The judges had a difficult time this year choosing from all the wonderful submissions we got. But there was one in particular that stood out. Everyone please put your hands together for our 2025 Fellow, Lynn Casey! Lynn wowed everyone with ten pages of her memoir Chasing Human. Her tale of leaving behind her life … Continue reading Meet Our 2025 Fellow!
Say hello to this years judges! All are prolific writers as well as long-time members here at theOffice. The deadline to enter is July 31st, so make sure you get your submission in soon! Elise Loehnen Elise does it all! Writer, editor, blogger, and podcaster. Her 2023 book, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins … Continue reading Meet Our Judges – 2025 Fellowship
Summer is here! It's a great time to get away from the bustle of life and finally get to writing that new idea. But do you really want to spend the blazing hot SoCal summer cooped up in your stuffy apartment, far away from human connection? Definitely not! That's why we're bringing our Fellowship back! … Continue reading theOffice Fellowship 2025
Drum roll please! The winner of our 2024 Fellowship is D'Elia Guarnieri. Congratulations! D'Elia will receive a 6-month Premium Membership to our quiet Santa Monica workspace with 24/7 access to work on her upcoming projects. Her feature, "Fakes," really impressed all of the judges with a well-paced intro that had us begging to read the … Continue reading Our 2024 Fellow
It's that time of year. Back to school, back to work, back to that manuscript/pilot/first draft. And we have the perfect motivation to get you back in the writing groove: our Fellowship! After twenty years of serving Los Angeles writers, we know how important it is to work in an environment that is distraction-free with … Continue reading theOffice Fellowship 2024
Hey Everyone! I'm back with another round up of screenplay competitions and fellowship programs for this summer. There is a little something for everyone here. From genre specific competitions, to broad categories. There are even a few competitions that accept book manuscripts and spec TV. Are you ready to submit? Great American Script Contest Accepts: … Continue reading Summer 2024 Screenwriting Competitions and Fellowships
This is by no means an exhaustive list of every screenplay competition and fellowship program out there. But these are just a few that are definitely worth checking out. I've already submitted my script to a few of them. Is your script ready to compete? If your script isn't quite ready yet, don't worry! I'll … Continue reading Screenplay Competition and Fellowship Deadlines – Summer 2023
Looking for a writer’s sanctuary? A place where you can leave the distractions of life behind and just sit down in peace to put words on the page? That’s what we offer here at theOffice – a quiet, communal workspace on the westside of Los Angeles. We have a roster filled with A-list screenwriters, novelists […]
...Lindsey Stoddart! Lindsey is a writer, improviser and actress. She submitted a comedy pilot that was exciting, fun, and best of all HYSTERICAL. We are excited to see what she does next, and we hope that theOffice fellowship will give her the focus and space to write more than ever. Here is Lindsey's twitter. We … Continue reading The Winner of our 2015 Fellowship is…
The submission period for our Fellowship is officially closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted this year, we got a record number of entries. We are a little blown away by the quality of scripts we've read so far.You all are not making this decision easy (but you are keeping us very entertained). Check back at … Continue reading 2015 Fellowship Update
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