Grist is excited to open submissions for the fourth year of our **Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors** short story contest.

Imagine 2200 celebrates stories that envision the next decades to centuries of equitable climate progress, imagining futures of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope. We are looking for stories that are rooted in creative climate solutions and community-centered resilience, showing what can happen as solutions take root, and stories that offer gripping plots with rich characters and settings, making that future come alive.

**In 2,500 to 5,000 words**, show us the world you dream of building.

Your story should be set sometime between the near future and roughly the year 2200.

A great Imagine story is not afraid to explore the challenges ahead – the path to climate progress will involve struggle and adaptation, and we invite you to show that – but ultimately offers hope that we can work together to build a more sustainable and just world. We want to see stories that incorporate real world climate solutions and climate science, as well as cultural authenticity (a deep sense of place, customs, cuisine, and more) and characters with fully-fledged identities. We especially want to read – and share – stories that center solutions and voices from the communities most impacted by the climate crisis.

Your story can bring these principles into any genre – we love seeing climate themes show up in love stories, mysteries, adventure, comedy, and more. Climate connects to every part of life, and all sorts of stories can be climate stories, so dream big — envision a world where climate solutions have flourished, and where we prioritize our well-being, work to mend our communities, and lead lives that celebrate our humanity. We can’t wait to read what you come up with.

The winning writer will be awarded $3,000\. The second- and third-place winners receive $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. An additional nine finalists will each receive $300\. 

  
All winners and finalists will have their story published in an immersive collection on Grist’s website.

Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors

CINANIMA is an animation film festival co-organised by NASCENTE – Cooperative Society with Cultural Purposes, and by the Espinho City Hall. Ever since its first edition, back in 1976, it has been working continuously to promote this form of cinema and its authors. Being a precursor of cultural decentralisation in Portugal, CINANIMA has won international recognition while not belonging to the main cultural centres of Lisbon or Porto.

  
The Festival is organized by a non-profit association, it is approved by ASIFA – Association International du Film d’Animation – and is supported by the Ministry of Culture/ ICA I.P. – Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual, the Ministry of Youth/ Portuguese Institute of Youth, the Portuguese Tourism Institute, the Ministry of Economy and the Parish Council of Espinho. It is also sponsored by several private entities, and has formed partnerships with the media for promotion and advertisement purposes.

  
To many professionals, the opportunity to present a film at CINANIMA represents one of the few opportunities to show the public the result of their work and effort, in addition to the privileges to which the winners are entitled. CINANIMA’s Grand Prize winner for short films is placed on the shortlist for the Oscar© for the Best Animation Short film nominations, as the Festival is one of the events recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

  
Throughout these 48 years of activity, CINANIMA has contributed to creating new audiences for this art form, encouraging the general public to recognize the value of animation cinema, pushing aside the prejudice that animation is only for children and confirming animation as an outstanding artistic and multidisciplinary communication platform.

  
Besides promoting contact between professionals and the audience, CINANIMA is strongly committed to educating professionals and the general public. In recent years it has been developing an educational programme in the visual arts that also enriches experience of those who visit the Festival.

  
A festival such as CINANIMA consists of more than just films, it is also composed of numerous exhibitions, workshops, performances and other initiatives that are held during that week. For those who don’t have the time or availability to be at the Festival the whole week, and would prefer to see the best of the competition in one go, Sunday, the last day of the Festival, is surely a good day to come to Espinho and see one of the four screenings dedicated to the winning films. Those familiar with CINANIMA know they won’t be disappointed. If you have never been here before, come and discover the Festival!

