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book inc 2027 Novel and Memoir programs
AWP / book inc · Yearlong
Applications listed open through 1 December 2026 for 2027 yearlong novel and memoir cohorts. Confirm current windows on AWP's events list.
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book inc 2027 Novel and Memoir programs
14 Aug – 1 Dec 2026
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Michener Center applications for Fall 2027
1 Sept – 1 Dec 2026
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TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab 2027
1 Sept – 5 Nov 2026
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Michener Center applications for Fall 2027
Michener Center, UT Austin · Austin, TX
Fully funded, no teaching, dual-genre. Apps open in September. Complete file due 1 December 2026, 11:59 p.m. CT; letters may arrive through 31 December.
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TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab 2027
TorinoFilmLab · Turin
Deadline Thursday 5 November 2026, 16:00 CET. For first and second features at advanced development. Programme runs June–November 2027. Curator Q&A listed 13 October 2026, 14:30 CET. ScriptLab 2026 already closed (3 November 2025); watch the labs index for the next ScriptLab call rather than guessing a date.
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Iowa Writers' Workshop MFA — 15 December
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA
Fiction or poetry. Manuscript must be postmarked 15 December. Upload on MyUI in addition to the mailed packet. Start the Graduate College application 48 hours before Workshop materials.
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UEA MA Creative Writing — 15 December (Fulbright)
UEA / Fulbright · Norwich, UK
UEA's own rolling admissions still apply, but Fulbright UK applicants for MA Creative Writing and variants must have the university application in by 15 December 2026. Ishiguro and McEwan's school; one intensive year, not a funded Iowa clone.
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AFI Conservatory Fall 2027 — Screenwriting
AFI Conservatory · Los Angeles
Applications open 4 September 2026 and close 1 December 2026, 8:59 p.m. PT. Cinematography, Directing, Producing, Editing, Production Design, and Screenwriting share that window. Portfolio must be in by the same hour.
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Wisconsin MFA reading poetry (Fall 2027)
UW–Madison · Madison, WI
Fiction and poetry alternate years. This cycle is poetry only, mid-September through 15 December 2026. Next fiction deadline is 15 December 2027.
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UCLA TFT Professional Program in Screenwriting
UCLA TFT Professional Programs · On campus / online
Yearlong 28 September 2026–7 June 2027. Regular deadlines have passed; late applications are considered only if a seat opens.
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Banff Spring Writers 2027
Banff Centre Literary Arts · Banff, Alberta
Application deadline 9 December 2026, 23:59 Mountain. Twelve-day self-directed residency 5–16 April 2027 (arrive 4 April). Time to write inside Banff's literary community — not a taught MFA.
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Toronto International Festival of Authors
TIFA · Toronto
28 October–1 November 2026 at Victoria University in the University of Toronto. One hundred-plus events. 2026 streams: Festival of Indigenous Stories (Evelyn Araluen and Jessica Johns, with Melbourne Writers Festival and Blak & Bright) and Rupture / Justice (Philippe Sands).
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Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference
Austin Film Festival · Austin, TX
33rd edition, 29 October–5 November 2026. Largest screenwriters conference: 200+ panels plus industry fellowships. Script competitions for this year are closed; the conference is still the room.
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Banff Literary Journalism 2027
Banff Centre Literary Arts · Banff, Alberta
Application deadline 6 January 2027. Confirm session dates on the Literary Arts listing — Banff posts each residency separately and windows move.
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BBC Writers Open Call 2026
BBC Writers · UK and Ireland
Tuesday 3 November–Tuesday 1 December 2026, 12:00 noon. Writers 18+ resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland. PDF via E-Submissions only. First ten pages are the sift. Series: one episode (pilot or the one that shows voice) plus at most one page of context inside the same PDF. No postal, no email, no late files, no writers outside UK/Ireland. Watch the 27 October 2025 Inside Scoop webinar still on YouTube before you send.
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La Fémis concours 2027 modalities online mid-November
La Fémis · Paris
The school will publish 2027 concours rules and calendar around mid-November 2026. Concours général (four-year main course) usually opens for registration in December. There is a separate international concours for non-European candidates. Until then, study the 2026 règlement still posted on the site.
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Bread Loaf Writers' Conference applications
Middlebury · Ripton, VT
The 2026 conference ran 12–22 August. Applications for the next August session are typically taken 1 December–15 March. Workshops in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
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Sundance Screenwriters Lab (annual January)
Sundance Institute · Utah
The 2027 Development Track closed 12 May 2026. The lab itself is held each January. Watch sundance.org/deadlines for the 2028 track, usually April–May.
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Iowa Summer Workshop applications open
Iowa Writers' Workshop · Iowa City, IA
Summer 2026 is closed. Next summer's applications open around 12 January 2027 and close early March. Separate from the MFA.
