If you missed the extended late deadline for our 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest, never fear – we’ve extended the deadline until MONDAY, MAY 29TH! 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 […]
The late submission deadline for our 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition is fast approaching on Monday, April 10th. Until April 10th, the submission fee is $81. After that, the submission fee is $88 until May 8th, the extended late deadline. We often provide links to submission fee discounts in our newsletter, so if you’d […]
The regular submission deadline for our 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition is today, March 13th! Through today, the submission fee is $69. After that, the submission fee is $81 through April 10th, (late deadline), then $8 through May 8th (extended late deadline). Entering the contest is the only way to get the chance to […]
The regular submission deadline for our 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition is fast approaching on Monday, March 13th. Through March 13th, the submission fee is $69. After that, the submission fee is $81 through April 10th, (late deadline), then $88 through May 8th (extended late deadline). Entering the contest is the only way to […]
Submissions for our 2023 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest are officially open, and we’re offering an early bird submission fee of $50 until February 6th. 2023 FEATURE RETREAT LOGISTICS The 2023 Feature Retreat will be held on October 7 – 10, 2023 in the beautiful mountains of Idyllwild, California. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory […]
We’re thrilled to introduce our 2022 Feature Fellowship winner, Timothy Ware-Hill! In his Fellowship-winning script, A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE – THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO COFFEE, after an unarmed Black man is killed by police, a poet/preacher’s kid is asked to lead a peaceful protest, but he’s afraid that if his father and community discover he’s […]
We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Feature Fellowship prizes! FEATURE FELLOWSHIP WINNER A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE – THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO COFFEE by Timothy Ware-Hill As our Feature Fellow, Timothy receives free tuition and lodging for the retreat and a private advisory session with all the retreat mentors. In addition, he receives […]
We’re proud to announce the 2022 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists! Many thanks to our judges for their dedicated work in narrowing down this competitive field of incredible screenplays. WHAT’S NEXT Each of the finalists will be considered for this year’s Fellowship, which is valued at $20,000 and includes, among other prizes, $10,000 and […]
We’re excited to announce our 2022 feature contest semifinalists! A COMPETITIVE YEAR We narrowed this year’s 117 quarterfinalist scripts to 28 semifinalist scripts, which was an exceptionally difficult task for our judges. We thank them for spending countless hours reading and evaluating the scripts to name our semifinalists. WHAT’S NEXT Semifinalists will receive an invitation […]