**The International Jury for Short Films has the ability to attribute the following awards:**

a) Grand Prize CINANIMA 2024 – Short Films | Espinho City Award

b) Jury’s Special Award

c) +Short - Alves Costa Award – Best film up to 4 minutes long

d) Award for the Best Animated Documentary

e) Award for the Best Commissioned Film

f) Award for the Best Experimental Film

g) Award for the Best Sound Design

h) Award for the Best Screenwriting

i) Award for the Best Art Direction

  
**The International Jury for Feature Films will attribute the following award:**

a) Grand Prize CINANIMA 2024 – Feature Film

  
**The International Jury for Student Films will attribute the following award:**

a) Grand Prize CINANIMA 2024 – Student Film – Gaston Roch Award

  
**The National Jury will attribute the following awards:**

a) ANTÓNIO GAIO Award

b) YOUNG PORTUGUESE DIRECTOR Award for Films directed by children and youngsters

c) YOUNG PORTUGUESE DIRECTOR Award for Young Directors

Call for Entries CINANIMA 24

A three-month visual arts residency in the heart of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on the cultural, social, and artistic significance of obsolete technologies.

  
Misk Art Residencies aims to support artistic development and practice by promoting the possibilities of meaningful exchange between the local community and the global cultural landscape. The Masaha Residency is designed to cultivate the art sector by facilitating discourse, research, and experimentation around themes that concern the local community.

  
In our rapidly evolving technological landscape, it is crucial to reflect on the legacy and impact of previous media technologies. The theme of this cycle recognizes the value of obsolete devices, such as analog cameras, VHS players, cassette tapes, and other forgotten media artifacts. These technologies, once cutting-edge, have been replaced by sleeker and more efficient digital counterparts. However, they continue to hold cultural, social, and artistic significance.

  
This year, the Masaha Residency invites artists to engage with the histories of technology in their artistic practice. Artists will have the opportunity to explore the historical context of media technologies, challenge notions of progress, and examine the impact of obsolete technologies on contemporary society.

Masaha Residency Cycle 8

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) are pleased to announce an open call for a year-long museum fellowship programme, developed to educate a new generation of art and museum professionals in Africa. The **Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellowship Programme** aims to foster the growth of curatorial practice as well as advance scholarship on contemporary art discourse from the continent. 2023 marks the second year of this pan-African programme, which endeavours to increase knowledge production around curatorial practice, arts administration and heritage management. It offers fellows exposure to museum practice facilitated by Zeitz MOCAA senior staff and is underpinned by academic rigour in contemporary art scholarship at the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) outstanding faculty of humanities.

  
Zeitz MOCAA continues to position itself as a civic space – as an active agent that caters to and nurtures society. As a site for public dialogue, exhibitions, research and collection, the institution promotes narratives that are essential to the understanding of our societies. The museum is a site for the conversations, debates and storytelling that contemporary art enables. UWC is an internationally acclaimed higher education institution rooted in local political liberation histories and has established itself as a premier institution for quality education as well as a site that nurtures the growth of a future generation of thinkers. It is committed to excellence in teaching, learning and research, and to responding in critical and creative ways to the needs of a society in constant flux.

  
During the 12-month museum fellowship programme, fellows will engage in discourse around contemporary art, curatorial practice, art education, conservation, heritage and museology from Africa and the African diaspora. They will study and work with both institutions towards an accredited BA Honours qualification. This includes enrolling in courses on historiography, curatorship, museums, heritage and public history at UWC’s History Department and Centre of Humanities Research (CHR) as well as obtaining work experience at Zeitz MOCAA in the Curatorial, Collection Management, Art Education and Institutional Advancement departments. Successful fellows will actively contribute to the research, planning, execution and management of Zeitz MOCAA projects, ranging from exhibitions, publishing and public programming to art education and fundraising.

  
The Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellowship Programme is ideal for individuals who are interested in further developing their careers in art museums, galleries, art centres, private and public collection management, biennials, art publishing, art festivals and related fields. The programme is based in Cape Town, which is fast becoming a major global art centre. As a result, the programme will offer fellows a rich exploration of the fundamental networks and systems that contribute towards the city’s art and heritage ecosystem.

  
Both Zeitz MOCAA and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) celebrate diversity in all its forms, including gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

Travel to South Africa and visa costs are not included.

The programme covers tuition, accommodation, basic health insurance and a monthly stipend.

Zeitz MOCAA & UWC Museum Fellowship

This is an illustration contest (competition) that the Japan Illustrators' Association (JIA) recruits from all over the world once a year.

