Foundation or company fund France, Paris
Run by Association Beaumarchais-SACD
The television twin of the Beaumarchais feature bursary: EUR 5,000 to an emerging writer for an original series or single drama in French, with web series welcome. Applications open for about a month early in the year. The one aid it cannot be combined with is the SACD and France Télévisions fund.
Grant, €5,000Open to writers anywhereA writer alone
Next dates not yet published
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. One session a year opening in late winter; the 2027 calendar is not yet set.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2026 session (closed) | Mar 23, 2026 passed |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)
A single EUR 40,000 payment for an experienced series writer to build a new show from scratch, with no producer required.
CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)
France's main public development money for feature films pays the producer to option rights, write and rewrite.
CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)
Not a project grant but time: EUR 20,000 for an author with a track record to think before writing the next thing, with no synopsis or producer required.
CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)
The CNC's main selective money for shorts, read by two committees so that a first film is not weighed against seasoned directors.
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
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.
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.
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.