Caroline Bergvall
artist. writer. performer.
coach and mentor to writers and artists
Opportunities
News and events
You will find below some opportunities to support the making and/or circulation of your projects and ideas. I hope this will be helpful to you.
Also, on this page, some of my own news movements, travels, showings of ongoing projects. Perhaps we will get to meet in real life at some point!
Opportunities
An ongoing space for opportunities for writers, artists, and interdisciplinary practitioners, as I come across them. Also links to relevant grants and awards. It starts slow but I hope it’ll grow and can be a helpful and healthy calendar of things from various places and contexts for you.
Submissions
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A rare opportunity. Check their website and catalogue.
Long Form
Tenement will be open for submissions for new works in our ‘Yellowjacket’ series as of April Fool’s Day, 01.04.26, through to the end of ‘Cruel April.’ The No University Press series will be open for project proposals as of May Day, 01.05.26.
Short Form
Tenement’s new Hotel Cordel pamphlet series—a new thead of works under the Hotel masthead—will be open for a second round of submissions through June, 01.06.26 and on to the end of the month.Go to their submission page for particulars and necessaries.
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Heads up - more details when I receive them. Prepare your mansucript. UDP will be accepting submissions of poetry, prose, nonfiction, and visual art for the eighth issue of their annual periodical, Second Factory. Stay tuned for more details! Also check their website for the types of work they publish
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We are thrilled to say we are now OPEN for pamphlet submissions throughout April 2026!
For the first time since April 2024, we at VERVE Poetry Press are opening a month-long submissions window to find a limited number of poetry pamphlet manuscripts.
Manuscripts should be attached to your application email as a separate file on either Word or PDF. Send your submission to us at mail@vervepoetryfestival.com marked clearly as a Pamphlet Submission
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Please note: This call-out is only open for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse/BPOC writers and artists.
This sixth issue of Writing Our Legacy’s Covert Literary Magazine is open to submissions on the theme of Water/Water in People’s Lives. Submissions are invited in the form of original poetry, prose (fiction and non-fiction), theatrical scenes, audio/visual and artwork.
Guest Edited by Roy McFarlane FRSL, Fawzia Kane, Gemma Weekes, Remi Graves and Alinah Azadeh.
More info and how to apply
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Open to full-length poetry manuscripts by any person who identifies as a woman and/or female, including trans women as well as people of variable gender who were Assigned Female at Birth. People who identify as men are not eligible for this prize. Prize curated comes with financial. Curated by Fence magazine, NYC.
Scroll down the link to get to guidelines - Please note Submission closes on receipt of 675 submissions.
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Long Poem Magazine is the only magazine dedicated to publishing long poems and sequences. LPM showcases the best of traditional and innovative new writing from established and emerging poets in the international community.
Please note: Only submit during the submission month or your piece will not be read.
Founded in 2008 by Anna Robinson, LPM grew out of a long poem workshop run by Mimi Khalvati. The magazine is published bi-annually with launches at the Barbican Library in London. Eds: Linda Black & Claire Crowther
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This series is a new imprint publishing poetry written by disabled poets, edited by disabled poets, produced by Nine Mile and underwritten with generous support from Propel and the Poetry Foundation.
Submissions of book-length poetry collections (95 pages or more) by crip/disabled writers at any career stage are welcome for the next volume and award. A 12 point sans serif font is preferred. The Propel Disability Poetry Book Series open call will be open from March 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026, for publication in 2027.
More info & existing list
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Ludd Gang is a bi-monthly magazine published to raise funds for the Poets Hardship Fund. They are currently open for submissions. If you’d like to submit work to the magazine, send a message to poetshardshipfunduk@gmail.com.
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Iconic SF art and poetry mag. here’s what they say: Send proposals or inquires to tripwirejournal@gmail.com before submitting work.
Some familiarity with the journal is appreciated.
Looking for: essays (on contemporary writing, performance, and art, experiments in criticism, poetics statements and investigations, interviews, translations, black and white art work, long-form review essays (that consider several books or authors linked around central themes or questions), performance scores, etc. Submissions do not need to be related to issue themes – send proposals & queries!
Not looking for: unsolicited poetry, fiction, or plays; conventional academic papers or dissertation chapters; “straight” translations of canonized authors or texts; work primarily designed to be presented online, color visual work.
Residencies
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“Fall into Focus” one month this Autumn.
Eligibility: Artists, writers, researchers and designers from all fields of creativity.
What you get: Residency program. Private bedroom. Access to facilities including a traditional Finnish Sauna. Pure Nordic nature. + some funds.
Please note: application is free. notice that there is a residency fee: but you can apply for some support. I thought it was worth flagging anyway.. Check more details here
Grants and awards
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This micro-grant is for UK based disabled creatives who are currently facing barriers in their career due to financial hardship.
It’s an emergency response to the results of our Disability Data Drive, which showed us that disabled creatives are disproportionately likely to leave the arts sector due to financial pressures.
We are offering 7 micro-grants. Each recipient will be awarded £500 to be used flexibly, in addition to a £200 equipment budget, and a £200 access budget.
Travels/Projects
4-31 May. Siena, Italy. Residency at the Siena Art Institute. Also taking part in their International Poetry and Translation Festival Policromia 17-24 May.
I’m just back from paying a visit to French poet and artist Liliane Giraudon at her flat in Marseille. Expect a brief video of her showing us a daily journal practice on my YouTube channel very soon.
Language Station: My latest recorded conversation/workshop with speakers of various languages, some under threat, took place at Counterpoints Arts, a longtime partner of my projects and a London-based organisation dedicated to supporting arts and social justice working with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Recorded excerpts from the event to follow!
via Instagram
My writing studio in the snow, March ‘26,
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada
from the blog
Reach out!
Have you got any questions? Wish to share some news or wonder about taking on some coaching time? Drop me a message via the contact form below.
Caroline Bergvall is an award-winning poet and sound artist working internationally across various artforms and languages.
Since 2020 has been coaching and mentoring writers and artists from various fields, practices, and cultural backgrounds.

Blogspot around the poet and environmental activist Susie Campbell’s collaboration with her dog Charlie. She contacted me in 2023 at the start of her project and I was delighted to coach this work in its initial phases.