06Jul
Write the World Monthly Competitions
Monthly competitions, a new genre each month, opening the first Monday. Poetry, fiction, journalism, screenwriting, and more. Open worldwide, ages 13 to 19. Free. Cash prizes and expert review.
Fellowships
Lectures, conferences, workshops, readings, festivals, exhibitions, CFPs, fellowships
Harvested from primary venue, festival, university, humanities-center, and scholarly-opportunity sources across Toronto, Southern Ontario, Kingston, Montréal, and selected worldwide university networks. Every listing carries a source link; projected deadlines are marked for confirmation.
40 fellowship and funding opportunities
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08Jul
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in Research Programs within the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Concordia GradProSkills
Official Concordia GradProSkills event page for a workshop on funding opportunities for graduate students in social sciences, arts and humanities research programs.
15Jul
The Aristotle Contest
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, with the Ontario Philosophy Teachers' Association
Verified 2026 deadline. Canadian high-school students submit one philosophy essay of up to 1,200 words on one of the official questions. English and French submissions are welcome. Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place…
31Jul
R.A. Butler Prize in Politics and International Studies
Submission deadline, projected from the annual July window. Politics or international studies essay, up to 3000 words. Penultimate-year students worldwide. Free. Trinity College, Cambridge. Confirm the date on the site.
01Aug
Trinity College Cambridge Subject Essay Prizes
Submission deadline, projected from the summer window. Subject essays in English, law, history, philosophy, and more, around 2000 to 2500 words. Year 12 and 13 students worldwide. Free. Some prizes skip a year, confirm each on the site.
01Sep
Metaphysical Society of America 2027 Meeting
Submission deadline, September 1. Metaphysics abstracts and full papers, theme Habits of Being. Open, with student and early-career prizes. Gonzaga University, March 2027.
10Sep
Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship application deadline, projected
Projected source watch for the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship. Interdisciplinary humanities, arts, social sciences, sciences, and public scholarship. Confirm active deadline and eligibility on the official site.
25Sep
ACLS Fellowship competition, projected
Projected source watch for American Council of Learned Societies fellowship competitions. Humanities and interpretive social science research support; eligibility varies by program. Confirm active competition deadlines on the official site.
30Sep
Institute for Human Sciences Vienna fellowships, projected
Projected source watch for IWM fellowships. Political thought, history, public humanities, social science, democracy, religion, and European studies. Confirm active programs and deadlines on the official site.
01Oct
Getty Scholar Grants, projected
Projected source watch for Getty Scholar Grants. Art history, conservation, humanities, visual culture, museum studies, and research collections. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
02Oct
National Humanities Center Fellowship deadline, projected
Projected source watch for National Humanities Center fellowships. Advanced humanities research fellowship; eligibility and application requirements vary by cycle. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
15Oct
HASTAC opportunities and CFP scan, projected
Projected source watch for HASTAC opportunities. Digital humanities, pedagogy, grants, collaborative projects, fellowships, and conference calls. Confirm active calls on the official opportunities page.
15Oct
Institute for Advanced Study fellowship applications, projected
Projected source watch for Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies and Social Science membership/fellowship applications. Confirm active deadlines and fields on the official site.
23Oct
ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, projected
Projected source watch for ACLS dissertation and early-career competitions. Humanities doctoral research, methods, and scholarly development; eligibility varies by program. Confirm active competition deadlines on the official site.
01Nov
American Academy in Rome Rome Prize, projected
Projected source watch for the Rome Prize. Humanities, arts, historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, literature, design, and visual arts. Confirm active deadline and citizenship rules on the official site.
01Nov
Dumbarton Oaks fellowships and awards, projected
Projected source watch for Dumbarton Oaks fellowships. Byzantine studies, pre-Columbian studies, garden and landscape history, art history, archaeology, and material culture. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
01Nov
Bennington Young Writers Awards
Submission deadline, opens September 1. Poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Open worldwide, grades 9 to 12, with a teacher sponsor. Free. Prizes to two thousand dollars plus Bennington scholarships.
01Nov
CBC Literary Prizes
Eligibility note, entrants must have reached the age of majority, 18 in Ontario, so most high schoolers wait. Next is the Short Story Prize, opening September, about a November deadline. Twenty-five dollar fee. Canadian residents. Confirm on the site.
