About
There are no short cuts like the Fast Track! Launch your screenwriting career with the ISA Fast Track Fellowship--where two writers gain exclusive access to top agents, managers, and producers in a week of career-defining meetings. Join the ranks of past fellows who've signed with major agencies like CAA and ICM, and had their scripts optioned for development deals. Apply today.
For 11 seasons, the ISA Fast Track Fellowship has been the premier screenwriting fellowship for writers on the rise.
Two ISA Fast Track Fellows meet with eight top level agents, managers, producers, and executives during a whirlwind week of career acceleration with guidance from an ISA Development Executive.
Past seasons' executive meetings include writers, producers, directors and execs from ICM, CAA, The Bear, Cross, Ted Lasso, LA LA Land, Whiplash, I Feel Pretty, Harriet, Lessons in Chemistry, Dear White People, The Walking Dead, and What Women Want, among others. Fellows are then accepted onto the ISA Development Slate for a minimum of one year. Throughout the year, ISA development executives champion and pitch these writers and their projects to our industry partners actively looking for material to produce.
Seven Category Selections will receive $500 cash each, be evaluated for acceptance onto the ISA Development Slate, and go on to be considered for the two Fast Track Fellowships. We are looking for the freshest, most original, and most personal writing in all of these categories:
Action/Adventure
Comedy
Drama
Historical/Biographical
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Suspense (Mystery, Crime, Horror, Thriller)
Spec Scripts ----> NOW ACCEPTING SPECS!
Don't forget to add Full Script Notes to your order. We also offer a great Development Evaluation and the ISA Accelerator (see benefits section for more information).
Prices & Deadlines
Jun 19th
Regular
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Jul 31st
Final
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Feature + Full Script Notes
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$128.00
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$138.00
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TV Pilot + Full Script Notes
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$128.00
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$138.00
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Feature + ISA Development Evaluation
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$199.00
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$199.00
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TV Pilot + ISA Development Evaluation
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$199.00
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$199.00
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Feature + ISA Accelerator
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$899.00
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$899.00
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TV Pilot + ISA Accelerator
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$899.00
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$899.00
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Feature
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$59.00
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$79.00
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TV Pilot
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$59.00
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$79.00
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Benefits
All applicants receive a FREE three-month trial to Videomaker’s premium Professional digital subscription, which features access to 59 video-making courses, a library worth $240, crafted to support creators at every level.
2 Fast Track Fellows Receive
- 8 general meetings with studio / development executives & literary reps
- A pitch practice session
- Pre Fast Track Week prep session with Suzanne Gundersen, Inner Story Consultant
- Year-long script development and guidance
- Invitation onto the ISA Development Slate
- A 12-Month ISAConnect Membership
- Fellowship announcements to media outlets
- Selected from 7 Top Category Selections
7 Category Selections (Listed in Program Description Above) Receive
- $500 cash each
- The Craft Course in Screenwriting ($299 value)
- Consideration for acceptance onto the ISA Development Slate
- Selected from Top 50
Top 50 Receive
- Free six-month trial of Pro Annual Plus Videomaker membership.
- 3-Month ISAConnect Membership
- Consideration for the 7 Top Category Selections
All writers at every level are welcome to apply. Our mission, as always, is to shine a light on writers looking to open new doors. We have our eye on the future of this industry and are genuinely looking to amplify unique stories.
All general meetings with executives are online.
FULL SCRIPT NOTES (Feature or TV Pilot):
Receive up to three pages of notes covering your entire screenplay. Receive actionable criticism to expand upon your narrative's existing strengths and identify any potential concerns.
- Refine your work's characters, dialogue, plot, structure, and formatting.
- Fine-tune your project before submitting to agents, managers, and development executives.
- ISA DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION (Feature or TV Pilot):
- Up to 5 pages of extensive notes covering your entire screenplay.
- Receive a breakdown of each of your script’s fundamental elements.
- Develop and expand upon early drafts or rewrites to dissect problem areas to elevate your script to its final draft.
- High-scoring screenplays are considered by the Development Team for acceptance onto the Slate.
- ISA ACCELERATOR (Feature or TV Pilot):
- Four Full Script Reads by Two Story Executives
- A set of notes including a one-page synopsis, custom logline, and several pages of analysis uniquely tailored to your needs as a writer
- Four full script reads, two for each draft, by ISA Story Executives Jeffrey Ryan Morales and Felicity Wren
Two Recorded Video Consultations
- (45 to 60 minutes each) to discuss the analysis and give advice for revision
Consideration for the ISA Development Slate
- Your project will be considered for the ISA Development Slate. Over 80 projects from the Slate have been produced, and many writers have received representation. Please note that Development Slate consideration and selection is a highly competitive process.
Announcements
Rules
- Until further notice, all general meetings will be virtual.
