Highlighting open grants available to emerging and early-career artists across disciplines. This month’s picks feature grants from The Black List, The Hopper Prize, and more.
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FILMMAKERS: WAVE Grant
Deadline: November 15, 2026
Supporting diverse, emerging filmmakers with $5000 towards their first short film. Learn more.
PHOTOGRAPHERS, VISUAL ARTISTS: Innovate Grant
Deadline: December 15, 2026
Grants $1,800 quarterly to one photographer and one visual artist in all media and genres. Learn more.
LITERATURE WRITERS: Evil Twin Manuscript Initiative
Deadline: November 20, 2026
The Black List and Zando have partnered to award a $25,000 publishing deal for an unpublished or self-published horror novel. Learn more.
VISUAL ARTISTS: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Deadline: November 27, 2026
Various grant amounts are awarded to student and emerging artists studying or producing representational or figurative art in painting, sculpture, drawing, or printmaking. Learn more.
ILLUSTRATORS: Artist Ally Microgrants
Deadline: Various, through November 2026
Micro-grants supporting visual artists for whom drawing is the main process. Learn more.
MUSICIANS: The American Songwriter Song Contest
Deadline: December 7, 2026
Multiple awards up to $10,000 awarded by a professional panel of judges. Learn more.
PERFORMANCE: Harkness Foundation for Dance Grants
Deadline: December 1, 2026
Program and project grants for organizations working within the dance space. Learn more.
NATIVE ARTISTS: Yéego Action Grant
Deadline: November 10, 2026
Offering grants for individual Native artists and culture bearers in need of sudden financial assistance for an artistic opportunity, emergency, or unanticipated expense. Deadlines fall on the 10th of every month. Learn more.
ORGANIZATIONS: Actors’ Equity Foundation Theatre Grant
Deadline: November 30, 2026
Modest grants awarded to theatres which have a current 501c3 tax exempt status, an established artistic and administrative track record, a history of fiscal responsibility, and have worked to improve the state of the theatre. Learn more.
EVERYONE: The Hopper Prize
Deadline: November 17, 2026
Offering unrestricted cash grants to artists who show serious commitment to their artistic practice. Learn more.
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