04Nov
CASBS fellowship applications, projected
Projected source watch for Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences fellowships. Social sciences, humanities-adjacent research, law, ethics, politics, culture, and public life. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
15Nov
Huntington Library fellowships, projected
Projected source watch for Huntington Library fellowships. Archives, rare books, literature, history, American studies, British studies, and humanities research. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
15Nov
Princeton UCHV visiting faculty and fellowship opportunities, projected
Projected source watch for Princeton University Center for Human Values fellowships and funding. Ethics, political philosophy, bioethics, law and normative thinking, human values, and visiting scholar opportunities…
19Nov
OSSTF Student Achievement Awards
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
School-to-district deadline projected from the latest verified November cycle. Ontario public secondary students submit writing, visual art, or digital media on an annual theme. Writing is capped at 750 words…
30Nov
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
Poetry submission window, November 1 to 30. One unpublished poem. Open internationally, grades 10 and 11. Free. Winner publishes in The Kenyon Review and earns a Young Writers workshop scholarship.
30Nov
Warburg Institute fellowships, projected
Projected source watch for Warburg Institute fellowships. Intellectual history, Renaissance studies, art history, magic, memory, history of ideas, and cultural history. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
15Dec
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Regional deadlines, projected across the December to January window. Eleven writing categories. Students in the US and Canada, grades 7 to 12, age 13 and over. Ten dollar per entry with waivers. Final work cannot be AI-generated…
19Dec
French for the Future National Essay Contest
French for the Future
Deadline projected from the latest verified October to December cycle. Students write a 750 word essay in French in French-as-a-first-language or French-as-a-second-language categories. Free. Scholarship prizes support postsecondary study in French…
15Jan
Folger Shakespeare Library fellowships, projected
Projected source watch for Folger fellowships. Shakespeare, early modern studies, performance, book history, and library collections. Confirm active deadline on the official site.
13Feb
OECTA Young Authors Awards
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
School-level deadline projected from the latest verified February cycle. Students enter short story, poem, nonfiction, and, from grades 5 to 12, play categories. English and French tracks…
20Feb
Meaning of Home Student Contest
Habitat for Humanity Canada
Deadline projected from the latest verified January to February cycle. Students in grades 4 to 6 submit a 50 to 300 word composition, essay, or poem on what home means to them. Free, English or French…
13Mar
Canadian Nuclear Society Essay Contest
Canadian Nuclear Society
Deadline projected from the latest verified March cycle. Canadian students in grades 9 to 12, or Quebec Secondary III to V, submit an original essay of 1,000 words or less in English or French. Cash prizes are awarded…
15Mar
NIAS fellowships, projected
Projected source watch for Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study fellowships. Humanities and social sciences. Confirm active deadline and eligibility on the official site.
23Mar
Toronto Public Library Young Voices Magazine
Submission deadline, projected from the annual March window. Poems, stories, reviews, comics. Teens who live, work, or study in Toronto, ages 12 to 19. Free. Strict AI ban. Publication, no cash prize. Confirm on the site.
01Apr
Vancouver Writers Fest Youth Writing Contest
Vancouver Writers Fest
Opening date placeholder for the next spring cycle. BC students submit previously unpublished short stories or personal essays. Elementary submissions are up to 1,000 words and high-school submissions up to 1,500 words. Winners receive cash prizes…
15Apr
Stephen Leacock Student Humorous Writing Competition
Postmark deadline, projected from the annual April window. Humorous short story or essay, about 1500 words, mailed. Ontario students, ages 14 to 19. Five dollar fee. Fifteen hundred dollar first prize. Confirm on the site.
30Apr
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth
League of Canadian Poets
Deadline approximate. Submissions open annually in September. Canadian youth poets submit one poem of up to one page. Cash prizes are awarded in junior and senior categories. Confirm the active deadline on the League of Canadian Poets site.
01May
The Adroit Prizes for Poetry and Prose
Submission window, projected from the annual April to May cycle. Up to five poems or three prose works. Secondary and undergraduate students worldwide. Fifteen US dollar fee with waivers. Confirm the date on the site.
31May
CNIB Braille Creative Writing Contest
CNIB
Deadline projected from the official March 1 to May 31 annual window. Students submit a braille short story, essay, or poem in English or French on any topic, up to 4,000 words. Free. Cash prizes are awarded in category groups…
31May
John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize 2027
Essay submission deadline, approximate. Annual prize across ten subjects, registration opens about February, 2026 deadline was May 31. Open worldwide, under 19. Free. Confirm the date on the site.
08Jun
Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest
Fraser Institute
Deadline projected from the latest verified June cycle. High-school students submit a 1,000 to 1,500 word essay with references on public policy and economics. Cash prizes are awarded in the high-school division…
10Jun
Diverse Minds Manitoba
B'nai Brith Canada
Deadline projected from the latest verified June cycle. Manitoba high-school students write and illustrate an original children's book for a K to grade 5 audience on diversity and inclusion. Students may work individually or in pairs…