Calls for Submissions

imprint is an annual dance writing fellowship program designed for QTBIPOC dance writers. Artistic Director Bhumi B Patel will support three emerging dance writers through writing and publishing mentorship and professional development as a dance writer.

Application: https://forms.gle/NWqxNxT9Fd1gWoED8

-Applications due: Monday, June 16th, 11:59pm
-Program year: Sep 1, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026
-3 fellows will be selected
-Each fellow receives $500 stipend
-For emerging dance writers who identify as BIPOC and/or queer/LGBTQIA2S+. Not intended for full-time students.
-30 hours of work/study
-Attending at least 5 dance performances
-Fellows will have 2-3 pieces of writing published on pateldancework’s website blog

SAFEhouse Arts has opportunities for choreographers to present work in the RAW (resident artist workshop) showcase in Oct or Nov, participate in the West Wave Festival Sept 22-21 or co-produce a show (ongoing).

The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) seeks entries for our 2025 Festival (November 12-23, 2025). This year we are PRIORITIZING films 20 minutes or less. SFTFF accepts narrative, documentary, experimental, animated films and music videos. All work should be created by transgender/genderqueer people. We prioritize short films, but accept all screening lengths.
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival was founded in 1997 as North America’s first transgender film festival. We exhibit groundbreaking, provocative, outrageous, courageous, moving and innovative works that show the complexity of lives lived on the transgender spectrum.