Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Nicholl Fellowships
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1313 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
310-247-3010 (voice)
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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 |
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Early | March 1, 2024 | $50 |
Regular | April 1, 2024 4 |
$70 |
Late | May 1, 2024 34 |
$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)
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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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More MovieBytes Readers Named Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalists
Several more MovieBytes subscribers have been identified among the quarterfinalists for the Nicholl Fellowships, which this year attracted more than 5,000 entries:
Writer: Dan Howell (dhowell@schraublaw.com)
Script: The Paper Boy
Logline: Paul, 15, lives in a Bizarro-world version of Mayberry. His
bullying father will kick him out if he doesn't pay rent -- but to do so,
Paul must collect a back-due paper bill from Lester, a crazy redneck with an
attack monkey, while at the same time looking out for his little brother,
fending off a deviant girlfriend, and trying not to miss the next signpost
on the road of life.
Writer: Mark Grisar (Merqu@aol.com)
Script: Cleaning House
Logline: a thriller/noir about a woman who goes to great lengths to get rid of her husband...with unusual twists and unexpected consequences.
Writer: Michael Ezell (Buzzsaw55@aol.com)
Script: Samurai Reflex
Logline: In a dark future, a burned-out mercenary with Central
Nervous System Superconductors in his head and a female street samurai are
hired to rescue a child prodigy from a global corporation. They must
overcome physical enemies, personal demons, and a plot set in motion by their
own employers before they can succeed.
Writer: Jessica Riley (jessmadness@hotmail.com)
Script: Blind Folly
Logline: A penniless New York Stock Exchange sweeper meets the wealthy and
passionate New York City's 'Queen of the Night' at an illegal speakeasy the
night before the stock market crash of 1929. He must teach her that one
rich in love is rich in the world.
Writer: Bonnie Bayne (bonnieb@nb.net)
Script: Locust Hill
Logline: Locust Hill is a story about a family and their parish priest who are
forced to reveal their secrets of love, lust and lies in order to reap a
financial harvest from Locust Hill.
Writer:Chris Carlyle (McCarlyle@aol.com)
Script:Reversible Errors
Logline: Darren Webe is an over-eager
law student who somehow lands his dream job at an L.A. mega-firm. The dream
quickly fades as mind-numbing work, depraved partners and annoying senior
associates all conspire to quash Darren's (almost) inexhaustible enthusiasm.
Laid-back associate Trey Ringer also adds to the frustration by mysteriously
succeeding despite doing virtually nothing. If not for the charms of Trey's
beautiful, nudist sister, Darren might go crazy. Or, going crazy might just
be the answer.
Writer: Larry F. Hill (larryfhill@cs.com)
Script: The Bar
Logline: His father's illness forces a successful New York executive to
reluctantly visit his small Ohio hometown, where he battles the demons--real
and imagined--that drove him away years earlier.
Writer: Colleen De Maio (colleen_demaio@yahoo.com)
Script: The Caddy
Logline: When a super-smart, shy high
school nerd starts lending his 1950s Cadillac to the popular guys for
their "dates," he finally begins to make in-roads with the in-crowd.
That is, until he falls for another outcast, and must risk all his
newfound status for one long shot at love.
Writer: Michael Croney (mecden@att.net)
Script: Ronald's Mom is Clairvoyant
Updated: 08/15/2001
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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