Creative Capital Artist Opportunities in September

Each month, we compile a list of residencies, grants, and open calls for artists working in all disciplines. This month’s list includes a $50,000 grant for organizations that use arts and culture based practices to aid projects that intersect climate and racial justice work, an Alaska residency for women writers, and a $20,000 fellowship for artists to support craft practices.

Pioneer Works Music Residency
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: September 30, 2021

The Pioneer Works Music Residency provides musicians and sound artists with the exclusive use of a professional recording studio. Residents work independently or with the support of an in-house audio engineer to create and record new work free from commercial constraints over the course of a month.

National Parks Arts Foundation
Fort Union, New Mexico
Deadline: September 30, 2021

The National Parks Arts Foundation invites artists of all artistic media to apply for the Fort Union National Monument residency program. The residency comes with housing for one month, and more.

Ox-Bow Haunted House Residency
Saugatuck, Michigan
Deadline: September 30, 2021

Artists working in all media and disciplines, including sound, video, puppetry, practical effects and special effects, are welcome to apply for this mini-residency in preparation for “Ox-Bow Goes to Hell 2021.” Artists will be provided a fee of $500, a $300 budget for materials, and receive room and board.

Recess Critical Writing Fellowship
Deadline: September 30, 2021

This program commissions emerging writers to pursue the underlying themes and ideas that inform individual Recess’ Session projects, initiating meaningful exchanges between artists and writers, and facilitating the mutual production of new work. Fellows are given editorial support and a $1000 honorarium.

Wendy’s Subway Open Reading Period
Deadline: September 30, 2021

Wendy’s Subway seeks submissions of innovative, hybrid, and cross-genre work that charts new possibilities and expressions of poetic form. The winner will author a publication, receive an honorarium of $1,000, a standard royalty contract, and 25 author copies. There is a $20 application fee.

Wendy’s Subway Carolyn Bush Award
Deadline: September 30, 2021

This award seeks to provide in-depth editorial and professional support to an emerging writer. The winner will author a publication with Wendy’s Subway, receive an honorarium of $1,000, a standard royalty contract, and 25 author copies. There is a $15 application fee.