Funded Fellowship in the Field of Climate Storytelling from Black List

The Black List is thrilled to announce that it has once again partnered with NRDC’s (Natural Resources Defense Council) Rewrite the Future program, The Redford Center, and The CAA Foundation to launch a second iteration of the NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship. The Fellowship will grant $20,000 each to three writers to support revision of a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a meaningful way through events, actions, character, emotions, and/or setting. 

If you get this fellowship, you will have:

•  A $10,000 grant to each of the three selected screenwriters along with creative support in developing their script. 
• NRDC will connect YOU with the following professionals for feedback and guidance on your script:
• A credited professional screenwriter with an interest in climate storytelling. 
• A climate story consultant from NRDC’s program to advise on effective approaches to climate storytelling that are entertaining and impactful. 
• After receiving these consultations, Fellows have six (6) months to complete a revision of their script.
• The first 400 writers that opt in with a qualified screenplay will receive one free month of hosting and one free evaluation.

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You should follow of the following criteria:

• To be considered for the fellowship, a script should engage with climate in a meaningful way through events, actions, character, emotions, plot, and/or setting.
• The script can be in any genre but climate change and solutions must drive action and affect choices made by characters.
• The story and genre options are limitless because climate can touch every aspect of life, from food, health, and relationships to justice, jobs, and national security.
• Fee Waivers must be requested no later than October 23, 2022.
• Each fellowship recipient will retain complete ownership of their work.

Note:

• At the end of the Fellowship, each recipient will provide a designated representative of the NRDC with a revised version of their script along with a short reflection on how the grant has been used to advance their work and/or impacted their career. 
• For TV pilot submissions, applicants who make the short list must also provide a long synopsis or treatment describing the primary story arcs and how the climate themes will be developed throughout the show. 

Selection Process:

• Up to 15 writers will be invited, based on the strength of their scripts as determined by the Black List, to submit a one-page personal statement and professional resume. 
• From those submissions, three fellowship recipients will be selected no later than February 15, 2023.

About the Black List: 

Since 2005, each December, the Black List releases its annual list, a survey of the most liked unproduced screenplays of that year. The annual lists are aggregated using votes from film executives working in the film industry. At its heart the annual Black Lists are meant to shine a light on extraordinary screenwriting, some of which may have been overlooked more broadly.

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