HBOAccess Writing Fellowship: HBO is Looking for Diverse and Emerging Writers
HBO will soon be accepting applications for the HBO Access Writing Fellowship. According to Indiewire, HBOAccess Writing Fellowship is looking for emerging writers from diverse backgrounds to attend a week master class held at the HBO campus in Santa Monica, California. The program will focus on improving writing skills in “character and story development, pitching ideas and projects, securing an agent, and networking”
Each participant that is selected will then enter into an 9-month writing phase where he/she will be paired with an HBO development executive and guided through the script development process.
At the end of the program, HBO will hold a staged reading and reception for industry professionals where the writers will be introduced to the entertainment industry.
“With the success of our first year of the HBOAccess Directing fellowship, we wanted to expand our focus to other areas of the creative process,” said Kelly Edwards, Vice President, HBO Talent Development. “We are looking for emerging writers with a deep passion for storytelling and a unique voice who will want to bring that talent to HBO and Cinemax. In turn, they will be nurtured by some of the best creative executives and showrunners in the business. HBO has a long legacy of supporting writers and we are excited we can begin those relationships at this early stage.”
The HBOAccess Writing Fellowship is open to diverse and female writers 21 and older who must be able to work in the US. Prior to the application, the writer must NOT have been staffed on a network or cable series in excess of 13 episodes and/or had more than one feature film or more than two plays produced.
All submissions must be made through the online portal, Without A Box, and will require a resume, a writing sample, a completed release form and a personal essay in 500 words or less explaining how his/her background has influenced his/her storytelling. For more information on eligibility, visit https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=13830.
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