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Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Nicholl Fellowships

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Objective

Each year, the Academy Nicholl screenwriting competition awards up to five $35,000 fellowships to amateur screenwriters. To enter, submit a feature length screenplay and entry fee via the online application when the competition is open for submissions. Fellowship winners are invited to participate in awards week ceremonies and seminars, receive individualized Academy member mentorship and are expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during their Fellowship year.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Early March 1, 2024 $50
Regular April 1, 2024 $70
Late May 1, 2024
12
$120

NEW FOR 2024: A maximum number of 5,500 entries will be accepted. The competition will close to applications once the maximum number of applications are submitted or the final deadline is reached—whichever occurs first. See website for details.

Notification: All entrants will receive notification of their status by e-mail sent by early August of each year. Quarterfinalist letters are e-mailed by early August. Semifinalist letters are e-mailed by early September.

Rules

No applicant may have earned more than $25,000 writing for film or television. Scripts should be in standard form, approximately 90-120 pages. Only PDF screenplays submitted through online application are accepted. Equal collaborations by exactly two writers are eligible. Adaptations of another person's work are not eligible, even if that work is in the public domain or if the entrant has acquired rights to the work.

Please see website for complete rules and guidelines.

Awards

Up to five $35,000 fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship recipients are expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during the fellowship year. Fellowship payments are subject to satisfactory progress of the recipient’s work, as judged by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee. Up to five fellowship recipients are selected from approximately 10-15 finalists in the competition. The winners are invited to participate in awards week activities.

The Academy reserves the right to grant no awards if, in the opinion of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee, no entry is of sufficient merit.

Nicholl Fellowships

Contact

1313 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
310-247-3010 (voice)

Web:
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
Email:
nicholl@oscars.org

Contact: Academy Nicholl Fellowships staff

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Contact

1313 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
310-247-3010 (voice)

Web:
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
Email:
nicholl@oscars.org

Contact: Academy Nicholl Fellowships staff

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Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
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Contest News

2002 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting – 171 Quarterfinalists

Of the 6,044 entrants in the 2002 Nicholl Fellowships competition, 300 advanced to the quarterfinals. Of those 300, 129 entrants advanced to the semifinals. Of those 129, 10 entrants advanced to the finals.



