We’re excited to announce the 2026 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists! It was extremely difficult to narrow down our finalists to just these writers from such an excellent group of semifinalists. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent hours reading and evaluating our submissions. WHAT’S NEXT Each of the finalists will be considered […]
We’re excited to announce the 2025 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists! It was an extremely difficult task to narrow down our finalists to just nine writers from an excellent group of semifinalists. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent hours reading and evaluating our submissions. WHAT’S NEXT Each of the finalists will be […]
We’re excited to announce the 2024 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 34 semifinalists. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent hours reading and evaluating our submissions. WHAT’S NEXT Each of the finalists will […]
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 […]
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 proud to announce the 2021 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists! A PARTICULARLY POWERFUL SEASON OF SCRIPTS This continues to be a powerful year for submissions. Our semifinalist scripts were so exceptional that we’ve named nine finalists instead of our usual eight. Many thanks to our judges for their dedicated work in narrowing down […]
We’re proud to announce the 2020 Feature Retreat & Fellowship Contest finalists! A SEASON OF EXCEPTIONAL SUBMISSIONS These eight finalists emerged as the most powerful in a season of exceptional submissions. We thank our judges for all their work narrowing down such a competitive field to these incredible screenplays. WHAT’S NEXT Each of the finalists […]
After much deliberation, we are pleased to announce our eight finalists for the 2019 CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship Competition! BARBARA THE BARBARIAN by Des Bernison BLACK DIAMOND by Jon O’Neal THE EXTINCTION RULE by Randall Greenland A GREAT BIG LOVE by Samuel Johnson IN TOO DEEP: THE BRIAN FUTZ STORY (A LONG LOST 80’s […]
Congratulations to the the finalists for the 2018 CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition (listed below), and thanks to all for submitting.
Congratulations to the the finalists for the 2017 CineStory Feature Fellowship (listed below), and thanks to all for submitting. Stay tuned for the announcement here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages of the runners-up and the winner of the Feature Fellowship! AUSTENTATIOUS by Charmaine Colina THE BURNING SEASON by Jenny Halper DISTANT EARLY WARNING by Chris Harvey EGGSHELLS […]