- All writers from all countries are welcome to apply to the ISA Fast Track, however all scripts must be submitted in English, and application fees must be paid in U.S. dollars.
- Previous Fast Track Fellows may not apply in any future ISA Fast Track Fellowship.
- Script must be the original work of the applicant and may not be encumbered by any third party.
- Scripts that have been sold, produced for a profit, or are currently under option are not eligible.
- Original full-length feature screenplays and TV Pilots only are accepted. Anything else, including but not limited to short scripts or web series, novels, short stories, stage plays, musicals, treatments, synopses, reality show concepts, and/or documentaries are not eligible. Script submissions must be an original screenplay or teleplay.
- Screenplays adapted from the submitting writer's own self-published books, plays, or other source materials are eligible if the writer retains all rights to the work.
- Adaptations from other works are permissible provided the writer has written permission by the owner to adapt the material.
- Adaptations of works in the public domain are permissible.
- Co-written material will be accepted. However, any and all prizes issued will be based on a single applicant. Both writers can attend and participate in general meetings.
- Multiple submissions are accepted by one writer, however if one or more screenplays of the same writer tie, only one screenplay (the decided “best”) will be selected to determine the chosen "Fellow."
- The writer understands that script feedback can take up to 90-days turn-around time and may not be received before the end of the final application deadline.
- The ISA cannot guarantee feedback for the submitted script will be received within enough time to resubmit during the same season.
- Applicants must submit materials and payment online only.
- Once a script has been submitted, substitutions of new drafts or corrections may only be accepted within 24 hours of the original application. A revised draft of a script may be accepted after 24 hours if it is submitted as a new application with the appropriate fee.
- Promotional discounts or waivers offered may only be utilized at the time of submission.
- Promotional discounts or waivers offered may not apply on all submission platforms (i.e. Film Freeway).
- If a writer receives an Application Fee Waiver as part of a Feedback Promotion or otherwise, the waiver is valid only during the current season, unless an expiration date is otherwise specified. Application Fee Waivers will not be honored in subsequent seasons.
- Writers under the age of 18 years old must have parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate.
- Fellowship applicants must accept without reservation the decisions rendered by the judges.
- The writer understands that it is his/her sole responsibility to register material to be submitted with the U.S. Copyright Office and/or with the Writer’s Guild of America or the appropriate agency in his/her country.
- Applicants awarded a place in the Top 50 or higher understand and accept that the ISA will be free to use his/her name, likeness and voice for advertising or promotional purposes without additional consideration.
- Writers retain the rights to their screenplay.
- Applicants are non-exclusive to ISA Fast Track and may submit their screenplay to any other person, competition, producer, agent, publisher, and/or organization.
- No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for prizes is allowed.
- The ISAConnect Membership gift may only be used within 90 days and may not be combined with any current free membership.
- ISA will not be held responsible for general meeting cancellations or rescheduling.
- If Fast Track Fellows miss or are late to a general meeting, the ISA makes no guarantees to reschedule.
- Length requirements are as follows: 1). Full-Length Features: 70-120 pages. 2). TV Pilots: Up to 70 pages.
- If applicant orders feedback a $1 per page fee may be charged separately over 120 pages, not including the Title Page, or the reader may only read the first 120 pages.
- Standard title pages should be included: listing the script title, name of author(s), telephone number, and email address. Applicants will not be disqualified if it is not included.
- Under no circumstances should the writer include name or contact information within the body of the script.
- ISA is not responsible for any applicant errors or omissions on any submitted application materials.
- Synopses, casting suggestions, letters, resumes and photos will not be considered. TV Pilot submissions may include standard supplementary materials, such as lists of recurring characters and future episodes.
- The writer accepts, without reservation, that the submitted logline and screenplay will be reviewed by ISA staff and/or panel of Industry Judges for evaluation and that any one of these employees, or judges may have been or may be exploring ideas similar to the submitted material, and the applicant hereby waives any claim that the ISA and Fast Track, its staff or judges may have misappropriated any ideas or portions of the submission, logline or screenplay.
- There are no refunds for any reason after 24 hours from submission.
- The writer understands and accepts without reservation that he/she is an independent contractor and that Fast Track Administrators are not responsible for withholding any taxes or payments to any government agency, at any level, be it state, local or federal.
- By submitting to this fellowship, the writer's email address will be added to the contest database as well as the International Screenwriters' Association newsletter for weekly updates, contest promotions and other notifications. The writer may unsubscribe at any time.
- It is our full intention to fulfill all prizes as posted. However, due to an unlikely event, act of God or other, we reserve the right to update or edit prizes.
- The Fellow will be recorded during interviews and the ISA has the right to use their name, likeness and voice for educational and promotional purposes.
- To submit materials and be considered, the writer must agree to the Rules.
