2015 Writing Program Notifications
(this post is outdated. the current 2016 notifications are here.)
I didn’t apply to any fellowships this year, but here’s my annual writing program post. If you hear of any updates, please let me know. Good luck, everyone!
(updated 11/12/15)
WRITING PROGRAMS
- Nickelodeon
The chosen writers have been announced on their Facebook page. - WB
I hear the final writers have been selected! - CBS
They started making calls, and sent rejection emails. - NBC
The writers have been chosen! Check their Facebook page. - Sundance Episodic Story Lab
Writers have been selected. - NHMC
Started sending rejection letters. - ABC/Disney
Started making calls. Phone interviews next week.
CONTESTS
- Austin
Semifinal calls were made over the weekend. Here’s the list of semifinalists and 2nd rounders. Congrats to my 4 students who made 2nd round with the specs they wrote in my workshop! - Scriptapalooza
Winners listed here. - Slamdance
Rejection emails were sent. - Final Draft Big Break
Quarterfinalists announced on their site. - Nicholl Fellowship
Finalists have been announced on their site. - Launch Pad Pilot Competition
Semi-finalists have been announced on their site. Congrats to my friend and writing group member Cynthia for placing! - Creative World Awards
Finalists have been announced on their site. Congrats to my student Jack for placing as a semifinalist with his Brooklyn Nine Nine spec! - NYTVF
Semi-finalists for the Lifetime Writers Project have been selected.
Do you know if any WB emails have gone out about rejections or top 5% yet?
i don’t know, but my guess is it’s too early for that.
Hi,
I just got a call from NBC setting up a phone interview for Writers on the verge. I am incredibly excited and nervous. Do you have any advice? What was your phone interview like?
thank you!
congrats! someone gave me the advice to just be myself, which at the time, i thought wasn’t that helpful. in hindsight, though, that’s really all you can do. there aren’t any trick questions or anything. it’s a little challenging because it’s over the phone, so you’re not getting any visual feedback. best of luck!
do you know if nbc makes all their calls on the same day?
no, i don’t know if they make all their calls on the same day.
Austin emailed regarding the AMC original drama pilot category a few weeks ago notifying the second round scripts that advanced enough to be read by AMC, not sure what % that is. They asked for a release signed.
damn
Does anyone know if they regularly do this and is it for all pilot entries? Seems like I signed a release form when I submitted…
It was a specific AMC release for them to read it. Not AFF.
:/
Hi, do you happen to know if WBTV has already contacted all semi-finalists, or only those that just submitted a single script during the initial application process?
RE: WBTV – I was asked (via email) to submit an original work for the second phase a couple of weeks ago. Haven’t heard anything since.
Got an email from WB Friday inviting me to come in and interview.
Just got a rejection letter from NHMC writer’s program, so you can add that to the list of broken dreams 🙂
Creative World just posted their winners.
Final Draft’s Big Break Competition seems like it should be added to this list, they’ll be doing their notifications soon as well!
good idea!
NBC posted this on FB today: Hello writers! We’re pleased to announce that all applicants selected for the phone interview round have been notified. Congratulations to those who made it this far! Also, thank you to the thousands of writers who applied to the program as we received a record number of submissions. Please keep writing and we hope you apply again next year!
Any word on Nick’s new Script First program? I know some people have already received rejections. Just checked my spam folder; nothing on my end yet.
They’re still in the process of reading them. I submitted 2 scripts, received a rejection email for the first on July 28th and one for the second today.
I got a rejection from Nick’s script first yesterday.
NBC winners were announced on FB.
Seems like the CBS interview calls are going out!
Austin Film Festival calls about semi-finalists have started!
When did you get the call? Tonight?
Thanks for updates everyone.
Got the call from Austin on Saturday.
congrats!
Anyone heard back from the WB about rejections or top 5% yet? Looks like last year they’d sent out all first round responses by this time.
ABC/Disney usually does their first round of calls in late October, I believe. Final announcements are generally in December.
Has anyone received a rejection letter from AFF?
I hear some have been received.
The Disney Channel Storytellers Program also will notify soon. (It is different from ABC/Disney.)
Got a letter and an e-mail from the AFF yesterday and my short script made the second round. First time ever and this is my 4th time submitting to the AFF. I’m thrilled!
The three people I know who entered the WB contest all got rejection emails within 3-4 minutes of each other an hour ago. I still haven’t heard shit either way.
Got my rejection letter from WB Workshop today. Just a heads up for any hopefuls.
I still haven’t heard anything about the WB Workshop. I assume I didn’t get in based on everyone else getting rejected, but I still have a faint glimmer of hope because I haven’t got an email yet.
Haven’t gotten my WB rejection either.
That faint glimmer of hope.
Keep me posted.
Final Draft Big Break quarterfinalists are up on their site.
CBS sent rejection emails out today.
WB Workshop have selected their finalists according to their facebook post. Still never got an email. Oh well, always next year!
Did anyone from WB get an invitation to attend the 5% panel? I haven’t heard of anyone getting one this year.
Have finalist calls gone out for Austin Film Festival yet?
Anyone hear anything about ABC Disney? When in Nov will people start getting notified?
Austin Film Festival has begun the process of calling to notify semifinalists of their status in the competition. Digital Series writers are the only ones who received Finalist notifications early.
Has anyone heard from the Disney Channel Story Tellers? The 10 semifinalists were supposedly notified on Oct 12? Anyone know how they notify…Email? Phone?
Finalists for the Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay Competition have been announced.
ABC Disney Writer’s made an announcement that they will be making phone calls “mid-November.” But, they don’t say who they are making the calls to or who was not selected.
Any word if ABC Disney will start making calls next week?
Has anyone heard or gotten a call from ABC/Disney?
Are the ABC Disney calls scheduling interviews for next week? Or do the interviews happen when you answer?
i would imagine interviews get scheduled for later. that’s how it was for nickelodeon and nbc.
Someone posted on DoneDealPro that Wednesday would be the last day to make phone calls, not sure what that means. Phone interviews or phone notifications to be interviewed?
i’m pretty sure today is the last day for the actual phone interviews.
Any word on when the Top Five for the Final Draft Big Break contest will be announced?
Does everyone who is being considered as a Finalist for the Sundance Writers Lab get a phone interview? I made it to the second round last year, didn’t get an interview, and didn’t make it in. I applied again this year with a different script, again, I made it into the second round, but now i am worried that because I haven’t gotten a phone call, it means I won’t get in. I know they make decisions on/or before Dec 15. Does everyone they accept go through a phone interview? And if so, does anyone know when those happen?
A question about the FOX Writers Intensive: When will people hear about their status? When will the finalists be notified? Are phone interviews conducted before the finalists are selected? Thank you!
not sure about this one. i applied though!
Notifications were emailed last night. I got dinked. How about you?
yeah me too. oh well.