Mar 19th
Due Date
WGA East
Writers Guild of America East & FilmNation New York Screenwriting Fellowship
2025
Active Since 2025
This Screenwriting Fellowship is for early-career, greater NYC-based screenwriters who are under-represented in the film industry.
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About

The New York Screenwriting Fellowship is for early-career, greater NYC-based screenwriters who are under-represented in the film industry and have demonstrated a rigorous commitment to their craft. Up to eight writers will be provided with both a screenwriting mentor and an executive mentor, as well as seminars, receptions, and other introductions, as they develop a new feature length screenplay during the Fellowship period. The goal of The New York Screenwriting Fellowship is to diversify the writers who have access to the meetings and projects that offer career sustainability.


Note: The New York Screenwriting Fellowship is a hybrid program. Applicants accepted to the Fellowship are required to attend virtual and in-person seminars and group writing sessions a minimum of two sessions per week for the duration of the program (June through October). In-person meetings will take place at either the WGA East or FilmNation Entertainment offices in New York City.

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Mar 19th
Due Date
Submissions to Writers Guild of America East & FilmNation New York Screenwriting Fellowship
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Benefits

Up to eight writers will be provided with both a screenwriting mentor and an executive mentor, as well as seminars, receptions, and other introductions, as they develop a new feature length screenplay during the Fellowship. The Fellowship will culminate with table reads of the participants’ works and a reception with leaders of the New York film industry.


The NY Screenwriting Fellowship is a partnership between FilmNation Entertainment and the Writers Guild of America East as they continue their championing of industry inclusion and fostering communities of writers. The NY Fellowship marks FilmNation’s and WGA East’s commitment to serving diverse, emerging talent and supporting New York City as a thriving hub of the entertainment industry. Final Draft is serving as the sponsor of the 2025 Fellowship and will provide NY Fellowship participants with software and other promotional materials.


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The New York Screenwriting Fellowship program will accept up to 100 applications, until Wednesday, March 19th 2025, on a first come first served basis.

The application process for the New York Screenwriting Fellowship will proceed in three rounds. 

All applicants will be required to submit:

1. a maximum of 500-word artistic statement on the focus of the writers work career highlights and the significance of this program at this career stage; 

2. a resume; 

3. a completed WGA-registered feature screenplay. and summary; and 

4. a WGA-registered treatment for the project that the writer would like to work on during the fellowship. 

Please click this link to register your script (if not already registered).

ROUND 1: During the Round 1 blind review period, 100 screenplays will each be scored by two WGA screenwriters. The top 40 applications will be reviewed by program staff to determine the 20 screenplays that will progress for Round 2.

ROUND 2: Round 2 will consist of a blind review by WGA screenwriters of the sample script and summary, as well as the treatment for the NY Fellowship project.

ROUND 3: Up to 12 applicants will be named finalists and invited to interview in May 2025 with NY Fellowship staff for up to eight fellowship seats.

Application status notifications will be provided when the participating NY Fellowship writers are determined in May 2025.