Fellowship or lab Online, from London, United Kingdom

Advanced Mentoring Script Labs 2027

Run by London Screenwriters' Festival (Create50 Ltd)

Ticket holders for the 2027 London Screenwriters' Festival who have a finished script can apply for one of five small mentoring labs held over Zoom. Each lab takes six to ten writers under one leader, covering drama, self-producing, commercial film and TV, career planning, and switching to novels. Applications close March 8, 2027.

Deadline Mar 8, 2027 (closes in 139 days)

Dates

DeadlineDateFee
Applications close (open 2027-02-08)Mar 8, 2027festival pass required

Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.

At a glance

Entry fee
From £399No separate lab fee is stated; applicants must hold a festival pass (early bird GBP 399)
Formats
Feature, TV pilot
Language
English
Where
Online, from London, United Kingdom
Who can apply
Festival pass holders who meet each lab's own criteria. Apply to at most two labs; anyone picked for a lab's top six takes part in only one.

What to send

Also asked for
Aimed at writers with a fully developed screenplay; each lab sets its own entry criteria.

Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.

What it gives besides money

Small-group sessions of six to ten writers with a named leader: Vicki Jung (drama), Pat Higgins (producing your own work), Bob Schultz (commercial film and TV), Lee Jessup (screenwriting careers) and Teri Terry (moving from screenplays to novels).

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