  
This open call for participants exhibition is being held to discover new illustrators. The total prize money is 800,000 yen, and there will be a public exhibition, the "JIA Illustration Award winning works Exhibition" in China, that will be a gateway for illustrators who have the ability but have not yet seen the light of day, and who cannot meet big jobs.

  
Many people involved in publishing and advertising are paying attention!

Entry fees rise as: 9000¥ for 2, 12000¥ for 3, 14000¥ for 4 and 15000¥ for 5 pieces.

GRAND PRIX (1 artist) - Prize money 500,000 yen

Gold award (1 artist) - Prize money 200,000 yen

Platinum award (1 artist) Prize money 100,000 yen

  
Award-winning works can be exhibited free of charge at the "JIA Illustration Award Winning Works Exhibition" held in China. A collection of winning works will be published, and winners can post their works for free.

JIA Illustration Award 2024

**Polish Television invites creators from Central and Eastern Europe to participate in the pitching Forum which is a part of the 4th International Television Festival Heart of Europe. The event will take place from September 16-19, 2024, in Warsaw!**

  
During past editions, the Forum jury included representatives from, among others, Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, NEM Dubrovnik / NEM Zagreb, MIPCOM, Beta Film, Česká televize, FILM.UA, and TRT Sinema.

  
Not only does the Forum provide an excellent opportunity to showcase your work but it is also a unique space for building international relationships that may lead to future collaborations. Among the festival's guests are representatives of public and commercial broadcasters and streaming platforms from the region, producers and distributors of audiovisual content, representatives of film institutes, regional film funds, as well as Polish producers and film professionals.

  
In addition to the pitching sessions, numerous sidebar events take place, including panel discussions featuring specialists from select fields of audiovisual and media arts, and individual interviews with international industry experts.

  
The Heart of Europe TV Festival & Forum is a unique event bringing together professionals from the television and film industry. The aim of the initiative is not only to discover the most interesting new projects from Poland and the entire region, which will have a chance for international success, but also to build international relationships. 

From the submitted projects, up to 10 will be selected in each category to be presented during the pitching sessions. Presentations will be evaluated by top experts from the television and film industry.

Call For Projects: Heart of Europe TV Festival + Forum

**Kolaj Institute is partnering with A' the Airts and The Nithsdale Hotel in Sanquhar, Scotland to offer week-long artist residencies for collage artists in April 2024.** 

  
Each day the group will meet in the morning for a presentation or workshop. Faculty will make presentations about place in art and strategies for incorporating place into one’s practice. Designed for collage artists, professional development sessions focus on artist practice: topics include Collage Theory; Sourcing Materials, Copyright, Appropriation; Developing Materials; Collaboration; and Collage in Presentation. Additional presentations speak to themes and projects specific to that particular residency.

  
In the afternoons, artists may choose to make art or take up an afternoon activity such as a walk to the River Nith and castle or a visit to the Tolbooth Museum or Saint Bride’s church or an afternoon trip via rail to Dumfries or Glasgow. Artists will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty. In the evenings, we will convene at the Nithsdale Pub to informally share the experience of our days.

  
**2024 RESIDENCY DATES**

* 31 March - 6 April 2024
* 7 - 13 April 2024
* 14 - 20 April 2024
* 8 - 14 September 2024
* 15 - 21 September 2024
* 22 - 28 September 2024

  
**DEADLINES (rolling through the year)**

* EARLY SPRING DEADLINE: Friday, 29 December 2023
* FINAL SPRING DEADLINE: Sunday, 28 January 2024
* EARLY FALL DEADLINE: Sunday, 26 May 2024
* FINAL SPRING DEADLINE: Sunday, 30 June 2024

Artists are responsible for their travel to and from Sanquhar. Limited financial aid is available.

Residency fee if lodging at Nithsdale Hotel

Artists will make one artwork during the residency which demonstrates their approach to the project. After the Residency, artists will be invited to submit 3-5 additional collages and a statement. Some of the artwork submitted will be exhibited at Kolaj Fest New Orleans in 2025 which artists will be invited to attend and speak about. 

