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Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Nicholl Fellowships
Contact
1313 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
310-247-3010 (voice)
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http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
Email:
nicholl@oscars.org
Contact: Academy Nicholl Fellowships staff
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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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Contest News
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter James Foley
An interview with screenwriter James Foley regarding the Nicholl Fellowships Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?A: Powder River Breakdown is a western. A bankrobber who needs a change of vocation and location, a black sheriff representing the railroad in a boomtown and a reporter who has come west to find out how her brother died collide in the town of Powder River. A few good men on the wrong trail find their way. A few bad men learn their way leads nowhere. Lots of action. A little romance.
Q: What made you enter this particular contest? Have you entered any other contests with this script? If so, how did you do?A: I entered this script in the Nicholl at the urging of a friend. I never entered it anywhere else, although I had entered the Nicholl with a couple other scripts. The year before this won I had a script advance in the Nicholl, Chesterfield and Disney.
Q: Were you satisfied with the adminstration of the contest? Did they meet their deadlines? Did you receive all the awards that were promised?A: Absolutely. They gave us some things that were not promised in addition to everything they promised.
Q: Were you given any feedback on your script? If so, did you find the feedback helpful?A: Very little feedback, but some of it was from Frank Taradash and some from John Gay.
Q: Has your success in this contest helped you market your script? Were you contacted by any agents, managers or producers?A: I was contacted by approximately one hundred agents, managers and producers. The failure to market the script lays, I believe, mostly in my failure to anticipate winning.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?A: I have a theater degree from Northwestern. Primarily I was a salesman and salesmanager all my life. I've written thirteen or fourteen scripts.
Q: Do you live in Los Angeles? If not, do you have any plans to move there?A: I lived in Los Angeles in 2002-03. If I ever come back it will be because I was sent for.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A: Always. Another western for the first time since Powder River.
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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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