Jennifer M. Abu Hollander, High Mass
John S. Accursi, One Last Fling
Kevin Aldrich, The Flower Warrior
Neil W. Alumkal, Vortex
David J. Angsten, Gaia
Rita F. Barnett, Fairy Godmothers
Marta L. Bartholomew, Wrecking Ball
Christian Baskous & Andrew Ramsay, Billy Tierney
James L. Beggarly, Stolen Art
Dustin G. Beutin, Bataan
Stephen Blackburn, The Rock of Abandon
Michael R. Bucklin, The Deep Blue
Kate E. Buhrmaster, Watercolors
Tim Burns, The Comeback
Eric M. Butterman, Unidentified
Sylvia Cary, The Ladies War
Momo E. Casablanca, Simon Depth
Richard A. Chapkis, The Power of the Past
Christine Chepeleff, A New Way Home
Deborah Chesher, In A Heartbeat
Carol J. Clippinger, Timber McKenna
Will C. Conroy, Widow's Walk
Sean D. Cooney, Henry's Entirely Unexpected Chinese Adventure
Adam B. Cozad, The Bone Powder
Ken J. Cran, Maiden Voyage
Laurence M. Cruz, Vision Thing
John G. Culton, The Queen's Mark
Jonathon H. Dabach, Sex Fiends
Christine B. Davis, Loving Arms
Jeffrey R. Davis, Carolina Moon
Ramsey Dean, A Thousand Drops From Heaven
Andrew Debes, Outlined In Chalk
Kathleen A. Dexter, Fifth Life of the Catwoman
Eric H. Diekhans, Sunday River
Lauri M. Donahue, Herod
Margaret Doner, The Fifth Queen
Joshua J. Durkin, War Babies
Jay S. Durrwachter, The Reckoning
Marc T. Dyson, Cinder
Rafael Elortegui, Night Swimmers
Chris S. Elston & Douglas W. Elston, Fade to Gray
Michael R. Elyanow, Brutal Youth
Ike Evans, Nietzsche's Disciple
Gregory S. Eyman, Back To Ohio
Julian Eyres, God's Warrior
Michael D. Farris, The Catch
David H. Ferguson, I Will Follow (Leanfidh me)
Kathy L. Fielder, Revenge Imperative
Rich Figel, Inugami
Avi Fisher, Gabriel's Sonata
Brown Furlow, The Storyteller
Stephen A. Garvey, Cut Me Down
Tammy A. Gaudy, The Governor's Daughter
Matthew N. Gibbon, Turtles All The Way Down
John B. Goodman, Ghosts
Eric S. Gould, The Legend Of Earth And Sky
Jamie Gower, Perfect Landing
David M. Graham, Pitch
Robert W. Greaves, The Prince
Dennis J. Greza, Slow Dance With A Dead Man
Michelle P. Hamill, The Look of Love
Jonathan S. Hands, The Rainy Season
Jonathan S. Hands, Cimmerian
Kimberly Harwood, Dream Box
Terrence F. Hayes, Trust
Kevin C. Hegarty, In Search Of Angels
Joseph H. Hilley, The Third Heaven
Madeleine C. Holly-Rosing, Fairy Godmothers, Ltd.
Lisa A. Holton, The Plant
Sangwoo Hong, Jill & Jack
Roger C. Hull, DayTrippers
Letty A. Hummel, The Queen Of The Milky Way
Ryan D. Jahn, Imitation of Life
David H. Johnson, The Great Shady Glen Escape
Melissa L. Jones, Flyin' Shoes
Graham Justice, Race The Wind
Keith R. Justice, Liquid Soap
Jonathan J. Kaplan, The Achilles' Heel
Sid A. Kara, Jewel Is The Lotus
Jessie L. Keyt, The Boatman
Chris M. King, Touching Down
John D. Kretschmer & Joan C. Kretschmer, A Cooperstown Christmas
Kurt R. Kuenne, Explode
Johanna E. Lack & Maria Goodavage, Tesla & Edison
Christopher S. Larsen, Jon Weyland, 25, Survived By His Mother
Randall Lavender, No Turning Back
Malcolm A. Lawson, Blackout
Angela M. Lemire, Scotty
Simon Levy & Michael Lynch, Between Livin' and Lovin'
Eric G. Lewis, Talking To Strangers
Andrew M. Lloyd, Citizen McLain
James S. Loos, The Inkhornist
Stephanie M. Luna, Seekers
Colin G. MacLeod, Jumpers
Aaron G. Magnani, Antichrist Superstar
Mark Mardini, Visionaries
Andrea D. Martinez Crowther, Insignificant Things
Carl G. Marziali, Captivity Corp.
Andrew W. Matisziw, Grace
Nathan A. Maves, Persephone
Daryl K. McDaniel, Julia Scores
Robin L. McGee, The Jesus Chair
Eric P. Medalis, Munster
Jeffrey A. Miiller, Star Factory
Paul L. Mono & Sue R. Peck, Juan de Fuca Strait
Paul L. Mono & Sue R. Peck, Sister Wife
Donna J. Murray, A Psalm of David
Eric Nazarian, Land Of Plenty
Pamela G. Nelson, Frog Days
Theodore Nusbaum, Atlantic Beach
Kevin G. Obsatz, End December
Anthony Occhiello, 6RR - The Sixth Root Race
Connie A. O'Donahue, The Thoughts of the Gods
Steven A. Payne, A More Perfect Union
George Perez, A Bullet For Jesus
Todd J. Peterson, Creatures Of Appetite
Jonathan D. Phillips & Michael I. Landweber Final Shot
Philip Pierce & Lesley Dormen, The Fox
Alexandra Pigg, Penny Lane
Christopher J. Plain, Scorpions
Reg Platt, Perfectly Frank
David N. Poulshock, Gideon's Revenge
Edward Rouse Pryor, The Inlet
Ash Quadir, Moleman
Christina E. Ray, Forevermore
Frank Reilly, The Lifeguard
Sheila L. Rinear, Calais
Erin M. Roche, House of Stone
Judith C. Rudnicki & Jonuel Pozo, I Wish I Might
Michael N. Salort, Roses In December
Michael N. Salort, Hidden Camera
Russell V. Schaumburg, Tennessee
Tim Schildberger, Smithy
Nathan R. Scoggins, Parker
Norma P. Sepulveda, Sweet Sundays
Abigail J. Shafran, naked empty heart
Mark D. Shannon, The Light of San Juan
Andy Shrader, Replay
Lisa Simundson, Wish You Were Here
Peter A. Smith, Blue In Green
Michael A. Starrbury, Let The Hustlers Play
James Stevens-Arce, Sins of the Heart
Daniel M. Stiepleman, A Season Between
Joshua P. Stoddard & Forest F. Guider, The Closer
Dev Stone, Demented
Melissa Strater, My Wife Thinks You're Dead
Joel B. Strunk, Veterans Day
Katherine W. Stuart, Detours
Beth Szymkowski, Fix Her Upper
Donna A. Tallman, Innocent's Lost
Alexander N. Tana, Murray Hill
Lola E. Teigland, The Absolute Truth
Oliver R. Thornton, Page-Turner
Leonard Thurman, Times Two
Leonard Thurman, The Ballad of Bessie Hyde
Valgo Urtone, The Leaves Of The Judgement Book
Ermanno Vanino, The Power and the Glory
James Victor & Orly K. Sitowitz, Sommerville
L. Malaine Waldron, Genuine
Patti Wall, If Aliens Go To Heaven
William E. Wallo, Cold Iron
Rory Matthew Waltzer, The Ally
Katherine M. Wech, No Girls Allowed
Douglas K. Westerbeke, Bad Trip North
D. Jay Williams, Semper Fi
Jeremy T. Wilson, Sam of God
Rachel T. Wimberly, The Forgotten War
Doris Wisher, So Near
Ronald E. Wogaman, Crossings
Douglas C. Wold, Retribution
Gwendolyn C. Womack, Escape the Dreamtime

Updated: 11/08/2002

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Contact

1313 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
310-247-3010 (voice)

Web:
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
Email:
nicholl@oscars.org

Contact: Academy Nicholl Fellowships staff

Report Card

Overall: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
Professionalism: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.4/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.5/5.0)
Signficance: 5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars5 stars (5.0/5.0)
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