Updated Fellowship Deadlines & WGF Writer's Support Staff Training Program Info
Here's your next couple months of deadlines!
Happy April, everyone!
I just wanted to send a quick update to let you know I’ve updated the 2023 TV & Film Writing Fellowships & Labs Guide.
So, here are the next couple months of updated deadlines:
APRIL:
Humanitas New Voices Fellowship (TV & Film): 4/14/23 (final deadline)
SFFILM Rainin Grant (Film): 4/28/23 (final deadline)
MAY:
Academy Nicholl Fellowships (Film): 5/1/23 (final deadline)
Paramount Writers Mentoring Program (TV): 5/1/23
1497 Features Lab (Film): 5/5/23
Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab & Screenwriters Intensive (Film): 5/15/23
WGF Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program (TV): 5/18/23
(Disney) DGE Content Writing Program (TV): opens May 2023. (Deadline probably 5/31/23)
The Disruptors (TV): opens May 2023. (Deadline TBD)
JULY:
Black List Features Lab (Film): 7/16/23 (Optional evaluation deadline 6/16/23)
(If you’re just finding this newsletter and don’t have the fellowship guide, it’s sent out free to all subscribers.)
And to spotlight one of the new entries: if you or someone who you know is looking to become a Writer’s Assistant or Script Coordinator, the WGF’s Support Staff training program is taking applications on April 20, with the deadline of May 18th. Here’s the info:
WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION WRITERS’ ACCESS SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM
This 12-week program provides writers who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled or over the age of 50 with training and education to become a writers assistant and script coordinator. By the end of the semester, participants will “have working knowledge to integrate into a writers' room and crucial connections to access these opportunities.” Also, “Graduates of the program will be included in an ongoing list of trained writers’ assistants and script coordinators (WA/SCs) primarily from underrepresented groups, which will be made available to studios, networks and showrunners, in order to increase the pool of eligible hires.”
APPLICATIONS OPEN: 4/20/23
DEADLINE: 5/18/23
DATES: Runs between August & October 2023. Zoom classes run on Thursday nights from 7-9:30 PST.
LINKS: https://www.wgfoundation.org/programs/writers-access-support-staff-training-program
And here’s a recent Info Session about the program:
COST: $0
ELIGIBILITY:
Targeted towards underrepresented voices in the television industry. BIPOC writers, LGBTQ+ writers, disabled writers, and writers over the age of 50 are encouraged to apply.
Applicants must be interested in pursuing employment in a support staff position, namely that of a Writers’ Assistant or Script Coordinator
Authorized to work in the United States
Able to provide a writing sample upon request
SUBMISSION PACKET:
Applicants need to submit:
A resume (writing resume not required, any professional resume will do.)
A brief personal statement
Your writing experience, preferred genres, and creative influences.
NOTE: The submission info does say you will need to provide a writing sample upon request, but it doesn’t look like it’s necessary during the initial application.
Happy Submitting!