Opportunity
roundup

Festive market seeking Scottish makers, designers and artists creating original work through reuse, repair, reclaimed materials, circular design or other environmentally responsible approaches.

Exhibition open call exploring folklore through historical or contemporary interpretations, from mystical creatures and spells to storytelling, flora, fauna and inherited traditions.

Fully subsidised four-month filmmaking programme for 16–19 year-olds, offering hands-on training, professional mentoring and the chance to make and screen a short film.

Opportunity for an artist or small collective to take over a 96 sqm Edinburgh gallery for an exhibition, installation or interdisciplinary project, with free space and production support.

Unrestricted funding for emerging artists from underrepresented groups whose collaborative or community-focused practices benefit the communities they work with.

Submissions of fiction, poetry and essays for Scotland’s magazine of new writing, with particular interest this issue in Scots, Gaelic and work in translation.

Sophie Cotton + Flos Collective are accepting submissions from neurodivergent and disabled artists for an online exhibition launching as part of the TIRED OF WAITING Weekender on Friday 16 October 2026.

Open call for professional Scottish or Scotland-based playwrights to propose bold, accessible new theatre projects for development in 2027 and potential production in 2028.

Open call for unfinished work, abandoned ideas, mistakes, messy notes, blurry photos, sketches, stories and more exploring mess, procrastination and clutter.