AFS Grant
Austin Film Society
Texas filmmakers have their own state fund: cash for features and shorts in production or post, with camera and finishing packages on top.
up to$20kGrantbetween rounds
Regional fund United States, Seattle
Fellowship Awards
Run by Artist Trust
Washington State's merit award for working artists: USD 10,000 with no strings, judged on the body of work rather than a project. Screenwriters apply under media arts with a sample and a record of practice. Fifteen are given each year, and the 2027 round closes on November 2, 2026.
Grant, $10,000Open to writers in United StatesA writer alone
2027 Fellowship deadline Nov 2, 2026 (closes tomorrow)
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The money
- Amount
- $10,000Fifteen unrestricted awards of USD 10,000, four of them named awards with extra criteria
- What it is
- Grant
- To apply
- Free
Who can apply
- Applicant
- A writer alone
- Where you write
- In United States
- Rules
- Individual artists aged 18 or over living in Washington State at application and payment, not students, who originate their own work and have an established practice. Media arts covers film, screenplays, teleplays and animation. Recent fellows and winners of two fellowships in a lifetime cannot reapply.
- Stages
- Writing
- Formats
- Feature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation
- Language of the application
- English
When to apply
The next closing date is Nov 2, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Open October 5 to November 2, 2026, 11:59 pm; decisions in March 2027.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2027 Fellowship deadline | Nov 2, 2026 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
Also open to writers in United States
Arts Innovator Award
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
range$25kGrantbetween rounds
Creative Accelerator Fund
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois pays working artists USD 10,000 by lottery rather than by jury: show an active practice with two work samples and the state lottery draws the winners region by region.
range$10kGrantbetween rounds
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP)
Artist Trust
Small, fast and plentiful: 65 Washington artists a year receive USD 2,500 toward a specific project, from research travel to a first draft.
range$2.5kGrantbetween rounds
More writing grants elsewhere
Development Program (ISO Story Fund)
Indigenous Screen Office
An Indigenous writer can apply here alone, without a producer or broadcaster, for research, script drafts, story editing, knowledge keepers and pitch materials.
up toCA$40kGrantbetween rounds
Explore and Create: Artistic Creation
Canada Council for the Arts
Since 2026 the Council's Artistic Creation grant stands in for two retired components, Concept to Realization and Research and Creation, and it is the arts council route for a screenwriter…
VariesGrantany time
Create
Manitoba Arts Council
A general creation grant open to every discipline, so a Manitoba screenwriter applies as a writer or media artist for time to write or to develop a work in progress.
up toCA$15kGrantcloses in 139 days
Creation (research, creation, exploration and production grants for artists)
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ)
Quebec's standing creation grant takes applications any day of the year, which is rare among public arts funders.
VariesGrantany time
Also useful
Fellowships and labsPrograms that pick a few writers and work with them for months, on the events pages.Where Creative Europe's development money goesEvery MEDIA development grant since 2014, by country, company and year.How to write a treatmentThe document a development application is built on, step by step.Screenwriting eventsContests, labs, festivals and conferences, with their deadlines.