-month) residencies of 30 hours per week, divided between writing, teaching one creative writing course per semester (for a total of four classes over two years), and engaging in publishing and community outreach work with the Poetry Center (for no more than ten hours per week). Publishing work may include reading manuscripts during acquisitions periods and attending editorial meetings; outreach work may include teaching a one-time community workshop, hosting a reading or colloquium at the Poetry Center, and/or contributing to local literary events.
The CSU Poetry Center is a 60-year-old independent nonprofit press that publishes 2–5 books of contemporary poetry, prose, and translation each year. The Poetry Center also hosts the Lighthouse Reading Series and the NEOMFA Writers at Work Colloquium and serves as a teaching lab for students at Cleveland State University and within the NEOMFA Program. The Fellow will be a two-year employee of the CSU English department. The salary is $42,000 per year with health insurance and benefits.
This fellowship is named for and supported by the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor literature that confronts racism and explores the rich diversity of human cultures. These are administered through the Cleveland Foundation. Through the creation of this fellowship, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and the CSU Poetry Center support writers from backgrounds and with perspectives historically underrepresented in publishing and the teaching of creative writing. By providing teaching experience and professional development opportunities, the fellowship also aims to help address the longstanding lack of diversity in the US publishing, editing, and academic workforces.
For more information please visit: https://www.pw.org/job_listing/anisfieldwolf_fellowship_in_writing_publishing
January 15, 2022: SIGMA 60th Anniversary Scholarship
Scholarship Prize: $7,500
This contest (the "Contest" or "Promotion") is offered by SIGMA America ("Sponsor" or "SIGMA"), whereby it intends to give away a total of $60,000 to students who are planning to attend or who are attending an accredited college or university, or a certificate program, for film or photography. SIGMA will be celebrating its 60th anniversary around the world this year, and provides this Contest to celebrate this momentous occasion and provide student photographers and filmmakers with a scholarship towards their education. The Contest is meant to be a tribute to SIGMA's founder and chairman, Michihiro Yamaki, and values on which SIGMA was founded. The Contest also honors the founder's son and current CEO, Kazuto Yamaki, for carrying on the tradition of SIGMA and adhering to the values, and additionally infusing creative innovation. Entrants are invited to create and submit images and films based on the creative prompts that are the core values of SIGMA
For More Information: https://www.sigmaphoto.com/60th-anniversary/
Sculpture Space Residency Program
Deadline: January 15, 2022
Award: Sculpture studio and living accommodations for 2 months
Sculpture Space invites artists to apply for our 2023 residency season.
We are looking for the best and brightest sculpting talent in the world. Each year, we offer a fully equipped 5500 square foot sculpture studio in the storied Sculpture Space studio (the former home of the Utica Steam Engine and Boiler Works) and living accommodations for two months to 20-25 artists. Organized into four cohorts (Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall), 5-6 artists live and work together, providing an intimate, collegiate community where sharing and connections are highly valued. We are a residency program with 45 years of history
and over 600 alumni residents.
Sculpture Space stands alone in its unique focus and international reputation.
APPLY TODAY (Application Portal is open until January 15, 2022)
$35 Application Fee
https://www.sculpturespace.org/applicaton
Periplus Workshops
Deadline: January 31, 2022
Award: 2 week residency
Short-term residency for designers, artists, creatives & performing artists, working across all cultural fields.
Periplus Workshops offers selected creative and cultural students, graduates and professionals from all over the world, the time and space to delve into a constantly open lab, where thinking through making, experiential access to local identity and a deeply humanising relationship with nature may develop into a new approach to immense creativity.
Gathering knowledge that may subsequently help local societies better deal with their existing and future multifaceted challenges. Powerfully reengaging them with the wealthy but frequently neglected potential of their local environment.
For more information please visit: https://www.periplusworkshops.com/2021-workshops
East Village Chronicles Play Submission
Deadline: January 21, 2022
Award: Production + $100 Honorarium
Now in our 30th season, Obie Award-winning Metropolitan Playhouse is accepting submissions for its 17th presentation of East Village Chronicles, a festival of new one-act plays inspired by the diverse population, culture, and history of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. There is an honorarium of $100 for each script accepted for production.
