2014 Black List Screenwriters Lab submission period now open
From the Black List:
In late August, the Black List will invite six promising feature film writers identified by the Black List script evaluation service to an all-expense paid intensive writers workshop from September 29 to October 4 in downtown Las Vegas. Go Into The Story blogger Scott Myers is already confirmed as a mentor. Four additional mentors will be announced in the coming months. (The mentors for the 2013 Lab were Billy Ray, Kiwi Smith, Brian Koppelman, and Jenny Lumet.)
Hosted by the Las Vegas Downtown Project (recently profiled in the New York Times), the Labs are part of a broader initiative, Writing Downtown, focused on building a writing community in the newly revitalized city.
Each writer will workshop one screenplay through a peer advisory work and one-on-one sessions with each screenwriting mentor. The week will also include nightly special industry guests and tours of Zappos.com and the Las Vegas Downtown Project.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
On August 1, fifteen writers will be invited, based on the strength of their scripts as evaluated by the Black List screenplay evaluation service, to submit a professional resume and a one-page personal statement, due on August 8.
From those personal statements, Lab screenwriting mentors and the Black List will select six writers to invite to Las Vegas.
Evaluations initiated before midnight July 1 will be guaranteed consideration.
Accommodations (private bedrooms in three bedroom apartments shared with fellow participants), coach travel from a major US airport, food, and reasonable incidentals will be covered for all participants.
Writers who meet the below criteria can opt their scripts into consideration for the Lab selection process during uploading or via the writer dashboard portion of the website:
- You are the sole and exclusive author of the screenplay submitted for consideration. Writing teams are not eligible.
- You have not received more than $50K in aggregate to date as compensation for film or television writing work.
- If selected on August 1 as one of the fifteen writers to submit a resume and personal statement for additional consideration, you will deliver that personal statement by noon PST on August 8
- If selected for participation in the Lab program, you are available to be flown from a major US airport to Las Vegas, NV in order to participate in the Lab program from September 29 — October 4, 2014.
Having participated in the inaugural Black List Screenwriters Lab last year, I can attest to how great it was. You can go here to read about the 2013 event and see some comments by the screenwriters selected to participate.
It’s a great opportunity, one definitely worthy checking out.
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