CALL FOR APPLICATIONS II 2025 Multi-Disciplinary Storyteller

Applications will be reviewed and selected by Telling Tales Programming Staff for our annual Telling Tales Festival.

2025 Multi-Displinary Storyteller Applications Are Open! 

Deadline extended to February 7th, 2025

 

At Telling Tales, we believe every story deserves a chance to be heard—through a book, a song, a workshop, or even visual art!

As we gear up for the 2025 Telling Tales Festival, we’re on the search for multi-disciplinary storytellers to perform at the festival. They could be a writer, a musical performer, a visual artist, or any kind of storyteller with a passion for connecting with young audiences. In addition to paid compensation, performers at the Telling Tales Festival enjoy the chance to access free training with an occupational therapist to improve the accessibility of their performance and connect with 12,000 in-person attendees plus 20,000 more through our mailing list, website, and social media.

Apply here: Link

Telling Tales values many forms of storytelling. If you are another kind of storyteller, such as an oral storyteller, musician, visual artist, or slam poet (to list just a few) we encourage you to apply.

Applications will be reviewed and selected by Telling Tales Programming Staff for our annual Telling Tales Festival.

To apply you must:

  • Provide contact information for the primary contact
  • Be available to present in-person at the Royal Botanical Gardens’ Hendrie Park in Burlington, ON on Saturday, September 19, 2025 and/or Sunday, September 20, 2025
  • Apply Here to share your act!

 

About us: Telling Tales is a charitable organization dedicated to inspiring a love of reading and storytelling in children of all ages. Through our annual festival, year-round programming, and community partnerships, we celebrate the art of storytelling in all its forms—books, music, performance, and more. We bring together talented creators, build confidence, and improve literacy skills in young minds, empowering them to explore, imagine and create within the literary world.

 

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