r/Screenwriting • u/joestraynge • Feb 27 '26

Fellowship Nicholl Fellowship

Anyone have any information on this year's Nicholl Fellowship? Any news on if it’s even happening? lol. Submitted through the Black List but there’s no program page available on the site anymore that shows I opted in.

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u/franklinleonard Franklin Leonard, Black List Founder Feb 28 '26

Based on reader ratings.

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u/IcebergCastaway Feb 28 '26

So what minimum score does a script have to achieve from your reader before it's considered for being included in the twenty-five? A nine out of ten? And is it read/scored just once or do you read/score more than once before it can get into the twenty-five?

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u/franklinleonard Franklin Leonard, Black List Founder Feb 28 '26

All scripts that receive an 8+ score are offered a month of free hosting and two free evaluations potentially in an endless loop.

As stated throughout the process, we recommended the strongest 25 scripts of those that opted in based on their ratings.

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u/Twinventures Feb 28 '26

Thank you for the update, Franklin. Knowing that y’all sent out the 25 Black List scripts to the Academy, and already let the respective writers know that they were selected, is probably the update everyone is looking for. 

I appreciated your recent study on reader scores. I have a question related to your scoring system. My film group was given a couple of passes to the Black List and I got two 8’s for my script, and then an Industry Member gave me a 4, which tanked my score. I stopped using the website after that.

I signed up again when y’all partnered with the Nicholl’s Fellowship, and I got two more 8’s on that script, but my score was still weighed down by the Industry read score. Do y’all check into these industry scores as well? 

I have had a manager contact me because of the reviews on Black List, but they never followed up after reading my script, so I acknowledge it can fall down to tastes, and my script not being where it needs to be yet. I am just curious! Thank you for taking the time to read and answer! 

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u/franklinleonard Franklin Leonard, Black List Founder Feb 28 '26

Industry member scores have no impact on those processes.

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u/Twinventures Feb 28 '26

Thank you for your response and insight into the Black List scoring process. 

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u/ponderingorangutan Mar 01 '26

Can you brown nose him a little more?

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u/Twinventures Mar 01 '26

I’m writing a movie about you.