The Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting is a one-year fellowship that is awarded to an emerging screenwriter under 25.
Donor Name: The Black List
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 01/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The fellowship recipient will receive a $10,000 stipend to support their development of an original screenplay (not the script used to opt in to the fellowship) and they will be mentored during the course of the fellowship year by a prominent screenwriter.
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide an opportunity for an emerging screenwriter to develop an original screenplay and to provide them with training and educational resources about screenwriting. The Writers Guild Initiative (WGI) is looking for diverse and unique voices, and for projects that are character-driven and personal in nature. They are exclusively seeking feature films: no shorts, plays, fiction manuscripts, or TV pilots will be accepted at this time. For the avoidance of doubt, the screenwriter will retain all rights in their original screenplay.
Eligibility Requirements
- Entrant must host a full-length feature screenplay on blcklst.com for at least one week during the submission period – September 30, 2024 through January 10, 2025
- Entrant must be the sole and exclusive author of the screenplay submitted for consideration.
- Entrant must be over the age of 18 and no older than the age of 25 by 12/31/24 and competent to contract.
- Entrant must not be represented by an agent or manager in the film or television industry at the time Entrant opts into this program.
- Entrant must be a US citizen or a legal permanent resident.
For more information, visit The Black List.
