Grants and Opportunities

Our goal at Alberta Playwright's Network is to provide individualized services and programs to playwrights and theatre creators. We also aim to be a resource for our members, providing information about further opportunities for development.

Here is a curated selection of grants and opportunities available to playwrights in Alberta and across Canada. This is a resource, and does not represent a comprehensive list of all opportunities available. This page is updated on an ongoing basis.

On this page:

• General

• Indigenous-Specific

• IBPOC-Specific

• Mad/Deaf Artist-Specific

• Latinx-Specific

• National Arts Centre – National Creation Fund

• Canada Council for the Arts

• Calgary Arts Development

• Edmonton Arts Council

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Indigenous Arts Individual Project Funding

• Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance

• Edmonton Heritage Council - FIRE Grants

• First Peoples’ Cultural Council - Arts Vitality Micro-Grant

• Arts Council Wood Buffalo - Artist in Residency

• Canada Council for the Arts

• Calgary Arts Development:

  • Original Peoples Investment Program

  • Indigenous Artist Microgrant 

  • Honouring the Children Grant 

• Rozsa Foundation – IBPOC Arts Leaders Residency Grant 

• Chromatic Theatre – IBPOC Playwrights Unit

•  Catalyst Theatre – Confluence

•  Why Not Theatre – thisgen Fellowship

• Culture Brew – Opportunities Postings

• Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre – Creative Incubator

• The Shoe Project (Immigrant/Refugee-Specific)

• Akimbo - Call for Writers 

• Inside Out Theatre – Artistic Basic Income Project

• 50 Playwrights Project