  
Residents are housed in the Nithsdale Hotel, the cost of which is included in the fee. Located in the heart of Sanquhar, on High Street across from the iconic Tolbooth and Town Hall, the Nithsdale Hotel is a historic, family-run inn and pub. Each of the modern, recently renovated rooms comes with their own bathroom and television and the entire hotel has wi-fi. Artists wishing to stay elsewhere can make necessary arrangements.

  
The residency fee includes two meals per day (breakfast & lunch), 24-hour access to workspace, and general collage making tools and supplies. Artists are responsible for their own travel to and from Sanquhar, additional artist materials, and additional meals. A full-service restaurant is on-site.

Collage Artist Residency Scotland

**We invite individuals engaged in visual art and film to participate in the open international competition being held as part of the 16th IN OUT Festival. Everyone is welcome to apply!**

  
IN OUT Festival is a cyclical project of the Laznia Center for Contemporary Art organized since 2005\. In 2024, CCA Laznia intends to dedicate its 16th edition to the theme of photography. The aim of this edition of the Festival is to look at what photography is for visual artists, and what video and films are for artists working with photography. How is the function of photography changing in the field impacted by new media? Does and how does photography function in juxtaposition with other media? The Festival includes an open, international competition for short experimental forms. The competition is in two stages, artists from Poland and abroad selected in the first stage are invited to the Festival in Gdansk, and their works are presented during the reviews.

  
Our experimental films festival is organised by CCA ŁAŹNIA in Gdańsk, Poland/ Within we are organising open call form videos, they will be awarded and we will do screenings of chosen videos in our institution. Open call is free of charge! the competition is aimed to artists, but there is no age limit or requirement of art educational background.

  
The theme of the 16th IN OUT Festival is **Photography / Moving Image**, we invite you to submit video works.

  
* The main prize in the Competition is a cash prize worth: PLN 6,000, funded by the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Mieczyslaw Struk.

  
* Second Prize in the Contest is a cash prize worth: PLN 5,000 , funded by CCA ŁAŹNIA. Additionally, CCA ŁAŹNIA offers a one-month residency at CCA ŁAŹNIA in 2025 to be agreed upon in a separate contract.

  
* The third Award named after Prof. Witoslaw Czerwonka is a cash prize of PLN 4,000, funded by the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.

The competition is in two stages: from the works submitted by June 30, 2024, a preselection jury will select 15 experimental films for the competition finals. The selected works will be shown during reviews during the festival and the finalists, will be invited to the festival in Gdansk.

  
**Prizes**:

  
First prize: PLN 6,000 funded by the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship.

Second prize: PLN 5,000 funded by the CCA ŁAŹNIA.

Third prize: PLN 4,000 Professor Witoslaw Czerwonka funded by the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.

  
In addition to the financial prizes, honorable mentions will also be awarded.

IN OUT Festival for Photography / Moving Images

Research that proposes cross-disciplinary strategies to collect information, read or produce work or artistic experiment. IFP also opens up for research in disciplines other than the arts that can provide the contemporary arts with new insights, modes of thinking and/or research strategies.

  
The Institute for Provocation (IFP) is a Beijing-based workspace and think tank hosting residencies, research projects, workshops and lectures stretching the borders between art, architecture and design. As a workspace, IFP focuses on the thinking process before or even beyond the actual creation of an artifact: the collection of dramaturgical information, the testing of different architectural scenarios, the summarizing of existing artistic vocabularies and realized projects, experimenting with new media or disciplines, and so on. Cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural interaction serves as the Institute's main facilitator. Rather than similarities, IFP proposes differences (in culture, in vocabulary, in paradigms, in disciplines) as actual provocations of the research and thinking process of artists, architects and designers.

  
IFP has a specific interest in research that proposes cross-disciplinary strategies to collect information, read or produce work or artistic/architectural experiment. IFP also opens up for research in disciplines other than the arts that can provide the contemporary arts with new insights, modes of thinking and/or research strategies. Residency proposals for China show a link with the local context without being limited to it.

