Open Call | Portraiture for Profiles Issue 5
€400.00
Category
Web Site
Deadline
2026-03-15 00:00:00
Link to further details
Artist Payment
Artist Fee Paid
Submission fee to apply
No
Description
Profiles is a literary and vis-arts journal. We are seeking submissions of portraiture to appear in the journal and exhibited at our annual exhibition and launch event. We’re open to experimental takes on the definition of ‘portrait’ — to get a sense of what we’re after, we recommend reading past issues of Profiles. Ensure you read our guidelines in full before submitting your work.
Artwork: ‘Mama in Her Red Chelsea Boots’, oil on canvas, by Rosie O’Mahony in Profiles Issue 4.
Artist Payment Policy
Profiles is proud to receive financial support from the Arts Council of Ireland and Dublin City Council in 2026. As such, we are delighted to be able to offer increased rates of payment to all contributors to Issue 5.
Commissioned writers and artists will receive €600 each for their work, as well as an additional fee of €125 for the time they invest in meeting each other and the editors to collaborate.
Writers, translators and artists whose work is received via our submission call will receive a flat fee of €400 each.
The cover artist will receive a flat fee of €500.
We will pay an additional €100 to each contributor who records a reading of their work and/or takes part in an interview for the annual Profiles radio special, broadcast by Dublin Digital Radio.
We will also pay €100 to each contributor who reads or discusses their work at the launch event.
Contribution fees are paid prior to publication of the issue. Those taking part in the radio show or launch event will be paid within 14 days of the recording or performance.
We clearly communicate the fees and scope of work required upon initial contact with all contributors. We are also transparent about how their work will be used beyond the publication of the issue, including in promotional materials.
We respect all contributors’ rights to negotiate their payment.
All payments are made via electronic bank transfer.
All of the above fees are ring-fenced within our budget; artist payment is not affected if overruns occur elsewhere in our operations.
Copyright remains with the contributor.