Plays must pertain specifically, even if not exclusively, to the character, reputation, and/or history of the East Village and/or Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan. Creative responses to this broad theme are encouraged, but plays that do not address the neighborhood’s history and/or character will not be considered.
Scripts must be received by January 21, 2022.
Chosen scripts will be announced by March 15, 2022.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Emailed submissions are highly preferred, and should be sent to Amanda Vincenti at EVC17@metropolitanplayhouse.org.
Emailed scripts must be in PDF format.
Alternatively, printed scripts may be mailed to:
Metropolitan Playhouse
East Village Chronicles
220 East Fourth Street
New York, NY 10009
SCRIPT FORMAT REQUIREMENTS
Please ensure pages are numbered, and please include the following:
A cover sheet, with playwright’s name and contact information.
A production history, if any.
LENGTH
Running time should be from 10 to 30 minutes.
PRODUCTION SPECIFICS
Plays will be directed by directors engaged by Metropolitan Playhouse.
Directors will have final say in casting of each play; however, playwrights’ suggestions and input are greatly appreciated.
Performances will be rehearsed and performed live for six performances in the theater’s home: a ¾-thrust, 51 seat theater on East Fourth Street.
In the event that pandemic restrictions do not allow for live performances at that time, rehearsals and performances will take place virtually, in consideration of COVID-19 safety measures. Actors perform in remote locations, brought together via conferencing software (such as Zoom), and the performance is streamed one time, live, to the theater’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. A recording of the live performance remains available for four days on these two platforms.
Performance dates (subject to change):
Plays will be presented over the weekends of June 16 - 26, 2022
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
Any questions may be directed to Amanda Vincenti by email at: EVC17@metropolitanplayhouse.org or the theatre’s main phone: 212-995-8410.
FEBRUARY
The 2022 Miranda Family Foundation Voces LatinX National Playwriting Competition
Deadline: February 1, 2022
Award: Cash Prizes and staged readings for top 5 plays
The goals of The Miranda Family Foundation Voces Latinx National Playwriting Competition are to discover, develop, and promote Latinx plays and playwrights that explore every aspect of contemporary life from every corner the United States including Puerto Rico as well as histories that connect us to our homelands whether it originates in Mexican, Spanish, Caribbean, Central or South American tradition.
By the mid-21st Century, 1 in 3 people will identify as having raíces LatinX (Latin roots). We have journeys and histories that need to be heard and experienced on stage. Through Voces LatinX, we hope to celebrate our community, its complex identities and experiences.
We encourage underrepresented voices, Afro-LatinX, Indigenous, LGBTQIA and Women from the community to participate as playwrights or as judges. We welcome all full length plays in English, Spanish or Bilingual where LatinX characters are central to the play and heroes of their own stories.
We need all perspectives as we look to strengthen our presence and impact as theatre artists. To that end, Voces LatinX provides that first action to create an American Theatre that is inclusive and reflective of the Pan Latinx Community.
QUALIFICATIONS
Latinx culture, history, ideals and characters must be central to the play submitted. The community must be accurately depicted.
No screenplays, one act plays, adaptations or translations will be accepted.
Musicals must submit the recorded music.
New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable.
All plays must be original and full-length (minimum running time: 75 minutes) Must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico.
TO SUBMIT & MORE INFO: aav@repertorio.org
In subject line: Voces Latinx: Name of play
In body of e- mail: Name, Address, Cell phone plus
4-6 line Synopsis and how this accurately reflects and amplifies the Latinx community.
ROLLING
Oppenheimer New Filmmaker Grant Program
Loans film equipment
Deadline: Rolling, recommended 3 months prior to production
oppenheimercinerental.com/grant.html
Catapult Film Fund
Awards up to $20,000
Deadline: Rolling
https://catapultfilmfund.org/how-to-apply/
Alfred P. Sloan Distribution Grant
Awards $50,000
Feature scientific, mathematical or technological themes
Deadline: Rolling
https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/applications/
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
Awards $15,000-$40,000
Deadline: Applications open Late Fall
http://www.sundance.org/programs/documentary-film