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Next Round of Hartbeat/Sundance Institute’s Women Write Now Comedy Writing Fellowship Now Open for Submissions

May 1, 2023

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Even though A Black Lady Sketch Show has just kicked off its fourth season on HBO Max, there are still many black female voices that haven’t gotten the platform they deserve. As such, Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and Sundance Institute is continuing their collaborative comedy writing fellowship for black women, Women Write Now, for 2023-2024.

This exclusive fellowship will take 3 black female writers through a very fruitful program that involves premiering a comedic short at Sundance, a 12 month first look deal at Hartbeat, and at least $10K. If accepted into the program, you’ll also be mentored by what Hartbeat promises to be the best of the best when it comes to black women in comedy. That’s a lot more than one would be promised in a typical comedy writing (or any type of writing for that matter) fellowship, FYI.

If interested, you can get all the details and submit at hartbeat.com/womenwritenow/. The deadline for submissions is June 5th at 5PM PT. They even have a nice countdown on the main page for this fellowship in case you need to know how many minutes and seconds you have left.

Kevin Hart’s Laugh out Loud and The Sundance Institute Pick Their First Three for Women Write Now Fellowship

October 21, 2021

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More and more these days, there are an increasing number of initiatives and fellowships to put marginalized groups in those lead creative positions that would truly shift the tide in terms of real representation and inclusivity when it comes to TV/movies/content.

The newly forged collaboration between Laugh Out Loud and the Sundance Institute has made for the Women Write Now fellowship for prospective black female creators that will have selected fellows and their respective scripts developed and produced for an actual streaming deal on Peacock (as well as a development deal for one of the fellows). That’s better than a lot of these fellowships as the general pubic usually has no access to what fellows are making.

For this first go around of the Women Write Now fellowship, Wilandrea Blair, Danielle Nicolet, and Moni Oyedepo have been selected and will be lead by the creative forces of Yamara Taylor as well as Leigh Davenport, Val Boreland, Zainab Johnson, and more in addition to Gabrielle Dennis, Meagan Good, and Bresha Webb as directors.

Be sure to look out for Blair, Nicolet and Oyedepo’s projects on Peacock soon.

Comedy Central Teaming Up with Sundance Institute for Two Fellowships

July 27, 2019

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Comedy Central Teaming Up with Sundance Institute for Two Fellowships

$10K, customized mentorship, and a “year round ecosystem of support” will go to two lucky recipients of the newly minted Comedy Central Fellowship (one will be for the Sundance Institute’s Episodic Lab and one for their Screenwriters Lab) over the next couple of years.

If this sounds pretty nice to you, get all the details here.

Hasan Minhaj and Greg Walloch Selected for The Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Story Labs

October 7, 2014

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For over 30 years, The Sundance Institute has found and fostered some of the best and most original voices in film. In just the last few years, they’ve started to expand their scope with their New Frontier Lab, helping artists in different mediums develop. This New Frontier Lab has even included a specific focus on storytelling since 2011.

The New Frontiers Storytelling Lab, this year, has selected two great comedic storytellers in Hasan Minhaj and Greg Walloch and Hasan’s solo show to be one of the few to be in this highly exclusive program.

Having seen plenty of Hasan and Greg’s stories, you should be on the watch for what will come from this.