Our 2024 Feature Contest Late Deadline Is Almost Here

The late submission deadline for our 2024 Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition is fast approaching on Sunday, April 21st. Until April 21st, the submission fee is $81. After that, the submission fee is $88 until May 19th, the extended late deadline. We often provide links to submission fee discounts in our newsletter, so if you’d […]

Our 2024 Feature Contest Early Bird Deadline Is Almost Here

The early bird submission deadline for our 2024 Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition is fast approaching on Monday, February 19th. Submit by this Monday to take advantage of our $50 early bird submission fee rate. For more information about upcoming feature contest deadlines and submission rates, please click here. We often provide links to submission […]

2024 Feature Contest is Open for Submissions

Submissions for our 2024 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest are officially open, and we’re offering an early bird submission fee of $50 until February 19th. 2024 FEATURE RETREAT LOGISTICS The 2023 Feature Retreat will be held on October 4 – 8, 2024 in the beautiful mountains of Idyllwild, California. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with […]

Meet Our 2023 Feature Fellowship Winner

We’re thrilled to introduce our 2022 Feature Fellowship winner, Kimberly Dilts, whose screenplay BREW impressed us with its brilliant voice and wit. About beer, BREW is a Satirical Allegory condensing 200 years of Goode and Evyl, Concerning the Making of Ale, Witches, General Patriarchal Fuckery, and Three Sisters. Kim says of the script, “Humans have […]

And the 2023 Feature Contest Prizewinners Are…

We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2023 Feature Fellowship prizes! FEATURE FELLOWSHIP WINNER BREW by Kimberly Dilts As our Feature Fellow, Kimberly receives free tuition and lodging for the retreat and a private advisory session with all the retreat mentors. In addition, she receives a cash prize of $10,000 and a 12-month fellowship […]

And Our 2023 Feature Contest Finalists Are…

We’re excited to announce the 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists! It was an extremely difficult task to narrow down our finalists to just 8 writers from an excellent group of 29 semifinalists. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent hours reading and evaluating our submissions. WHAT’S NEXT Each of the finalists will […]

Congrats to Our 2023 Feature Contest Semifinalists!

We’re excited to announce our 2023 Feature Contest quarterfinalists! This year’s submissions displayed exceptional talent and creativity. It was a pleasure to read everyone’s work. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent so many hours reading and evaluating our submissions. WHAT’S NEXT Semifinalists will receive an invitation to this year’s feature retreat within the […]

Congrats to Our 2023 Feature Contest Quarterfinalists!

We’re excited to announce our 2023 Feature Contest quarterfinalists! This year’s submissions displayed exceptional talent and creativity. It was a pleasure to read everyone’s work. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent hours reading and evaluating our submissions. WHAT’S NEXT Quarterfinalists will be offered any open spots to this year’s retreat after the semifinalists, […]

Last Chance to Enter Our 2023 Feature Contest

This Monday, May 29th is the last chance to enter our 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest! If you are considering submitting to the contest, please note that CineStory is an educational organization. Our contests and fellowships do not involve employment by or development with WGA struck companies. We wholeheartedly support the WGA strike and, […]