OPPORTUNITIES Knock!

Opportunities — grants, training, loans, scholarships, consultancies, and other — posted here will be regularly updated. They are gathered from diverse and reputable sources and involve equally reputable organisations/bodies.

 

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Rolling Deadline/Permanently Open:

 

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Online Courses

(The UNESCO EU-funded Transcultura programme)

Atingi e-academy of Tourism and hospitality

Online

 The tourism and hospitality industry is a vast sector that includes all the economic activities linked to hosting, accommodating and entertaining guests. Caribbean culture professionals with entrepreneurial projects linked to tourism can benefit from these Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) to elevate and enhance their enterprises. The Spanish version of these courses has received the support of the Transcultura programme.

 

Fashion TT Webinars (online/Trinidad and Tobago)

FashionTT hosts a series of webinars focusing on the needs of fashion entrepreneurs and the sector at large.

More information: https://fashiontt.co.tt/webinars/

Permanently open (online resource)

 

RVRB: Webinar Series (online/Trinidad and Tobago)

Each hour-long episode of RVRB is hosted by an industry expert to build the professional capacity of operators in the music industry.

More information: https://musictt.co.tt/rvrb/

Permanently open (online resource)

 

Radar Sofia (Bulgaria)

The residency programme in Sofia, Bulgaria, is aimed at theatre creators, playwrights and actors who seek to explore innovative approaches in their field. The programme aims to foster collaboration and provide a conducive environment for artistic development. Each selected artist receives financial support to cover accommodation and travel expenses, as well as a budget of €500 for the presentation of their work, professional photography of the event and video documentation.

More information: https://radarsofia.org/

Permanently open

 

Goethe Institut – Shadowing programme for young theatre professionals from abroad (Germany)

The shadowing programme offers international artists within the field of Performing Arts an internship for a stay in Germany at a theatre or production house. In addition to a monthly allowance of €1,200 for room and board, the grant covers travel expenses to Germany, accident and health insurance, as well as up to €300 to cover costs of transport and admission to other theatrical productions in Germany.

More information: https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/hos.html

Permanently open

 

International Music Projects – Goethe Institute (Germany)

Funding is available for professional musicians, as well as amateurs and novices and ensembles from developing and transitioning countries, who are invited to participate in music projects in Germany. A prerequisite for funding is an invitation and application from collaborators in Germany. The music project must include at least three events (concerts, workshops, panels, etc.). Funding applications for international music projects must be received at least three months before the project start date.

More information: https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/ine.html

Permanently open

• Source of the above: The Transcultura Connects newsletter

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DEADLINES IN OCTOBER:

The Caribbean Writer Call for Submission: Critical Papers

Abstract Deadline: 31 October 2025

Deadline: 30 November 2025

 

In addition to the usual call for creative works, we are also issuing a Call for Papers (CFP) focused on the diverse themes explored in The Caribbean Writer over the years, highlighting how our shared humanity emerges through the discourse present in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. As an international journal, The Caribbean Writer continues to investigate our humanity at home and in the diaspora in an ever-changing world. Through its dynamic publications, it has remained impactful for over four decades. Papers will be presented at the anniversary symposium scheduled for April 2026 and published in an anniversary supplement of The Caribbean Writer.

Abstracts will be reviewed by a scholarly panel of seven. Successful papers will be published in a TCW supplement while selected authors will be invited to present their papers at the Conference to be held at the University of the Virgin Islands, St Croix campus.

The proposal’s abstract (or summary) should be no more than 300 words. Abstracts are due by October 31, 2025. Kindly note that submissions for volume 40 will be accepted through November 30, 2025.

[Visit HERE to go directly to The Caribbean Writer’s website.]

