The ScreenCraft Fellowship gets you exposure, access and validation. Over 30 professionals are ready to meet with each screenwriter selected. This is THE fellowship to introduce you to Hollywood.
No other screenwriting program has had the consistent, high impact success the ScreenCraft Fellowship delivers. Our team works with you to understand you and your writing. We have developed these industry relationships and are ready to match you with your wishlist.
With the support of ScreenCraft, former fellows have been hired to write film and television for Netflix, Apple TV+, ABC, The CW, Amazon, FX, NBC, Hulu, and more.
Fellows expand their network through virtual industry meetings. Past fellows have met with companies like Warner Bros., Blumhouse, Bad Robot, and have landed representation with Good Fear, Gersh, Brillstein, CAA, 3 Arts, UTA, and others.
You'll be in good company. Check out several Fellowship Alumni from previous years.
2022 Fellow, Signed with a manager at The Cartel
"The biggest thing I worked on with Screencraft was strategizing representation. After I won [2022 Screencraft Fellowship] and we connected, ScreenCraft helped me navigate the decision process and talk through my thoughts about the meetings. I ultimately signed with The Cartel and am super excited to be able to work with them! I feel really lucky to have had a teammate in Screencraft to answer any questions I had along the way. "
2021 Fellow, Staffed on a Disney Series
"ScreenCraft's amazing reputation was the first thing that drew me in, and the prize of participating in Fellowship Week (which consists of anywhere from 15-35 General Meetings with top Managers, Agents, Executives, and some Showrunners) is what completely cinched it for me. The meetings were absolutely incredible. In fact, on the very first day I signed with Cavalry! And I was able to take that incredible news and momentum into all the rest of the meetings, as well as have my Manager help me strategize for big ones and follow up with everyone I met."
2020 Fellow, Signed with Gersh and sold pilot to Amazon
"As creators we often think about the movies and tv shows we loved growing up, and idolize those very people who made them. The great thing about ScreenCraft is once you win, those idols of yours officially become your colleagues. The transition from fan to fellow filmmaker is strategic and nurturing. With each introduction and meeting your web grows and your dream has now become your career. The networking at this organization is invaluable."
2019 Fellow, Signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners and hired by CW and CBS as a writer
"When all our hopes and dreams rely on someone opening a door for us, well…a gentle knock on the right door is louder than banging on all doors. Winning ScreenCraft Fellowship jump-started my career. They immediately understood where I wanted to go, and what I needed and they worked with me as if my dream was theirs."
2018 Fellow, Staffed writer on USA’s TV show QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
"The Fellowship week of meetings was invaluable; I’m fairly certain I wouldn’t have a career without it. I had the opportunity to sit down with executives at Netflix, Universal, and Bad Robot, and those dozen-plus meetings I took taught me something that would have taken years to learn without ScreenCraft: meeting etiquette and becoming more confident pitching myself as a writer."
2017 Fellow, Signed with Writ Large Management and WME, hired by Netflix to write several films for the streamer
"I can’t begin to express how beneficial the ScreenCraft Fellowship was for my career. It put me in rooms I would have never otherwise gotten into. It gave me valuable experience pitching my projects. It helped land me a manager. And the ScreenCraft staff, have been my relentless cheerleaders ever since."
2017 Fellow, Hired to write on Netflix series “In From the Cold”
"ScreenCraft gave me a much-needed boost of confidence at a moment when I felt discouraged and stagnant in my career. With that new surge of energy and validation, I was able to recommit to my work and regain a sense of purpose and hope."
2015 Fellow, Signed with multiple agents at United Talent Agency and a manager at 3 Arts Entertainment
"There is going to be that moment where the timeline splits and it puts us down that path of being a working, professional writer. For me, the ScreenCraft Fellowship was what made that possible. John and Cameron chose me as one of the winners, and made the introduction to my incredible manager at 3Arts which led to other successes including being staffed as a writer on a critically acclaimed Netflix series, selling my TV pilot script to a studio and signing with 3 agents at UTA."
2014 Fellow, Signed with Manager at Zero Gravity
"Through the people I met during the ScreenCraft Fellowship, I signed with a literary manager, moved to Los Angeles, and began to connect my creative instincts to people who actually make movies as their day job. It accelerated everything. The ScreenCraft Fellowship week also introduced me to a development assistant at a major production company who, after he was promoted, and based upon his love for my ScreenCraft-winning script, brought me in three years later to pitch for a feature film writing assignment. The world needs fresh voices fighting to tell stories that bring us together, and challenge us to examine what continues to divide us. I tell you with all sincerity, ScreenCraft is seeking to not only discover those voices, but help nurture and connect them to the world."
The winners will be chosen based on the following criteria:
In addition to the scoring criteria for the script, ScreenCraft may conduct interviews and send questionnaires to learn more about the entrant, their voice, perspective, and goals to help identify the winning projects. Top scripts are read by the industry jury who votes for their favorite scripts at their sole discretion.
ScreenCraft Add-on Prize Selection:
Criteria for Winners and Finalists:
Regular Deadline is on Dec 31, 2024