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Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
The Academy's Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. Up to five $35,000 Fellowships are awarded annually. The competition has received a record 7,251 entries for 2013.
Entries by Country
* Notes first time entries
- Albania: 1*
- Algeria: 1*
- Australia: 131
- Austria: 2
- Bahamas: 6
- Bangladesh: 1
- Belarus: 1*
- Belgium: 7
- Brazil: 15
- Bulgaria : 2
- Canada: 359
- Cayman Islands: 1
- China: 7
- Colombia: 2
- Costa Rica: 3
- Croatia: 2
- Cyprus: 5
- Czech Republic: 1
- Denmark: 7
- Egypt: 2
- Finland: 2
- France: 29
- Germany: 26
- Gibraltar: 3
- Greece: 5
- Guatemala: 1*
- Hong Kong: 2
- Hungary: 3
- India: 15
- Indonesia: 1
- Iraq: 1*
- Ireland: 29
- Isle of Man: 1
- Israel: 19
- Italy: 15
- Japan: 10
- Kazakhstan: 3
- Kenya: 1
- Korea, Republic Of: 4
- Lebanon: 3
- Lithuania: 1
- Luxembourg: 1
- Malaysia: 7
- Mauritius: 1
- Mexico: 2
- Nepal: 1*
- Netherlands: 8
- New Zealand: 10
- Nigeria: 4
- Norway: 3
- Pakistan: 1
- Peru: 2*
- Philippines: 1
- Poland: 5
- Portugal: 4
- Puerto Rico: 6
- Romania: 2
- Russian Federation: 3
- Serbia: 5
- Singapore: 15
- Slovenia: 1
- South Africa: 14
- Spain: 10
- Sri Lanka: 1*
- Sweden: 7
- Switzerland: 3
- Taiwan, Province of China: 3
- Tanzania, United Republic of: 1*
- Thailand: 2
- Trinidad and Tobago: 3
- Turkey: 1
- Uganda: 1
- United Arab Emirates: 3
- United Kingdom: 289
- United States: 6096
- Uzbekistan: 1*
- Venezuela: 1
- Vietnam: 1
- Zimbabwe: 2*
What's New
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2012 Nicholl Ceremony Highlights
Presentation and acceptance speech highlights.
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Winning Script Pages
Download and read PDFs of several Nicholl-winning scripts including “Butter” and “Arlington Road.”
25th Anniversary
Where Are They Now?
To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, the Academy Nicholl Fellowships has gathered updates on what many of the Nicholl fellows are doing now.
Nicholl Fellows
2012 Winners
Five writers have been selected as winners of the 2012 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.
About Nicholl Fellowships
History of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships
Gee Nicholl founded the Nicholl Fellowships in honor of her late husband Don Nicholl, a British screenwriter. The first Academy Nicholl Fellowships were awarded in 1986.
