Nicholl Fellowship winners announced

From the AMPAS:

Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive a prestigious $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on November 12.This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):

• Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
• Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
• John Griffin, Los Angeles, “Dream Before Waking”
• Nidhi Anna Verghese, Los Angeles, “Jallianwala Bagh”
• Jeff Williams, Wake Forest, N.C., “Pure”

Congrats to the honorees — and especially to Jeff Williams from North Carolina, the only winner not from LA.

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