Call for Submissions: Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award (14th Edition)
Deadline: 11 February 2024
The Chamber of Commerce of Umbria is seeking submissions for the Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award, reserved to those articles dealing with the region’s artistic-cultural-environmental points of excellence and the high quality economic-productive system, bringing the national and international focus on Umbria and its territory and contributing to valorising the best of Umbrian business production..[more]
Applications open for Sandbox Fund 2024
Deadline: 5 February 2024
The Sandbox Fund offers grants, engagement events, and other opportunities for independent artists seeking to explore the intrinsic link between science and culture through innovative storytelling…[more]
Story Grant and Training Program for Indigenous Environmental Journalists
Deadline: 18 January 2024
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering reporting grants to Indigenous journalists to support the production of in-depth environmental stories that call attention to climate justice, biodiversity, sustainable ecosystems, Indigenous sovereignty and leadership, and other issues related to the rights and well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities…[more]
Apply for Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest
Deadline: 31 January 2024
Biopage is hosting a Storytelling Writing Contest to remind people the benefits of writing…[more]
Culture Hack Labs’ Rhizome Fellowship Program
Deadline: 31 January 2024
The Culture Hack Labs’ Rhizome Fellowship Program is for narrative change practitioners focused on the transition to a post anthropocentric world…[more]
Call for Entries: World Press Photo Contest 2024
Deadline: 11 January 2024
The World Press Photo Foundation is excited to welcome a multiplicity of stories and a diverse range of photographers from all over the world to enter the contest!..[more]
Pulitzer Center’s Machine Learning Reporting Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center encourages proposals that use advanced data mining techniques, such as machine learning and natural language processing, to solve a data or reporting problem related to a journalistic investigation…[more]
COVID-19, Vaccines and Global Health Inequities Reporting Grant Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking applications for enterprise and underreported stories about COVID-19 inequities and other U.S. and global health system failures…[more]
Apply for World Story Telling Competition 2023
Deadline: Ongoing
Apply now for the World Story Telling Competition to explore your creativity, practicing the art of storytelling, and getting exposure.
Call for Applications: Our Work/Environment Reporting Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for a new reporting grant focused on climate change and its effects on workers and work…[more]
Call for Applications: Display Europe Micro-Grants
Deadline: 31 March 2024
The European Cultural Foundation is inviting individual journalists and small media organisations to apply for a micro-grant…[more]
Entries open for Africa Travel Week Media Awards
Deadline: 30 January 2024
Entries are now open for the Africa Travel Week Media Awards, a unique celebration of the indispensable role that media plays in the growth of Africa’s tourism industry…[more]
Call for Submissions: Planet Forward Storyfest Awards
Deadline: 5 February 2024
The Planet Forward is accepting submissions for the stories surrounding the people, ideas, and innovations moving the world toward a greener future…[more]
Micro Grants and Mentoring Program for Journalists
Deadline: Ongoing
To support the development of solutions journalism in Central Europe, Transitions, in cooperation with local partners, regularly opens Micro Grant calls in the countries of the region, this support is designed for journalists (including freelancers) who want to do rigorous reporting and bring inspiration from other places that are facing similar social challenges to their communities to help them respond to their problems…[more]
Call for Entries: Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
Deadline: 31 January 2024
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in collaboration with ONE and the Elliott family are happy to announce a call for entries for the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling…[more]
OpenDocs: A Program to provide Production Support and Creative AI Tools
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for the Runway Studios’ OpenDocs, a program to provide production support and creative AI tools to documentarians from diverse communities and regions…[more]
Submissions open for RIAS Media Prize – US and Germany
Deadline: 31 January 2024
The RIAS Berlin Commission welcomes submissions for its Media Prize Awards to honor outstanding stories broadcast in 2023…[more]
BFI Doc Society’s Research & Development Fund (UK)
Deadline: Ongoing
The BFI Doc Society has launched the Research & Development Fund to support and nurture independent non-fiction films and immersive projects by UK filmmakers: prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling…[more]
Verite News Fellowship for Early-Career Journalists (US)
Deadline: 31 January 2024
The Verite News Fellowship is designed for early-career journalists who want to spend 12 months learning from a newsroom of passionate, dedicated journalists…[more]
CJF-Narcity News Creator Fellowship in Canada
Deadline: 26 January 2024
The Canadian Journalism Foundation is excited to introduce the CJF-Narcity News Creator Fellowship, a unique opportunity to participate in building the future of local news in Canada, for recent graduates of Canadian post-secondary journalism programs…[more]
Submissions open for Childnet Film Competition in the UK
Deadline: 22 April 2024
Are you passionate about film? Can you tell a good story, create animation or inspire positive change? Would you like to make a short film about online safety? If yes, then submit your applications for the Childnet Film Competition…[more]
Submissions open for Global Health Media Fellowship (US)
Deadline: 19 January 2024
Submissions are now open for the Global Health Media Fellowship to provide medical students with up to 12 months of practical training in the fundamentals of journalism, communications, and global health reporting on a variety of media platforms in order to build a generation of physician-storytellers who can combat medical misinformation and shine a light on untold global health stories…[more]
Out on Film Filmmaker Fund – United States
Deadline: 15 March 2024
Applications are now open for the Out on Film Filmmaker Fund to support emerging and established LGBTQ+ filmmakers with a focus on Georgia and Southeastern storytellers…[more]
Apply for Kresge Artist Fellowships in the US
Deadline: 18 January 2024
Metro Detroit artists are invited to apply for a Kresge Artist Fellowship…[more]
Data-Driven Storytelling Award in the US
Deadline: 31 January 2024
The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation’s Data-Driven Storytelling Award recognizes excellence in data-driven, online reporting that relies on elements such as strong graphics, charts, and/or interactive images to tell a story…[more]
Apply for SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge – Canada
Deadline: 16 January 2024
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Storytellers Challenge is now inviting postsecondary students to show Canadians that “how social sciences and humanities research is affecting the lives, the world and the future for the better” in up to three minutes or 300 words…[more]
Submissions open for Charles Parker Prize in the UK
Deadline: 12 February 2024
Submissions are now open for the Charles Parker Prize for the Best Student Audio Feature…[more]
Entries open for Hillman Prize 2024 (United States)
Deadline: 30 January 2024
The Sidney Hillman Foundation is accepting entries for the Hillman Prize 2024 to honor journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good…[more]