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  Chisa Hutchinson

THE SIGNPOST FELLOWSHIP
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So whenever Chisa's gotten an email about a grant, fellowship, or research opportunity from her scholarship program or from the university where she teaches, nine times out of ten, it's been for some science-y shit or finance-y crap. Which, you know, is useless and alienating if you're a writer interested in the entertainment industry.

So this here's the tenth out of ten.

The Signpost Fellowship is a six-month situation intended for a person of color age 18 or over who's interested in shadowing a professional playwright or screenwriter of color. What that looks like is entirely up to you and your Writer-Mentor but could involve:
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  • being invited to meetings, auditions, rehearsals, and events
  • giving and receiving feedback on script drafts
  • performing dramaturgical research
  • fielding bottomless requests for bios and headshots
  • figuring out wtf to do with a stack of 1099s

Oh, and there's $2500 in it for you.

Possible Writer-Mentors (click name for info):
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  • Betty Shamieh
  • C.A. Johnson
  • Charly Evon Simpson
  • Chisa Hutchinson
  • Christine Toy Johnson
  • C. Julian Jiménez
  • Cori Thomas
  • C.Q. Quintana
  • Diana Son
  • Idris Goodwin
  • Jiehae Park
  • Kristoffer Diaz
  • Lori Sykes Roper
  • Madhuri Shekar
  • Matthew Paul Olmos
  • Nambi Kelley
  • Reginald Edmund
  • Timothy Huang
  • T.J. Young


Interested in applying?
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  • Drop a message below explaining where you are in life and how this opportunity could be helpful to you.
  • Attach a short (10-page maximum) dramatic writing sample.
  • The deadline is Friday, March 31st.
  • Finalists will be selected by Friday, June 30th.
  • Interviews will be conducted in the weeks following.
  • The recipient(s) will be selected by Tuesday, August 1st.
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    Signpost Submission Form

    Max file size: 20MB
    10 pages MAXIMUM of script (play, screenplay, or teleplay)
Submit
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​Drop a message below sharing what your superpower is (i.e. mentoring, advocating, promoting, reading, etc.) 
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​OR!
You could just drop some ducats.
All donations go directly to the fellowship fund.
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