Minnesota Manga is dedicated to creating physical and digital manga magazines, similar those in Japan, for local Minnesota mangakas (manga creators) to have their work compiled and promoted. Submit now to the Fall 2026 magazine! You can submit a one-shot, part of a series, or a Yonkoma (funny comic strip). All manga is ideally accepted and put into a magazine!
“By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we mean to each other.” — Rita Dove You are invited into a welcoming creative circle where poetry becomes a pathway to insight, healing, and wholeness. Together, we’ll explore the poem-making process […]
MHC invites proposals from working Minnesota poets, individuals, or organizations currently mentoring youth in the arts to serve as Poetry Mentors for Voices Forward, a youth poetry and public humanities initiative. Throughout 2026, MHC will engage communities across the state and explore how remembrance, democracy, and identity intersect locally and nationally to celebrate America’s Semiquincentennial, […]
Application Opens: April 1Application Deadline: May 6, 11:59pm ET The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in four categories—articles, books, short-form writing, and translation—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines […]
Out of Bounds is a journal for emerging creatives of many genres, including illustration, photography, poetry, essays, and comics. Quarterly themed calls open up, and creatives respond with unique interpretations for publication. Out of Bounds is seeking artists and authors to respond to the Spring 2026 theme of Metamorphosis. Work that is experimental, personal, and […]
More Than Literacy. Identity-affirming, representation-centered, and artist-driven. More Than Lit is a community-centered art auction that amplifies local illustrators and artists while raising funds to advance Read With Me MN’s mission. Together, we’re working to close the literacy achievement gap by increasing access to culturally relevant texts. This isn’t your average art auction fundraiser. This […]
The First Draft MPLS is a storytelling open mic rooted in vulnerability, craft, and connection. Founded in Minneapolis, this is a space for writers, poets, essayists, and storytellers who have something real to say. Who crave inspiration, connection, to be understood, and to listen as a way to grow. This is a room for reflection, […]
SUMMER 2026 ARTIST RESIDENCY CALL: EMERGING ARTISTS AND WRITERS Artist at Pine Needles: Enhancing Scientific Understanding Through Art The St. Croix Watershed Research Station invites emerging artist applications for the 2026 Artist at Pine Needles Residency Program. The application window is open from December 19, 2025 through February 22, 2026. With a vision to enhance […]
Gal’s Guide seeks poetry, fiction, and non fiction for its 5th Anthology. Gal’s Guide was founded in Indiana but has recently moved to Moorhead, MN. Gal’s Guide is a women’s history focused non profit, however, for this years anthology they are looking for well told stories no matter the identity of the writer or the […]
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