Lurid Files: Queer Archival Stories and Narrative Non-Fiction.
Location: Open to applicants worldwide
Remuneration: N/A
A space for boundary-pushing, historically intelligent and archivally rich storytelling. We’re open to queer stories from any century, archive and place. We’re also open for submissions!
Please send:
Writing sample (up to 10,000 words)
Synopsis
Biography
Chapter outline
Estimated completion date
All submissions must centre the archive in some way - as theme, as method but, most importantly, as connection.
Deadline: 1st October
Email submission to contact@lurideditions.com
Artist Grant 2026- The Supporting Act Foundation
Location: UK and Ireland
The Artist Grant is designed to help emerging artists from underrepresented groups whose practices involve some form of collaborative, collective, or creative process that benefits their community.
Through this grant we want to improve living conditions for artists, enable them to dedicate more time to developing their practice, increase the visibility of their work, and boost their self-confidence.
Remuneration: £10,000
Deadline: October 1st
FundHerShip Grant
Location: UK
The FundHerShip Grant was built to be a bridge and a pathway for Black and Brown women to get early access to money that many of them are locked out of, because of the traditional parameters of funding access. We welcome applications from all industries and projects as long as they can demonstrate clear goals and long-term sustainability.
Remuneration: 10k
Deadline: N/A
Apply here: https://thesupportingact.org/programs/artist-grant/2026
Ffilm Cymru Wales Feature Film Production Fund
Location: Wales
Ffilm Cymru invests in live-action, documentary and animated feature films led by Wales born or based writers, directors and producers. We can help bring your feature film to life. We want to put Welsh film on the map by nurturing independent Welsh films, which are unconventional, ambitious, and well-crafted. We particularly want to champion under-represented voices and to push the boundaries of what we know as Welsh film, welcoming co-productions, work in British Sign Language as well as Welsh language projects.
Remuneration: Up to 600k
Deadline: 1st November
Apply here: https://ffilmcymruwales.com/funding-and-training/feature-film-production
Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance
Location: Scotland
The Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance supports professional theatre and dance productions of varying scales to tour across Scotland. This includes outdoor, circus, interdisciplinary and site-specific work. The fund aims to bring high quality performances to more places and people across Scotland, supporting a mix of artists, producers, venues and companies.
Remuneration: You should request the full amount needed to produce and tour your work and we will only reduce your request if your budget includes ineligible costs.
Deadline: 30th September
Apply here: https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/targeted-funding/touring-fund
Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship Scheme 2027
Location: Ireland
The Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship scheme provides mid-career and established writers with residency opportunities at a number of partner Irish universities.
It focuses on providing a stimulating environment for the resident writer, and affording a degree of financial support to concentrate on their own practice.
Remuneration: up to €30,000
Deadline: 1st October
Apply here: https://artscouncil.ie/funding-opportunities/arts-council-writer-in-residence-fellowship-scheme/
Loch Long Crime Writing Residency 2026-2027
Location: Scotland
A fully funded opportunity for Scotland-based writers developing new work in crime fiction. This programme builds upon our ongoing commitment to the development of new writing in Scotland and is made possible with support from Cove Park’s Patron programme.
Remuneration: Fully funded writing retreat
Deadline: 21st September
Apply here: https://covepark.org/loch-long-crime-writing-residency-2026-2027/
Unlimited Partner Award for Disabled Artists
Location: UK
Applications are open for Unlimited’s Partner Awards. They’re available to disabled artists across England, Scotland, and Wales. Each award is delivered through a partnership with an organisation based in the UK. Disabled artists remain significantly under-represented in arts funding, programming, and audiences. Partner Awards invest directly in disabled artists’ work to close that gap.
Remuneration: £15,000 to £40,000
Deadline: 28th September