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Sewanee Writers' Conference applications open
Sewanee · Sewanee, TN
Conference dates: 13–25 July 2027. Applications open 15 January. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and playwriting.
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MacDowell: Fall–Winter 2027–28 residencies
MacDowell · Peterborough, NH
Applications 15 January–10 February 2027 for residencies 1 September 2027–29 February 2028.
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Berlinale Talents Summit 2027
Berlinale Talents · Berlin
Six-day onsite summit 12–17 February 2027 during the Berlinale. Lab and Talent Project Market run with the festival; online prep from mid-January for those selected. Invitation only once the September window has closed.
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Hawthornden 2028 applications — March 2027
Hawthornden Foundation · Scotland / Italy / US houses
2027 residency sessions are closed (notification in October). Forms for 2028 will be posted in March 2027. Silent, hosted rooms — no teaching requirement.
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Cinéma de Demain Résidence in session
Festival de Cannes / Cinéma de Demain · Paris
53rd session, 15 March–31 July 2027, if selected in the September 2026 call. Second annual session historically runs 1 October–15 February. Marker only — you cannot walk in.
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AWP Conference & Bookfair — Chicago
Association of Writers & Writing Programs · Chicago, IL
17–20 March 2027, McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The main professional gathering for MFA programs, independent presses, and literary magazines.
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Academy Nicholl Fellows announced
AMPAS / Nicholl · Los Angeles
2026–27 public windows closed in July 2026. Fellows are awarded in spring 2027. Next public cycle typically opens the following June via The Black List and the Writers Guild Foundation.
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Sewanee Writers' Conference
Sewanee · Sewanee, TN
Twelve days of workshops, craft lectures, and readings. Apply from 15 January 2027.
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Akademie Schloss Solitude — next call autumn 2027
Akademie Schloss Solitude · Stuttgart
The 2026–2028 fellowship round is closed. Next open call expected autumn 2027 for residencies from autumn 2028. Six or nine months, €1,300 monthly, a room in the castle. Literature is one of the spheres.
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NEA Creative Writing Fellowships withdrawn
National Endowment for the Arts · United States
The FY 2026 prose fellowships were cancelled in August 2025. Do not plan a year around this grant until the Endowment republishes guidelines.
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Cinéma de Demain Résidence — 53rd session
Festival de Cannes / Cinéma de Demain · Paris
Open until 30 September 2026. Session 15 March–31 July 2027 in Paris (4.5 months). Non-French citizens/residents, under 35 on 15 March, first or second fiction feature, fluent English or French. Short or first feature must have played a Category A festival (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Busan, San Sebastián, Rotterdam, Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand, Lugano). Three men and three women per session. Max three attempts.
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Berlinale Talents 2027 — final deadline 2 September
Berlinale Talents · Berlin
Final deadline was 2 September 2026, 12:00 noon CEST (early-bird 19 August). Two hundred emerging filmmakers. Notifications mid-December. Summit 12–17 February 2027, with lab and Talent Project Market during the festival. Use this as the clock for the 2028 call (usually July).
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Sundance 2027 Episodic Lab — window closed
Sundance Institute · Lab + virtual intensive
Pilot submissions closed 25 August 2026. Notifications listed around March–April 2027. Use this as a calendar marker for the 2028 window (usually mid-summer).
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BFI NETWORK Outline 2026–27
BFI NETWORK / Independent Cinema Office · South East England (ex-London)
Deadline Monday 7 September 2026, 10 a.m. Ten writers or writer-directors from a working-class background, based in the BFI South East (not London), develop a short (up to 15 minutes) from treatment to draft. No prior writing credits required. In-person session 13 October; drafts through December.
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Banff Write Over Here: Indigenous Futurism 2027
Banff Centre Literary Arts · Banff, Alberta
Application deadline 23 September 2026. Residency 1–20 March 2027. Screenwriting residency for Indigenous artists exploring futurism, including teams of two collaborating on adaptations.
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MacDowell: Spring–Summer 2027 residencies
MacDowell · Peterborough, NH
Applications close 10 September 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET. Residencies run 1 March–31 August 2027 in literature, film/video, theatre, and other disciplines. One application per 24 months.
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NFTS MFA Screenwriting 2027 — intake closed
National Film and Television School · Beaconsfield, UK
The January 2027 two-year MFA is closed. Register interest on the course page for the next cycle. Scripts at NFTS are tested in production with other departments — that method does not wait for you to reapply.
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UCLA TFT publishes Fall 2027 supplementals
UCLA School of TFT · Los Angeles
Screenwriting MFA admits once a year, next cycle Fall 2027. Supplemental requirements are due to post by 15 September 2026. Feature track needs two completed features; TV track needs original pilots only.
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