A Comprehensive List of The Best Screenwriting Fellowships

Everyone has their own breaking in story, and many of them come from applying to and being accepted by screenwriting fellowships.

I wanted to create a comprehensive list of these programs for you to overturn every stone possible while going on your writing journey.

So let’s jump into it below.

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The Best Screenwriting Fellowships

Academy Nicholl Fellowship

• Application Dates: Typically opens at the start of the year; closes May 1.

Austin Film Festival Screenplay and Teleplay Competition

• Application Dates: Typically opens at the start of the year; closes in May.

Black List / Women in Film Episodic Lab

• Application Dates: Typically open from June-August.

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment New Writers Fellowship

• Application Dates: Submission opens on October 16.

Disney Entertainment TV Writing Program

• Application Dates: Usually deadline on November.

Film Independent Screenwriting Lab

• Application Dates: Typically closes in October.

Film Independent Episodic Lab

• Application Dates: Typically closes in February.

Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest

• Application Dates: Typically opens in the beginning of the year; closes in July.

Fox Entertainment Writers Incubator

• Application Dates: Final deadline is usually in January.

Humanitas New Voices

• Application Dates: Final deadline is usually in April.

National Hispanic Media Coalition Series Scriptwriters Program

• Application Dates: Typically opens and closes in the spring.

NBCUniversal Launch TV Writers Program

• Application Dates: Typically opens in February.

Nickelodeon Writing Program

• Application Dates: Application opens in October. Deadline is November 15.

Paramount Writers Mentoring Program

• Application Dates: Typically open from April – May.

ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship

• Application Dates: Typically opens in the Fall.

Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room

• Application Dates: Typically open from May-June.

Sundance Episodic Storytelling Lab

• Application Dates: Typically opens in February.

Tribeca All Access

• Application Dates: Typically open from September-November.

Universal Writers Lab

• Application Dates: Typically opens and closes in October.

Warner Bros. Discovery Access Comedic Voices Program

• Application Dates: Opens June 6-July 1

Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop

• Application Dates: Currently on hold. Details will be posted at a later date.

WarnerMedia Access Writing Fellowship

• Application Dates: Application opens March 8. Deadline is March 21.

The Writers Lab NYC

• Application Dates: Typically open from January-March.

Let me know what ones I missed in the comments.