8 creative competitions & submission requests

Some creative competition and submission requests below for filmmakers,writers, designers, photographers, musicians, artists etc.

To follow the advice of both Jason Hewitt and Liz Ranken – just do it and hit send! See what looks interesting and submit some work or your ideas. It can’t hurt. It wont hurt, I promise but it will get your seeds of creativity flowing and you will feel happy that they are growing and moving in the right direction.. of an actual audience 😉

IdeasTap ‏@IdeasTap

Ideas Tap and Mother competition details

We’re running a series of creative briefs w @MotherLondon. Win cash feedback & paid internship:
Calling all filmmakers, writers, designers, photographers, producers, advertising champs and all-round creative thinkers – boy, oh boy do we have exciting news for you all!
We’ve joined forces with leading creative company Mother to offer IdeasTap members the ultimate in creative challenges. Mother are recognised as one world’s most creative agencies, working with iconic brands such as IKEA, Boots and PG Tips amongst many more. Over the next 10 weeks, we’ll be running 10 x 10 x Mother, a programme of multidisciplinary advertising led briefs designed to help you to think conceptually and develop your portfolio.
So, what’s up for grabs?
•    The overall winner of the programme will receive a coveted six-week paid internship at Mother London’s offices.
•    We’re giving away an additional £5,000 in prize money (£500 per brief).
•    The winner and two runners-up of each brief will receive personalised feedback on their work from leading industry masterminds.
•    Mother will showcase the best submissions in a special exhibition and private view at its offices this autumn.
Each week’s brief will focus on a different discipline or area relating to the world of advertising.  You can apply for as few or as many of these briefs as you want but, if you complete all ten, you’ll find you have a broad range of interesting projects for your portfolio.
Whether you’re an aspiring advertising creative or not, we’re sure you’ll enjoy the challenges presented by these briefs!

Twitter Personality
Money can’t buy you friends, but a well-written Twitter account can.

Mother want you come up with a concept for a Twitter feed and start it from scratch. The profile with the most followers and the best content in 10 weeks’ time wins.
Submit your music videos for our Film Showcase, judged by @lecool_London’s Mat Osman: Music videos

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year

Take Part

Apply now to our competition for a chance to have your work displayed in the National Portrait Gallery and receive a £10,000 commission to produce a portrait for The British Library

Short Film Reviewer, Short Sighted Cinema
Contact: Jan Flisek-Boyle and Kate Elizabeth Williamson shortsightedcinema@gmail.com

Short Sighted Cinema is a new hub for short film in London. Our vision is to raise the profile of short film by providing a platform through which filmmakers, programmers, cinephiles and critics can come together in an engaging creative environment. Our website, which we are soon launching, will be the backbone of our organization featuring content from an array of creative contributors.
What we’re looking for:  We need critics capable of articulate reviews of the latest short films, journalists to review exciting London-based film events, interviewers to grill upcoming filmmakers, writers to discuss scripts and filmmakers to tell us their stories of trial and triumph. We are looking for one-off articles/reviews as well as regular contributors.
What’s in it for you? Whether regular or not, your writing will be featured on our website and across our social media networks. You’ll have the freedom to write what you want, when you want and have the option of being sent on exciting assignments and events. Most of all, you’ll be welcomed into our organisation, become part of our team and social scene – with regular pub trips for everyone involved and plenty of short-film nights!
Short Sighted Cinema is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers, dedicated to grassroots filmmaking and screening.

DEADBIRD seeks knowledgeable writers, DEADBIRD Review
Contact: Oliver Lewis oliverlewis@deadbirdreview.com

Description
DEADBIRD Review is looking to support new work from emerging artists by reviewing their piece, giving them quotable text and exposing their work through social media.

We currently focuses on five artistic mediums: Film, Literature, Art & Design, Theatre & Performance and Music.

This is a call-out for five volunteer writers who know their subject well to become DEADBIRD Reviewers for one of each of these art forms. If you fancy getting involved then fire off an email to the address below with the following…

a) The art form you wish to write for, stated in the subject line.
b) A little about yourself and where you’re based.
c) Two example reviews of relevant work; each of any length up to 500 words.

