We are thrilled to announce that submissions for the Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting are open again for the 17th year! They will be open until January 10, 2025. Click here for the submission page. Find more info below and on Blcklst!
The Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting is a one-year fellowship awarded to an outstanding emerging screenwriter. The recipient will receive a $10,000 stipend to support the development of an original screenplay (not the script used to opt into the fellowship) as well as mentorship by a prominent screenwriter over the course of the fellowship year.
This program, now in its 17th year, is a partnership between the Writers Guild Initiative and the King Family Foundation. This is the fellowship’s ninth year hosted on blcklst.com.
Please note this fellowship is for screenwriters between the ages of 18-25 who will be no older than 25 years of age as of December 31, 2024.
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. The screenwriter will retain all rights to their original screenplay.
