Hello, you cunning creatives! It’s that time again! We are fast approaching the first round of Calls for Art for the 2027 Seattle Erotic Art Festival. We like to keep you on your toes, so a couple things are different this year. They’re all on the smaller side. No more shifting half the calls by a month. We promise. So let’s go over the changes to the Call for Art.
What Changed
The Call for Performance Art, for any acts that are on, off, or above the stages, will begin on November 1, 2026, and run through January 15, 2027. Submissions will be done via Google form.
The Call for Literary Art has formally changed the “Short Fiction” category to “Short Works,” to include memoir and creative non-fiction.
The Call for Film will now be accepting Short films up to 30 minutes, and Silent films up to 15 minutes in length (instead of the previous 15 minutes for both categories). Features films can now be up to 100 minutes.
What’s the same
The Call for Literary Art will begin on November 1, 2026 and run through December 15, 2026. Submissions will be handled through the Submission Portal.
The Large Scale and Interactive Art Call for Proposals will begin on November 1, 2026 and run through December 15, 2026. Submissions will be done via Google form.
The Call for Film will begin on November 1, 2026 and run through March 1, 2027. Submissions will be done via Film Freeway.
The Call for Visual Art will begin on December 1, 2026 and run through January 15, 2027.
The Call for Store Art will begin on December 1, 2026 and run through January 15, 2027.
As always, we offer an Early Bird discount on submission fees during the first two weeks of the Call for Art, where submission fees are $20 for up to 5 submissions. After that window, the submission fee for Visual and Literary Art is $38 for up to 5 submissions. There are no submission fees for Visual or Literary artists who live and create outside of North America.
We are pleased to be able to continue to offer a scholarship program to artists from traditionally marginalized communities. Please reach out to us if the submission fee is a barrier to your participation. (If you’re reading this and are not an artist, but would like to support artists, kindly consider donating to our scholarship program here.)
Quick Recap
Performance, Literary, and Large Scale/Interactive ends on December 15
Visual and Store end on January 15
Film ends on March 1
Early Bird discount for submission fees, no fee if you’re outside of North America, reach out if you need a scholarship.
Anything else?
Each year, the SEAF Artist Portal is wiped clean. Every artist must create a new profile to submit art. A breakdown of our fees and deadlines, along with some handy information and frequently asked questions, can be found here. If you have more questions, you can always reach out to either Shelley (Artist Liaison) at artisthelp@seaf.art or Drea (Literary Director) at literary@seaf.art.
We hope to see you very soon, darlings! Happy creating!