Daylight Savings Time is about to begin, which means you can use the extra sunlight to get that work done! Workshop and Lab season is officially in full swing!
This is your monthly compilation of fellowships, competitions, festivals, and grants that you can apply for. All the most pertinent information will be right here at your fingertips and in your inbox. We can bring the opportunity to you, but it is up to you to get that work in by those deadlines. Polish up that pilot you’ve been working on, get that short film private link ready to go, and hunker down to dive into these grants. You got this!
Writing Fellowships
The Writers Lab | Deadline: March 10, 2020
Requirements: Script registered with the WGA, must be a woman over the age of 40, original script/writing sample | LINK
Sundance Episodic Lab | Deadline: March 11, 2020
Requirements: Original pilot, bio, series logline/overview, personal statement, thematic statement | LINK
WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab
Regular Deadline: March 15, 2020 | LINK
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition
Late Deadline: March 20, 2020 | Requirements: Original pilot or feature script, application | LINK
Launchpad Writing Competition
Regular Deadline: March 27, 2020 | Requirements: Original pilot script under 70 pages, application | LINK
Screencraft Sci-fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
Final Deadline: March 31, 2020 | LINK
Slamdance Screenwriting Competition
Early Deadline: April 6, 2020 | Requirements: Original writing sample LINK
Cine Qua Non Lab
Deadline: April 20th, 2020 | Requirements: developing a narrative feature film, completed narrative feature scripts ready for the revision process | LINK
ViaCBS Writer Mentorship Program
Deadline: May 1, 2020 | Requirements: Original+spec script, application | LINK
Youth Fellowships/Internships
Translation Come Up 2020 Internship
Deadline: March 6, 2020 | Requirements: Application, work sample, essay questions | LINK
Made in Her Image Outreach/Web Development & Graphic Design/Production Intern
Requirements: 10-15 hours a week minimum for 12 weeks | LINK
Ghetto Film School Fellows Program
Deadline: April 1, 2020 | Requirements: Between ages 14-18, enrolled in school | LINK
Directing Fellowships
Sundance Ignite Short Program
Deadline: March 17, 2020 | Requirements: Short film no longer than 15 minutes, between the ages of 18-25. | LINK
Realscreen Propelle Content Accelerator
Deadline: March 27, 2020 | Requirements: Pitch deck, sizzle reel, resume, essay | LINK
SHOOT New Directors Showcase
Deadline: March 31, 2020 | Requirements: Directing professionally for less than three years. | LINK
Editing Fellowships
The Karen Schmeer Editing Fellowship
Deadline: March 20, 2020 | Requirements: Applicants must have edited at least one feature-length documentary but no more than three feature-length films (fiction and/or documentary) | LINK
Film Festivals
Cannes Lions | Early Bird Deadline: March 12, 2020 | LINK
Salute Your Shorts Festival | Early Deadline: March 13, 2020 | LINK
NALIP Official Selection Showcase | Regular Deadline: March 31, 2020 | LINK
Manchester International Womens Film Festival | Early Bird Deadline: April 30, 2020 | LINK
Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival | Regular Deadline: May 19, 2020 | LINK
Film Grants
Sloan Distribution Grant | Deadline: Rolling Basis | LINK
Sharjah Short Film Production Grant | Deadline: March 15, 2020 | LINK
If you know of any opportunities you’d like to put on our radar and share with our community, feel free to email us at [email protected]
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