Here are cool things to apply for if you are a writer/artist

Toto Funds the Arts 2021 awards - music (Rs. 60,000), photography (Rs. 50,000 each), creative writing in English (Rs. 50,000), creative writing in Kannada (Rs. 50,000) and short films (Rs. 50,000 each). Details here. Deadline Aug 31 https://totofundsthearts.blogspot.com/ 

The Toto-Sangam residency for anyone who has won a Toto creative writing prize or been shortlisted for one. https://totofundsthearts.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-toto-sangam-residency-fellowship.html?fbclid=IwAR3XqghqS82rm31SvLDvONA71TqDJGCHtj8Tv78JrdfzkoZ2Rf93BS5BR-k

I was a Toto winner and will be always grateful for the start TFA gave me

For obvious reasons, I love the idea of this next grant from @IndiaIFA . 25 grants of Rs 25,000 each. The theme? 25 Years of the Internet in India. Deadline: September 07, 2020 http://indiaifa.org/whats-new/call-proposals-25x25-marking-25-years-grantmaking-ifa-deadline-september-07-2020.html

The super fun Gender Bender festival created by the Sandbox Collective invites applications to create original art around the idea of gender. From dance to photography to pottery, to mime to everything in between, so long as it's new. https://www.facebook.com/sandboxcollective