Opportunity type
Fellowship
Cause areas
Climate change
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Learning about important cause areas
Direct high impact on an important cause
Relevant aptitudes
Communicator
Deadline
2025-11-28
Location
Remote
Description
Hosted by The Black List, NRDC, The Redford Center, NBCUniversal, and The CAA Foundation
Overview
- Three writers will each receive $20,000 to revise a feature screenplay or pilot with compelling climate change themes.
- Scripts must integrate climate through plot, characters, setting, emotions, or actions.
- Submissions must be made via The Black List platform by November 28, 2025, and include a brief explanation of the script’s climate relevance.
- Writers retain full ownership of their work. Support Provided
- Mentorship from a professional screenwriter and a climate story consultant.
- Access to NRDC experts relevant to the script’s themes.
- Six months to revise the script after consultations.
- Revised scripts may be considered by studios/agencies like CAA, NBCUniversal, WME, etc. Submission Perks
- One free month of hosting on The Black List and one free evaluation for qualifying scripts.
- TV pilot submissions must also include a long synopsis/treatment outlining the series arc and climate themes.
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