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. An ongoing space for opportunities for writers, artists, and interdisciplinary practitioners, as I come across them.
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
Submissions
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Only a few more days to submit!
Open call to poets at any stage of their career for your full length manuscript to US independent press Omnidawn.
Judged by poet and scholar Julie Carr.
PRIZE: $3000, PUBLICATION
More info here
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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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The Poetry London Pamphlet Prize will help writers of all backgrounds and ages who are ready to take their work to the next level via publication with Poetry London Editions, the magazine’s new imprint.
Judge Declan Ryan
The winner will receive £250, publication of their pamphlet with Poetry London Editions + Launch their pamphlet at Poetry London’s Spring 2027 Readings.
More info (scroll on their page)
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For the first time, Permeable Barrier is opening submissions for physical publication of full length manuscripts. Submissions will be read by JD Howse, Cat Chong, and Al Anderson, and successful submissions will be published by Permeable Barrier in 2027.
Submissions will be open from July 1st to September 30th 2026. Send your manuscript along with a brief covering letter and bio to permeablebarrier (at) outlook (dot) com. They hope to get back to you in early 2027. There is no submission fee, however they do ask that you purchase one of our physical books before submitting to acquaint yourself with the kind of work we’re interested in.
Permeable Barrier is not prescriptive about the kind of work that interests them, but all three editors are excited by work that pushes boundaries, asks difficult questions, and rejects easy categorisation. They’re primarily looking for submissions of poetry collections, but we view poetry in very fluid terms, and they’re are equally interested in seeing hybrid and interdisciplinary texts. If there are any particular considerations of page size or formatting you'd like the editors to be aware of please indicate this in your cover letter. They have no specific word or page count in mind but roughly speaking we consider 'full length' to be above 60 pages and printing costs become a consideration for at around 200 pages. Please note Permeable Barrier has no interest in work that uses generative AI in any way.
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Poetries in English Magazine is anti-conformity. We publish the best, most intriguing, most well-crafted literature and art today, regardless of form or content.
We are a paying market. We pay a small honorarium to each contributor for general submissions.
The inaugural Louise Glück Prize for Best Poem or Prose is now open. The winner will receive a $1,000 cash award and publication in Poetries in English Magazine. Non-winning entries will also be considered for regular publication.
What distinguishes Poetries in English from other prestigious literary journals is our iconoclastic approach to art and literatures in English. We are proud to be one of the most daring literary magazines in publishing today. Each issue is unafraid, bold, but cerebral.
Their submission guidelines are a bit more precise with clear number of pieecs/pages.
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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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Three residency sites: AWARE (Paris), City of Women (Ljubljana), and Kunsthaus Graz, are launching an open call for three research residencies as part of BRIDGE: Building, Revising, Inclusion – Diaspora and Gender Equality:
The theme centers women and non-binary artists in exile or with migratory or diasporic backgrounds in Europe.
Rooted in the feminist values that have guided the three organisations for decades, BRIDGE seeks to address the persistent underrepresentation of women and non-binary artists in exile and those with migratory or diasporic backgrounds within institutional narratives, archives, and exhibition histories.
The residencies contribute to BRIDGE’s wider ambition to promote a richer understanding of Europe’s cultural history and the diverse experiences that continue to shape it today.
Researchers can apply for one of the residencies:
• 3-month residency (AWARE, France)
• 1-month residency (Kunsthaus Graz, Austria)
• 1-month residency (City of Women, Slovenia)Applications:
This call is intended for academics, art workers, and curators.
The applications should be submitted to the email address bridge@cityofwomen.org, stating the location and/or hosting organisation of the selected residency in the subject of the email.
The deadline for submission is 31 August 2026 at 23:59.
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Visual artists, composers, filmmakers, and literary artists are welcome to apply for these 12 and 10 week residencies in 2028.
There is an application fee of $30.00 USD.
Grants and awards
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Created in 2025, the Phenomenon Grant is a yearly grant program that supports art projects in Greece with grants ranging from €5,000 to €10,000 for individuals, collectives, and non-profit organizations engaged with queer, feminist, anti-colonial, and other emancipatory art practices.
The Phenomenon Grant aims to support critical phases of artistic development, enabling experimentation, research, collaboration, and the realization of new and ongoing projects. In a context marked by rising authoritarianism, genocidal forces and the dismantling of social justice advancements, the program seeks to support voices that critically and ethically engage with these issues, create spaces of resistance, reimagine futures beyond exclusion, persecution, and domination, and open pathways toward collective liberation. We pay particular attention to collaborative endeavours rooted in Greece that are built on connections with the Global Majority, promoting networks of translocal solidarity and interconnected struggles.
The next application cycle will run from 01-30 September 2026.
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The Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, established in 2025 in partnership with Graywolf Press, awards $10,000 and publication to an unpublished first or second poetry collection by a United States poet 40 or older.
Eligibility Guidelines:
Poets must have published no more than one full-length poetry collection. This is a prize for either a first or second book. Chapbooks and self-published books do not count toward this requirement.
Poets must be 40 years of age or older by December 31, 2026.
Poets must be residing in or citizens of the United States.
Current employees, trustees, and immediate family members of the Poetry Foundation and Graywolf Press are not eligible to submit a manuscript for this prize.
Check for submission prcoess. Opens in November:
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Up to £2K to support curators’ research projects by covering travel and other practical costs.These grants provide funding for travel and other practical costs, to help curators undertake collections and exhibition research projects in the UK or internationally.
Rolling basiss for Small Grants.
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The White Pube Creatives Grant is a one-off £500 grant to be given out to a different working class creative practitioner based in the UK once every month. This grant has been set up to support creatives of all ages who are early in their careers and would benefit from this no-strings attached financial support to help them in whatever they like.
Travels/Projects/Events
I’m currently at the Summer Writing Program of Naropa, Boulder Colorado. It runs for 3 weeks in June. I’m part of the 3rd week this year starting on Monday 15-22 June. Always fantastic and inspiring to be invited here as part of their faculty. A great range of poets and a combination of workshops, readings, panel discussions and presentations. This year is extra special as it marks the centenary of one of its founders: Allen Ginsberg. Poet Anne Waldman who still fronts it and is a powerful presence was also at the root of the Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics. This year’s full program here
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!
Policromia festival of Poetry and Translation, Siena.
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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.