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Screenwriting contest
Sundance Episodic Program
Screenwriting contest opportunity. Deadline: 2026-08-25
- Type
- Screenwriting contest
- Organizer
- Sundance Institute
- Deadline
- 25 August 2026
- Where
- Not stated
- Compensation
- $50 nonrefundable processing fee, monetary grant provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Disciplines
- screenwriting, film, television
About this opportunity
The Sundance Institute Episodic Program is a prestigious opportunity for emerging to mid-career writers and creators to develop their original television scripts. Selected artists will participate in a rigorous lab with industry professionals, receiving support for their projects and careers. One selected project will also receive a monetary grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for its scientific focus.
Who can apply
- Open to international and U.S. participants, 18 years of age or older.
- Script must be original or adapted from optioned material, written in English, revised or new, not produced, sold, or distributed online.
- Applicants cannot have had a previously produced episodic project.
- The script must not infringe on copyrights.