Using the TCW journal as a reference point, authors are invited to explore the themes, subjects, motifs, and topics over the 40 years of The Caribbean Writer and present a scrupulous analysis in one of the following contexts:

 

1. Building Regional Community, Connections and Transformations
2. Calypso and Conflict: Music and Politics in the Literature
3. Voices of the Diaspora: Migration and Belonging
4. Negotiating Nuances of Legacy, Ethnicity, Hybridity, Identity
5. Masculinity as a Navigational Theme in Caribbean Communities
6. Rewriting History: Literature as a Tool for Social Change
7. How Language Shapes Meaning in Caribbean Text
8. Myths, Monsters, and Morality: Universal Archetypes
9. The Art of Protest: Caribbean Literature as Resistance
10. Women, Sexuality, and Identity
11. Negotiating Borders and Walls: Expressions in the Literature
12. The Caribbean Writer as a Force of Representation
13. Themes Across The Caribbean Writer
14. Visual Art as a Channel for Caribbean Literature
15. Governance and the Complexities of Power Dynamics
16. Disruption as a Motif in the Literature
17. Memory as a Force in the Literature
18. How Environment, Nature and Land Development Shape Property Ownership
19. Food as a Translation of Fellowship, Community and History
20. Contemporary Musings: Literature, Academia and the Canon

 

DEADLINES IN NOVEMBER:

 

The 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Deadline: 1 November 2025

 

The 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open for entries until 1 November 2025!

The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words).

Submissions should be made via the online entry form, which is available via the link above. The eligibility requirements and entry rules can be found here.

Writers have until 11.59pm GMT on 1 November 2025 to enter their story. Click here to find out what time the prize closes in your timezone.

An international judging panel will select a shortlist of around twenty-five stories, from which five regional winners are chosen. One of the regional winners is then selected as the overall winner, who receives £5,000. The regional winners will receive £2,500. All five regional winning stories will be published on Granta.

For any inquiries regarding the prize, please email: creatives@commonwealthfoundation.com

 

 

 

Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Deadline: 7 November 2025

Second deadline: 2 January 2026

The 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is now open for submissions! https://bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/
Now in its sixteenth year, the OCM Bocas Prize celebrates books of fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction by writers of Caribbean birth or citizenship.  The author of the book judged the overall winner will receive an award of US$10,000. The other category winners will each receive US$3,000.

Publishers and authors, it’s time to make your entries! Submissions are welcome for original, English-language work, first published between January 1 and December 31, 2025, by Caribbean-born or Caribbean citizen authors.

Books published between 1 January and 31 October, 2025, must be delivered to the Bocas Lit Fest by 7 November, 2025. ONLY books published between 1 November and 31 December, 2025, will be accepted for entry by the second deadline, 2 January, 2026.
🔗 Full guidelines and submission deadlines at: https://bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/

 

 

The Caribbean Writer Call for Submission: Literary

Deadline: 30 November 2025

In anticipation of its upcoming 40th anniversary, The Caribbean Writer (TCW) is issuing a dual call for submissions under the theme: “40 years of The Caribbean Writer: A Spectrum of Representation

Contributors may submit works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, or one-act plays around the theme “40 years of The Caribbean Writer: A Spectrum of Representation,” exploring the ideas resonating within the region and its diaspora. The Caribbean should be central to the work or reflect a Caribbean heritage, experience, or perspective. Prospective authors should submit all creative works, drama, fiction, and poetry manuscripts in Word format through the online portal ONLY at www.thecaribbeanwriter.org/online-submission. Note that TCW does not accept hardcopy submissions. Submissions for volume 40 are accepted immediately through November 30, 2025. 

Individuals may submit up to three pieces on general topics and themes. The maximum length (for short stories and personal essays) is 3500 words. Only previously unpublished work will be considered.

Literary Prizes

All submissions are eligible for these annual prizes:

“The Daily News Prize”of $600 was awarded to a resident of the US Virgin Islands or the British Virgin Islands.

“The Marvin E. Williams Literary Prize” of $500 is awarded to a new or emerging writer and donated by Marvin’s widow, Dasil Williams, in honor of her late husband, who served as the editor of The Caribbean Writer from 2003 – 2008.

“The Vincent Cooper Literary Prize” of $300 is awarded to a Caribbean author for exemplary writing in Caribbean Nation Language (Kamau Brathwaite) and donated by UVI (University of the Virgin Islands) Professor Vincent Cooper, Ph.D.

“The Anacaona Prize” of $500 is awarded to anyone published in the respective volume for their interpretation of the theme, level of technical skill, and originality. It is donated by a distinguished TCW Advisory Editorial Board member who wishes to remain anonymous. (Anacaona was a female cacique, poet, and composer. She is memorialized in contemporary art and literature across the Caribbean region. A statue commemorating her legacy is in Leogane, Haiti.)

For more information, contact The Caribbean Writer at thecaribbeanwriter@uvi.edu.