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May 14, 2026
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Hey friends, guess who’s back?

The roundup!!!!!!!!

We scrolled to the ends of the world (and our networks) to bring you the links YOU NEED. All of this work was fuelled by cake, because last week was my birthday (!!) and I was a victim of the Mexican tradition “la mordida“ (i.e the bite).

is there a face in my cake?

Besides that, here’s what we have inside this newsletter:

  • We have jobs from internships to heads of departments.

  • We have awards for artists, entrepreneurs and creatives, such as £35,000 for 35 Artists

  • We have agents and indie publishers waiting for YOUR BOOK submissions.

  • We have networking events that don’t suck

  • We have free access to events such as our speed mentoring and SXSW offers

  • We have freelance roles straight from the source so you can expand your network (and eventually not need us anymore!)

Here’s what we don’t have:

  • A quick fix that will solve all your issues

  • Unpaid work

  • A solution to overthinking

  • We also don’t have enough friends watching Bravo. If you’re one of them, make yourself known. And/or come to our chat to discuss a meet-up at London Gallery Weekend.


  • Care to learn this summer? There’s a Free Creative Fundraising Summer School at UCL and a project management course in Manchester

  • Pitch without the Ick Recap. Are you coming to our next events?

  • Both London Craft Week and Photo London are happening now. And we wanna know - who’s going to the Fitzcarraldo Editions Annual Summer Party?

  • BAFTA Breakthrough is open again. It gives a platform to film, games and TV talent at that critical ‘breakthrough’ moment in their career. PS, we have a speaker on film at our Process London event.

  • Get your small biz in Forbes

  • I think this is one of the most gorgeous places ever, so if anyone is looking for a job in Banff, here you go.

  • The Pour Over is a fully funded eight-week online programme for women of colour who feel called towards writing, creativity and a more expansive life — on the page and far beyond it.

  • Bradford opened two funds !!!

  • The Mayor of London’s disability arts festival are recruiting new members of the Advisory Group. They offer a stipend of £50 per hour to cover prep and meeting attendance for members who are unwaged, freelance, in education, in part-time employment, or in employment with a micro enterprise. Members can also claim up to £150 per meeting to cover access costs and expenses.

    Let’s connect: IG, LinkedIn, TikTok, THREADS and the website

The Arena & Friends Speed Mentoring a fun and creative twist on traditional mentoring across different creative disciplines. Deadline: 15 May

Pop’N x Color Vision Creative Fellowship - 10-week virtual mentorship for emerging creatives to gain creative exposure, mentorship, and real client experience. Deadline: 15 May

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