ScreenCraft
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship
2022
Reads in Coverfly
Active Since 2013
This career changing fellowship has led to dozens of writers signed by representation. Fellows have been hired to write for Netflix, Apple TV+, ABC, Amazon, FX, NBC, Hulu, and more.
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About

ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship is a program designed to provide career guidance with personalized plans of action and thoughtfully curated industry meetings for emerging screenwriters. It  is a growing and thriving community of talented screenwriters with meaningful connections to industry mentors. 

The program provides 7 days of intensive meeting and 3 months of personalized career consultation for emerging writers.  Every year, three chosen Fellows receive ongoing professional support, mentorship, and personal introductions to key entertainment professionals.

ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship is open to any writer applying with a finished draft of television pilot or feature-length project. Apply now to start your professional writing career and to be a part of ScreenCraft’s growing community of talented screenwriters with meaningful connections to industry mentors.


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Benefits

THE MENTORS

The three winning writers will receive mentorship meetings with the following industry heavyweights.


Julie Plec

TV Writer, Producer and Showrunner, VAMPIRE DIARIES, THE ORIGINALS, ROSWELL

Julie Plec is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of THE ORIGINALS, LEGACIES and co-creator of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, that ran for eight seasons and more than 300 episodes. She is also an Executive Producer of ROSWELL, NM on the CW, upcoming THE GIRLS ON THE BUS with Greg Berlanti, and recently signed an overall deal with Universal Television.

David Rabinowitz

Oscar-winning screenwriter, BLACKKKLANSMAN

David Rabinowitz is an Academy Award-winning co-writer of the Spike Lee film BLACKKKLANSMAN. He got his start working as a multimedia producer for the Wall Street Journal. David and his writing partner Charlie Wachtel are currently penning an action-thriller called THACHER ISLAND for Berlanti Productions, which is an adaptation of the book Animal by NY Times bestselling author Casey Sherman.

Javier “Javi” Grillo-Marxuach

TV Writer & Showrunner, LOST, DARK CRYSTAL, COWBOY BEBOP, and more

JAVIER "Javi" GRILLO-MARXUACH is a prolific writer of television, movies, comic books, essays, and interactive media best known as one of the Emmy Award-winning writer/producers of Lost (Outstanding Drama Series, 2005) and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Outstanding Children's Program, 2020) and as creator of the comic book and ABC Family television series The Middleman.


THE PRIZES

ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Week provides an intensive week of invaluable industry access and professional networking opportunities for emerging writers to succeed. The ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Curriculum details are as follows:


3  emerging writers are selected for ongoing mentorship and professional support .

  • Three months of one-on-one consultation with ScreenCraft writer development team.
  • Networking opportunities to build relationships within the industry
  • 7  days of intensive professional meetings with literary agents, managers and studio executives.
  • Mentorship support from previous Fellowship winners. 

Writer Success

This is a game-changer. Screencraft has opened doors for me that I could only dream of. Cameron and Donnita go above and beyond to support their writers. I am still being read by some of the biggest decision-makers in town, but I know the perfect rep for me is looking at my work right now because of Screencraft and their efforts. If you are serious about writing and have a voice apply and use the coverage option. Use their experts to give you feedback. It is worth every penny.
Shawn-Caulin Young
2022 Winner
Thanks in large part to placing as a Finalist in the Screencraft Fellowship and the chance to work with the team at Screencraft and Coverfly on my career's next steps, I signed with my manager at Industry Entertaiment. The team here cares about the writers who place in their competitions - I'm extremely grateful to them for all they've done for my career.
Griff Jones
2022 Finalist
Signed with Jesse Bloch at Industry Entertainment
ScreenCraft set up a general with Ari for Fellowship Week, and after that it was all history (I signed)!
Vanita Borwankar
2021 Winner
Signed with Ari Zudkewich at Cavalry Media
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Announcements

May 4th
Semifinalists
Jun 1st
Finalists
Jul 6th
Winners

Rules

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COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP: ScreenCraft or any other partner, employee or agent associated with this contest claims no ownership nor first right of option to any original screenplay submitted to this contest. All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remains with the original rights holders until and unless other agreements are made.
PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited by law, participation in the contest constitutes each entrant’s consent to ScreenCraft and its agents’ and contest sponsor’s use of entrants’ names, likenesses, photographs, and/or personal information for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration. All uses of entrants' information are in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
REFUND POLICY: All entries are non-refundable.
SITE TERMS OF SERVICE. All ScreenCraft Terms of Service apply in addition to these rules and eligibility criteria.
DATA MANAGEMENT AND PRIVACY. Entries for this competition are managed on the submission platform Coverfly, and ScreenCraft (a d/b/a of Red Ampersand, Inc) uses other data management tools, including but not limited to, Google Services and Amazon Web Services, to securely manage your data. ScreenCraft is not accountable for any data hacks (internal or external) or user errors that may release scripts or writer data unintentionally.
ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE: BY ENTERING THE CONTEST YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THESE CONDITIONS. You agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless ScreenCraft, ScreenCraft.org, its subsidiary, parent and affiliated companies, Prize contributors, judges, screenplay readers, Sponsors, and any other organizations responsible for administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and every one of their respective members, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) past and present from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to damages and negligence to property and persons, including but not limited to invasion of privacy, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, copyright, infringement of trademark or other intellectual property rights relating to a participant’s Entry, participation in the Contest and/or acceptance or use or misuse of Prize; provided however, that such release will not apply to any commercial exploitation of the script by a Released Party in violation of your rights under applicable copyright law; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the ScreenCraft.org and its Sponsor, agents and employees from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s use or misuse of Prize. Employees of ScreenCraft and their immediate families are ineligible to participate in this contest. Any such submission will be immediately disqualified. ENTRY TO THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED or restricted by any Federal, State or Local law. Voided entries will be refunded. Recipients’ eligibility will be verified before the grant is awarded and the winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility. By entering the contest, you authorize us to use any trusted third-party online and cloud-based services and databases for hosting, managing and/or transmitting your submission file(s). The governing law is California.

For full set of eligibility and rules, please visit: https://screencraft.org/fellowship/