"Winning the Fast Track Fellowship completely and immediately changed my life. Not only did I gain affirmation and access to the industry, I was offered representation before I [had my first meeting.]" ~ Sean Collins-Smith (staffed on reboot of Field Of Dreams)

Looking for representation or to connect with working directors or producers? Get on the Fast Track! For twenty-one seasons, the ISA Fast Track Fellowship has been the premier screenwriting fellowship for writers on the rise.

Fast Track Fellows have:

*Signed with major agencies like CAA, Paradigm and ICM. *Been introduced to and then signed with management companies. *Had their scripts optioned, leading to development deals.

Two ISA Fast Track Fellows meet with eight top level agents, managers, producers and executives during a whirlwind week of career acceleration with guidance from an ISA Development Executive. Show More

"Winning the Fast Track Fellowship completely and immediately changed my life. Not only did I gain affirmation and access to the industry, I was offered representation before I [had my first meeting.]" ~ Sean Collins-Smith (staffed on reboot of Field Of Dreams)

Looking for representation or to connect with working directors or producers? Get on the Fast Track! For twenty-one seasons, the ISA Fast Track Fellowship has been the premier screenwriting fellowship for writers on the rise.

Fast Track Fellows have:

*Signed with major agencies like CAA, Paradigm and ICM. *Been introduced to and then signed with management companies. *Had their scripts optioned, leading to development deals.

Two ISA Fast Track Fellows meet with eight top level agents, managers, producers and executives during a whirlwind week of career acceleration with guidance from an ISA Development Executive.

This season's mentors include:

DESA LARKIN-BOUTTE - Development Executive, Third Rail Productions Desa began as a PA on THE WALKING DEAD and worked her way to writer on WESTWORLD. A Development Exec for Third Rail Productions, Desa is co-writing THE GETAWAY, produced in collaboration with Don Cheadle's This Radicle Act, in development at Sony.

DARCY DONELAN - Vice President of Development and Production, Voltage Pictures Before returning to Voltage Pictures as Vice President, Development and Production, Donelan worked in New York at HBO, where she was a marketing manager, focusing on International Original Programing, and at CAA, as coordinator in the Books Dept.

KEVIN CHESLEY - Screenwriter Kevin wrote for two seasons on MTV's THE HARD TIMES OF RJ BERGER and recently served as Executive Story Editor for BLOOD & TREASURE for CBS, Amazon, and Paramount+.

MORE MEETINGS TO BE ANNOUNCED.

After the Fast Track Week of meetings, fellows are then accepted onto the ISA Development Slate for a minimum of one year. Throughout the year, ISA development executives champion and pitch these writers and their projects to our industry partners actively looking for material to produce.

Seven Category Selections will receive $500 cash each, be evaluated for acceptance onto the ISA Development Slate and go on to be considered for the two Fast Track Fellowships. We are looking for the freshest, most original, and most personal writing in all of these categories:

ACTION/ADVENTURE

COMEDY

DRAMA

HISTORICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

SCI-FI/FANTASY

SUSPENSE (Mystery, Crime, Horror, Thriller)

SPEC SCRIPTS <-NOW ACCEPTING SPECS!

Please note: We define a spec script as an episode based on an existing television show. If your script is not based on existing IP, please submit to the television category.