GrantUSChecked 16 Oct 2026 · rechecked 17 Oct 2026
NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship 2027
NRDC / The Black List
Closes 4 Dec 2026
Friday 4 December 2026, 23:59 Pacific Time (US)
Rechecked on the official page, 17 Oct 2026. The 4 December deadline is confirmed on the page of partner The Redford Center, which gives no cut-off time, so check the time on the Black List before applying.
Official page: https://www.redfordcenter.org/opportunities/
- Who can apply
- Writers with a climate-related feature or pilot; residency rules not confirmed
- You get
- Funding for selected writing teams to revise a climate-related feature screenplay or pilot
- Entry fee
- Not published
- Making
- Fiction feature, Series
- Stage
- Writing, Development
- Type
- Grant, Lab or fellowship
Dates
- Closes Deadline · 23:59 Pacific Time (US)
Who can apply
Writers with a climate-related feature or pilot; residency rules not confirmed
Our notes don’t say where applicants must be based. Check the official rules. Also limited to climate-related stories.
Check yourself
Questions from the published rules. Your answers stay on this page and vanish when you leave.
What you get
Funding for selected writing teams to revise a climate-related feature screenplay or pilot
| Amount | $20,000 |
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Amounts stay in the currency the organiser uses. Caps, totals and alternatives are listed as published; don’t add them up.
What it costs
The official page didn’t state an entry fee when we read it on 17 Oct 2026. That isn’t the same as free: check the form before you count on it.
What to bring
- Existing feature or pilot.
- Climate qualification description and programme intake questions.
- If selected: revised draft and short completion report after the mentorship period.
Terms to read first
| Rights note | Published call says writers retain their work. Review platform submission/hosting terms separately. |
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Our notes, not legal advice. Read the contract before you accept a place or grant any rights.
Where this comes from
- NRDC Rewrite the Future Checked 16 Oct 2026
- Greater Cleveland Film Commission — NRDC call Checked 16 Oct 2026
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A research snapshot, not legal advice or a promise that the call is open. The official page always wins.