Industry programs and workshops
Fox Writers Incubator (often called FOX Entertainment Writers Incubator) is a highly selective television-writing fellowship run by FOX Entertainment. It focuses on emerging TV writers with distinct, often underrepresented voices and aims to pipeline them directly into staffing on FOX scripted and animated series. Across roughly three months, fellows participate in a rigorous workshop environment that includes script rewrites, notes sessions, craft classes, and industry-focused seminars. They receive one-on-one mentorship from established writers, showrunners, executives, directors, and producers, covering both writing fundamentals and the business side of television—how rooms work, pitching, general meetings, and…
The Nickelodeon Writing Program is a television scriptwriting fellowship run by Nickelodeon to discover and develop diverse comedic writing talent. Founded in 2000, it serves as a training pipeline into the network’s animated and live-action shows, helping emerging writers launch professional television careers. The program’s primary goal is to prepare writers for staffing positions on Nickelodeon series. Graduates often transition into writers’ rooms for animated and live-action programs such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Loud House, and Henry Danger. Alumni have also gone on to work in broader television comedy and streaming projects beyond Nickelodeon. Application period: TBD More info
The program is an eight-month television writing fellowship run by Paramount Global’s Office of Global Inclusion. It’s designed to help emerging, often underrepresented, TV writers break into the industry through intensive mentorship, craft development, and professional networking. Participants are matched with a senior executive or creative mentor. Over the eight months, they meet regularly for script feedback, career strategy, and insight into studio and network decision-making. The program also includes workshops, mock writers’ rooms, and panels with showrunners, agents, and managers, focusing on both writing craft and the practical realities of staffing and…
The NBC TV Writers Program is our program for emerging episodic television writers with the goal of creating the next generation of showrunners and content creators. The program which replaces "Writers on the Verge" develops writers whose lived experience and distinct points of view provide unique perspectives in the writers' room. * 8-month program developing an original pilot * Mentorship + access to execs and showrunners * Designed to get writers staffed Application period: Typically June More info
or one week, producers with projects in active development, production or post-production will be paired with creative and business consultants, learning strategies and practices that will benefit them not only on their current projects, but throughout their careers. The Documentary Producing Lab also includes multiple case studies with notable nonfiction producers, and concludes with a networking day with industry professionals. More info
The Producing Lab helps further the careers of its Fellows by introducing them to film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of independent producing. In addition to attending lab sessions with legal, financial and production experts, each Producing Lab Fellow will be paired with an experienced Creative Advisor with whom they’ll work to develop their project over the course of the program. Taking place during the course of two weeks in October, the Lab culminates with a pitch session with established executives, offering participants valuable practical experience and the chance…
