THE SIGNPOST FELLOWSHIP
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:
Oh, and there's $2500 in it for you.
Possible Writer-Mentors (click name for info):
Interested in applying?
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:
- 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):
- 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?
- 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.
Interested in supporting?
Drop a message below sharing what your superpower is (i.e. mentoring, advocating, promoting, reading, etc.)
Drop a message below sharing what your superpower is (i.e. mentoring, advocating, promoting, reading, etc.)
OR!
You could just drop some ducats.
All donations go directly to the fellowship fund.
You could just drop some ducats.
All donations go directly to the fellowship fund.