Attention: Rising College Seniors

Check this out if you are interested in screenwriting and graduate in 2018.

For the Second Year, WGI Partners with The Black List To Identify Short List for The Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting

Note that this fellowship is for current undergraduate seniors transitioning into the professional world of screenwriting only who will graduate by spring/summer 2018.
 
For the second year, the Writers Guild Initiative’s Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting will source their short list via The Black List website. The MCMF is a one-year fellowship awarded to a graduating undergraduate senior who plans to pursue a career in screenwriting upon completion of his or her undergraduate degree in spring/summer 2018. The winner receives a $10,000 stipend to write an original screenplay, and is mentored during the course of the fellowship year by a prominent screenwriter. This program, now in its 10th year, is a partnership between the Writers Guild Initiative and the King Family Foundation, hosted by The Black List.
 
The MCMF specifically seeks diverse and emerging voices with writing projects that are character-driven and personal in nature. Feature film scripts only; no shorts or TV pilots at this time. 
 
Students enrolled in any degree program at any accredited college in the United States can opt into the fellowship. 2017 Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship recipient Joe Walters (BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN) was “in a Radiologic Technology program at a technical college, you know, not film school.” Read more about his experience in his interview on The Black List Blog.
 
The deadline to opt in to this opportunity is October 1, 2017.

Immediately thereafter, The Black List will choose a short list of fifteen screenplays to send to the Writers Guild Initiative selection committee for consideration. The Fellowship recipient will be selected by WGI by calendar year’s end. The winner may also have the opportunity to attend the Writers Guild Awards in New York City in February 2018.
 
The first 30 students to opt-in to the fellowship will receive a free month of hosting and two free evaluations on blcklst.com. In order to qualify for this, applicants should do the following:

1. Create an account at blcklst.com/register/writer.
2. Upload a feature length screenplay.
3. Opt the feature script into consideration for the fellowship — you’ll need to enter your .edu email address and graduation year.
4. Writers will then receive an email letting them know whether or not they were one of the first 30 applicants. If they are, they will receive credit for 2 free evaluations that they can use by logging back into their account. If they are not, they may still purchase an evaluation if they’d like.

For more in-depth information about opting in click here.