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 […]
The late deadline for our 2023 TV Retreat & Fellowship Contest is right around the corner on Monday, September 5th. Take advantage of our late submission price by submitting by the 5th. Why Submit? CineStory selects about 30 emerging screenwriters through its annual TV competition for a 4-day intensive retreat held in April 29 – […]
The CineStory Foundation is excited to announce that Karina Hurtado-Ocampo is the recipient of the 2022 Population Media Center (PMC) CineStory Scholarship for her TV pilot, THE TAKING OF LINCOLN PARK. As this year’s winner, Karina receives a Zoom meeting with PMC executives as well as free housing and tuition for the 2022 CineStory TV […]
The CineStory Foundation is excited to announce that writer and CineStory alum Heather Faris is the first winner of the Bellem Scholarship, funded by Bellem Entertainment. Bellem is focused on supporting diverse and unheard voices in achieving their goals. The Bellem Scholarship is awarded to a woman-identifying emerging screenwriter with an engaging story to tell […]
We’re thrilled to introduce our 2022 TV Fellowship winner, Sierra Hall, whose winning original sci-fi/fantasy teleplay, SUPERFREAK, impressed us with its inventiveness, originality and humor. In SUPERFREAK, a teen girl must navigate the pitfalls of high school while wrangling her newfound superpowers that change EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. As this year’s TV Fellowship winner, Sierra receive […]
We’re excited to announce our 2022 TV contest division finalists. Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent so many hours reading and evaluating our submissions. During the next round of judging, we will determine our division winners, and from those winners we will determine our 2019 TV Fellowship winner! Congratulations to this year’s finalists, and […]
We’re pleased to announce the Original Drama, Comedy, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy division semifinalists for our 2022 TV Retreat & Fellowship Contest. Many thanks to our hardworking judges, who read tirelessly and whose assistance we could not exist without. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Semifinalists in the Original Drama, Comedy, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy divisions now advance to the finalist round, […]
We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Feature Fellowship prizes! JOINT FEATURE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS FOUR FLOORS IN RAQQA by Laila Ujayli & Zaina Ujayli As this year’s joint Feature Fellows, Laila and Zaina receive free tuition and lodging for the retreat and a private advisory session with all the retreat mentors. In addition, […]
Today is the late deadline for CineStory’s TV Retreat & Fellowship contest. The only way to qualify to attend the retreat and be in the running to win the TV Fellowship is to enter the contest! The Retreat CineStory selects 25 emerging screenwriters through the TV competition for a 4-day intensive retreat held in 2022 […]
The CineStory Foundation is excited to announce that writer and CineStory alum Audrey Webb is the recipient of the 2021 Population Media Center (PMC) CineStory Scholarship for her script DEAD NAME. PMC covered the cost for Audrey’s attendance at the 2021 CineStory TV retreat earlier this year. Audrey’s original TV pilot DEAD NAME explores the […]