8d (edited) • Funding → Grants & Contest
August & Upcoming Opportunities & Competitions
UPDATE 8/7 (KST) Check back throughout the month for more contests, festivals, grants, mentorships, and fellowships.
2026 NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival
Organizing: NYWIFT, presented by iWomanTV
Date: August 17, 2026
Deadlines: August 5 (Regular), August 12 (Late), August 17 (Final)
Categories: Short Film
Length: Under 40 minutes
Submit: If you are not yet an NYWIFT member, but would like to submit your project, email [email protected] to join the organization.
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Warped Witch Film Festival
Organizing: Warped Witch (formerly Southern Gothic)
Date: June 12
Deadlines: November 5 (Early Bird), February 12 (Regular), May 12 (Final)
Categories: Short Film, Feature Film, Student Film
Length: Under 20 minutes
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Swan Dive Theater Collective Third Annual Short Play Festival
Organizing: Swan Dive Theater Collective
Date: March 7, 2027
Deadlines: September 1, 2026
Categories: Short Plays, Full-Length Plays
Length: 10 minutes or less
Prize: Selected playwrights will receive a dinner stipend
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2027 Femme Frontera Film Festival
Organizing: Femme Frontera
Date: 2027
Deadlines: Early Bird July 31, Regular August 20, Late September 11
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Shore Scripts Feature Contest
Organizing: Shore Scripts
Deadlines: Regular July 14, Final August 28
Categories: Feature
Submit: Shore Scripts Feature Contest
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Finish Line Script Competition
Organizing: Finish Line
Deadlines: Early July 2, Regular September 5
Submit: Finish Line Script Competition
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The Greenlight List Screenplay Competition
Organizing: The Greenlight List
Deadlines: August 31
Categories: Screenplay
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Breakthrough Film Festival
Organizing: Breakthrough Film Festival
Deadlines: Regular April 30, Late August 13
Submit: Breakthrough Film Festival
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Short Fiction - Women with Weapons
Deadlines: N/A
Categories: Short Fiction
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Zoo Labs Fund Grant
Organizing: Zoo Labs
Deadlines: August 7
Submit: Zoo Labs Fund Grant
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The 'Ohina Filmmakers Lab
Organizing: 'Ohina Filmmakers Lab
Deadlines: August 9
Submit: The ‘Ohina Filmmakers Lab
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Sundance Sandbox Fund
Organizing: Sundance Institute
Deadlines: August 10
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Documentary Films Grant (Canada)
Organizing: Canada
Deadlines: August 15
Categories: Documentary
Submit: Documentary Films Grant
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FMLA New Narratives Grant
Organizing: FMLA
Deadlines: August 18
Submit: FMLA New Narratives Grant
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2026 Berkley FILM Foundation Grants Program — Narrative Short Grant
Organizing: Berkley FILM Foundation
Date: 2026
Deadlines: Application window opens July 27, deadline August 24
Categories: Narrative Short
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Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program (GAAP)
Organizing: GAAP
Deadlines: August 24 at 5pm (Oakland and San Francisco applications)
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Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) — Let Creativity Happen and City's Initiative Grants
Organizing: Houston Arts Alliance (HAA)
Deadlines: Round 1 March 23–April 21, Round 2 May 25–June 23, Round 3 August 28–September 26
Submit: The Houston Arts Alliance (HAA)
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Fix It In Post Fund
Deadlines: September 4
Submit: Fix it in post fund
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Pandora Short Film Grant
Organizing: Pandora
Deadlines: October 1
Categories: Short Film
Submit: Pandora Short Film grant
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CFA x IMGN Grant / CFA Institute Filmmaking Grant
Organizing: CFA Institute x IMGN
Deadlines: December 31
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Austin Film Festival Travel Grant
Organizing: Austin Film Festival
Deadlines: All Year Round
Prize: Travel grant
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Helpmann Academy Grants (Australia)
Organizing: Helpmann Academy
Submit: Helpmann Academy Grants
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Grants at LA DAC
Organizing: LA DAC
Submit: Grants at LA DAC
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Community Arts Development Apprenticeship
Deadlines: August 10
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Under the Volcano — Full Named Fellowships
Organizing: Under the Volcano
Deadlines: August 15
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INKubator New Play Program
Organizing: INKubator
Deadlines: August 17
Categories: New Play
Length: N/A
Submit: INKubator New Play Program
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Art Criticism Apprenticeship with Scalawag Magazine
Organizing: Scalawag Magazine
Deadlines: August 28, 2026
Categories: Art Criticism
Length: N/A
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DQT Classics in Color
Organizing: DQT
Deadlines: August 31
Categories: New Play Development (BIPoC writers)
Submit: DQT
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DQT American Woman
Organizing: DQT
Deadlines: August 31
Categories: Solo Show Development
Submit: DQT
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DQT PlayTime
Organizing: DQT
Deadlines: August 31
Categories: New Play Development (BIPoC or Female-identifying writers)
Submit: DQT PlayTime
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The Telsey Office Miranda Family Casting Fellowship
Organizing: The Telsey Office
Deadlines: September 4
Categories: Casting
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National Black Theatre SOUL Producing Residency
Organizing: National Black Theatre
Date: 2026–2027 (10-month program)
Deadlines: Applications open now; must have completed school by September 8, 2026
Categories: Producing
Length: 10 months
Prize: $15,000 stipend
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Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship
Organizing: Harvard Radcliffe
Deadlines: September 10
Categories: Several disciplines
SubmitP: Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship
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WIFT Future of Broadcasting Mentorship
Organizing: WIFT (Toronto, Canada)
Deadlines: September 11
Categories: Broadcasting
Length: N/A
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Seriesfest x Shondaland Women's Directing Fellowship
Organizing: Seriesfest and Shondaland
Deadlines: September 15
Categories: Directing
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