The September Roundup
🌟 Your monthly treasure trove of creative opportunities, networking events and expert tips
Happy September everyone, and welcome back to this month’s edition of The Roundup, our free newsletter to help you in your creative career, no matter what stage you’re in.
So, what’s happening?
Our founder got into the Olympics spirit and not only participated in a running campaign but also hosted a panel on women in sports for the Women’s Podcast festival!
Now live: we interviewed Fatos Ustek about curating and the platform she co-founded, FRANK (Fair Artist Pay), a not-for-profit community interest company that is set to change the mindset and conversation on fair practice in the arts:
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You know us, we like networking! 💎 Here’s the Friday roundup by our founder and more events below:
Creating a Brand Identity, 1st Sept, for 50% off use code ILIKENETWORKING
M&C Saatchi Open House, 4th Sept
Speed Networking: Video, Production & Film, London, 5th Sept
Female Founders Growth Summit, 5th Sept
CONNECTs London, 6th Sept
Accessible Futures Summit, Cardiff, 10th September
Masterclass in Submitting Shorts, London, 12th Sept
Elevate your Business: The Magic of Healthy Productivity, Online, 17th Sept
The Art of Communication, Online and in-person (London), 18th Sept
Q&A with Filmmaker and Advocate Sarah Lee, Online, 19th Sept
Business Masterclass at the RoundHouse, London, 23rd Sept
How to Get Your Music Heard, 25th Sept
How to Be Savvy with Your Pension for Wealth Creation, Online, 25th Sept
International Women’s Podcast Festival, Online and London, 3rd-4th Oct
So you want to be an author..., Online, 4th Oct (ILN Insiders go free)
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FREE access to our Domestika course.
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Theatre & Music & Film
Sadlers Wells Time & Space Commissions, ASAP
Young Producers Scheme Royal Albert Hall, 2nd Sep
Barbican Young Film Programmers, 10th Sep
Call for Experimental Acts, 13th Sept
FLAT SHARE Creative Community for Dancers, 16th Sep
Women in Film and TV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme, 16th Sep
Netflix Documentary Fund, 27th Sep
Young Festival Managers, 30th Sep
We added some links to our guide here
Art
Paid Play and Participation Workshops, London-based artists, 2nd Sept
Open call for artistic submissions about Wimbledon Common, 4th Sept
Free Studio Space Bursary for a London-based artist who is also a mother/primary care giver of young children, 5th Sept
Cultural Producers Programme, 6 months arts and heritage sector training, 5th Sept
Climate Creative Challenge, open to all disciplines, £250 - £1k prizes, 6th Sept
Open Call for two-person exhibition in the USA, 6th Sept
Free Frieze Tickets for Contemporary Art Curators in England, 9th Sept
FACT x DaDa x Lucid Games: Digital Artist Residencies, North England Artists, 10th Sept
Center for Book Arts Residency for New York-based emerging and mid-career artists, 15th Sept
Open Call for artworks to feature in Divide Magazine, 15th Sept
Penguin General Portfolio Reviews for aspiring illustrators and designers, 15th Sept
The Ingram Prize, visual artists who are within five years of graduation from a UK-based art school, 18th Sept
International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize worth £20k, 19th Sept
Basil Sellers Art Prize, $30k+ fund for 2D artworks, 27th Sept
Aesthetica Art Prize, £10k prize + major exhibition, 30th Sept
Camargo Fellowship, 10-week residency for interdisciplinary arts & humanities projects, 1st October
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, £9,000 of awards, UK, 4th October
Foundwork Prize, international, all mediums, $10k grant, 31st Dec
Artist Residencies at Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking, Rolling
Business & Grants
Next Gen Branding Intro Programme, Online, ASAP
Edge Fund, UK, 40 grants of £1k for work that challenges abuses of power, 13th Sept
International Partner Awards, £50k for collaboration between UK-based and international disabled artists, 30th Sept
UK Partner Awards, 12 awards available for disabled artists based in England, Scotland, and Wales, 30th Sept
Galaxy Grants, $4k+ for women and minority owned USA small businesses, 30th Sept
Grants for Artists from the Arab World, 1st Oct
Grants for non-profit arts orgs, £5k - £150k, 4th Oct
4-week Funding Accelerator Programme for Black Women and NB Founders, 13th Oct
Kickstart Your Career in Advertising, paid year-long programme, 3rd Nov
Digital Marketing Skills Bootcamp for those 19+ and living in the GLA, Rolling
Project funding for work outside Greater London, Rolling
Literature & Journalism
Prizes for Unpublished Manuscripts, $2,000 for each category, 5th Sept
Call for Papers: Online Curating, 5th Sept
RSL Literature Matters Awards, £20k available to reward and enable literary innovation, 6th Sept
Audio Production Awards, UK, 11th Sept
Newham Festival of Stories, 13th Sep
Breakthrough Scholarship for low-income fantasy writers, 22nd Sept
Short Fiction Prize, 22nd Sept
The British Journalism Awards, 27th Sept
Aesthetica Art Prize, £10k prize + major exhibition, 30th Sept
Business Journalism Fellowship, grants up to $15,000, Global, 6th October
Immersive Fiction Lab for creatives exploring humour in XR, 9th Oct
Short Story Prize, Galley Beggar Press, £2.5k winning prize, 13th Oct
Short Story Submissions, Flame Tree Publishing, 13th Oct
Short Fiction Contest, 1st November
Essay Prize for graduate students, March 2025
Poetry Submissions, Antiphony Press, open to all, Rolling
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