Money for travel, production and per diem needs to be raised by the artist in collaboration with IFP.

Supported projects are provided with a complete infrastructure which includes accommodation, studio, assistant(s), artistic supervision and support.

  
The workspace (85 sqm) is shared by the resident and other artists, IFP staff and collaborators, and is equipped with internet, a long shared working table, small library, pantry, bathroom, projector, screen and some basic hand tools.

  
A private bedroom in a furnished 65 square meter house is shared by the resident and one other resident. The house is located immediately adjacent to the studio and has a large bathroom and shared living space with kitchen, dining place, sofa and bookshelves. The Institute and Residency Accommodation are located in the heart of Beijing's Dongcheng district in between the touristic nanluoguxiang area. And a very local hutong area, IFP forms a part of a small but growing cluster of non-commercial art spaces within boundaries of the old city.

  
**IFP has structural collaborations with Mondriaan Foundation in the Netherlands, Iaspis in Sweden and the Danish Arts Council, providing grants for residencies to work at IFP.**

Artistic Research Residency in Beijing

The Almenara Art Prize is an international online painting competition that offers more than 27000€ in cash awards and other prizes. We encourage the international participation in diverse genres, styles, mediums and substrates including hyperrealism, photorealism, contemporary realism, surrealism, imaginative realism, impressionism and plein air painting. Categories include Figurative, Portrait, Drawing, Landscape and Plein Air Painting and Still Life, Wildlife and Animal, Fantastic Realism and Young category.

  
Artists may enter and win in one or multiple categories. The competition is open to all those who wish to apply worldwide. There is no limit to the number of artworks you may enter and no size restrictions. Accepted artists, finalists and winners will be published on The Almenara Collection Website and on Instagram and Facebook. Also,as part of the collection, winners will remain permanently showed on our webpage. Works do NOT need to be available for the physical exhibition to compete and win!

  
**A Note about Art Sales: Artists maintain 100% of sales price.** The Almenara collection will direct buyers directly to artists' websites and won’t take part in the transactions or shipping process. Artist’s contact information will be included in the online exhibit. Artworks can be for sale or not. If they are not available for sale, they will not have options to be chosen for the acquisition awards. As your artwork can be for sale or not, note the following: If your work is for sale it must be priced according to your standard pricing. Paintings that do not reflect the artist's current pricing structure may be disqualified. No price changes will be accepted once you have submitted your entry-please double check your entries for accuracy of information.

  
**Exhibition in Córdoba: November 1st to 31st, 2024**

**_More than 27000€ in cash and other prizes and More than $6000 in products. Materials awards are not listed here!_**

  
**Best in Show (purchase award): 10000€ -** The work will remain in possession of The Almenara Collection.

  
**Almenara Travel Award: Valued at 9000€ -** The Almenara Travel Award will allow artists to experience working on the south coast of Spain on a project related to portraiture/figurative painting. The Almenara collection will provide accommodation to the artist and family or companion (up to 6 people) for 10 days in a luxury resort (valued 5000€) and will also work and discuss with the artist about a project related to portraiture/figurative painting (4000€ project).

  
**The Almenara Collection Moving Award (purchase award): 4000€ -** The work will remain in possession of The Almenara Collection. This Award will be given to an artwork that transmits strong feelings or emotions in the viewer. If the price of the awarded artwork is higher than 4000€, the award will automatically rise to match the value of the painting (for example, if the awarded painting’s price is 5000€, the moving award will be 5000€). On the other hand, the award will never be less than 4000€.

  
**The Almenara Collection Young Award: 500€ + More -** The Almenara Collection Young Award aims to encourage and support young artists. The awarded artist will receive $500 in cash, place in one of our artist residencies in Andalucia and the artwork will be directly selected for The Almenara Art Prize 2024 exhibition in Córdoba, Spain.

  
**Best of Category Prizes:** 

* Best Figurative: 500€
* Best Still Life: 500€
* Best Drawing: 500€
* Best portraiture: 500€
* Best Landscape and Plein Air: 500€
* Best Wildlife and Animal: 500€
* Best Fantastic Realism: 500€

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