This opportunity is available in London, England, and closes on May 5th at 11:59pm.

To apply, or for further information, please email oliverlewis@deadbirdreview.com

Call for Artists and Creative Collaborators, 

Contact: Jenna amyhollis@chesterperforms.com

Description
Summer Projects
July & August 2013 

Every Saturday afternoon in July and August Chester’s Amphitheatre will host family drop in activities – community workshops, creative games and family fun.

Chester Performs is looking for artists and creative collaborators to create workshops, props, games and site decoration for the summer programme, for example:
•    Giant garden items – flowers, bugs, insects, windmills, plant pots, furniture…
•    Giant games – chess, operation, playing cards, dominoes…
•    Giant story book
•    Peep through boards
•    Magnetic poetry/story board
•    Science themed items e.g. bendy mirrors, wind/solar powered props, inventions…
There are a number of ways to get involved, we are currently seeking proposals for:

1.  Community Engagement Facilitators 
2.  Creative Workshops 
3.  Commissions

Deadline for proposals: Thursday 9th May 2013. Please visit to download the full brief and apply.

The Outdoor Swimming Society Creative Grants Programme has been set up to encourage artistic, literary and creative representations of outdoor swimming in the UK.
Applications are welcomed from individuals and organisations with a project that meets this goal. This could be anything from mounting a photography exhibition, to an online record of swims. We are open to all interpretations of the brief, but preference will be given to projects where this is a lasting work that people can be inspired by in the future.

How much can you apply for?
One grant of £600 will be available. This will be awarded to the project the OSS team feels represents outdoor swimming in a creative and inspiring way. The grant could go towards a current ongoing project but preference will be given to applications where the grant pays for a specific item or complete project.

Other Information
Applications should be received by email to events.oss@gmail.com by Friday 14thJune 2013. Successful and declined applicants will be notified by email within one month of the deadline.
How to Apply
Applicants should provide the following information in a word or pdf document:
1.    Project proposal – description of your project (no more than 500 words)
2.    How the project will inspire outdoor swimming in the UK (no more than 250 words)
3.    Outline budget for the project
4.    Timeline for the project
5.    About you – a short biog (no more than 150 words)
6.    Details of two referees
If you have any questions regarding the grant programme please visit

Open Call for Arts & Projection Work – Deadline Approaching, Beacons Festival
Closes Sunday 28 April 2013  Contact: Natasha Chubbuck art@greetingsfrombeacons.com

Beacons Festival, the cutting-edge music and arts event taking place in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside near Skipton, is seeking creative proposals from artists for work, workshops, performances and video pieces to appear at this years’ event from 16 – 18 August 2013.
Beacons is a forward-thinking festival brought to you by a collective of tastemakers who, for years, have been bringing the best music to reputable Northern venues. But Beacons is not just about the music! Every year we feature the work of an exciting range of artists from across the North and beyond.
There’s just one week left to submit proposals to this year’s call, closing midnight Sunday 28th April. Be it installation, sculpture, performance piece, spoken word, creative workshop or land art – we invite proposals for anything that has the potential to delight festival goers of all ages through all of their senses.
This year we also have a special call for filmmakers, animators and motion graphic designers to submit or create mind-blowing visuals for projection around the Beacons site. If you’re a filmmaker, animator or video artist this is a fantastic opportunity to get your work seen on a grand scale.
This year our selection panel will be giving particular precedence to projects that fall within one of the arts programme themes:
•    Frontiers of the Future: projects that utilise or explore new technology, scientific concepts, and visions of the future!
•    Interactivity: we’re looking for work that engages with and involves our festival-goers.
•    Site-specificity: pieces that engage with and explore the festival environment, physically, socially, geographically and historically.
Support for artists ranges from festival tickets and travel, to small bursaries to realise your ideas and towards production costs. Beacons 2013 will provide a platform to showcase your work to over 6000 revellers!
You can find out more about the website and download an application form here. All proposals should be submitted via email to art@greetingsfrombeacons.com
The deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday 28th April. Successful applicants will be informed in the first week of June.