I’ve done the Disney TV Writing Program and BAFTA Breakthrough USA. I’ve sat on the panels, committees, and juries for several, including BAFTA Breakthrough/Newcomers/Rocliffe, 1497 Writers Lab, and Filmmarket Hub’s Pilot Contest. I’ve also coached people who got into the semi-finals, finals, or were selected for Disney, Sundance, CBS, WB, BAFTA Breakthrough, Film Independent, Nickelodeon, and more. The network fellowships seems to change their name every year or two.
These are the MAJOR TV writing and screenwriting fellowships, programs, schemes, and labs for new/emerging writers in the US. More and more are being created everyday so at some point everyone will have done a fellowship and they will become meaningless. I swear some people have made them up. (For a list of literally everything go to the bottom.)
1497 Writers Lab (Features only)
https://www.1497.org/writers-lab
Asian/Pacific American (APA) Development Accelerator Program
https://www.giantleapaccelerator.org/programs
BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition
https://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/rocliffe/writing-competition
CAPE New Writers Fellowship
https://www.capeusa.org/new-writers-fellowship
Paramount Writers Mentoring Program
https://www.paramount.com/inclusion/content-creators/writers-mentoring-program
Cinestory
https://cinestory.org/fellowships
Circle of Confusion Writers Discovery Fellowship
https://www.circleofconfusion.com/writers-discovery-fellowship
Disney Entertainment Television Writing Program
https://abc.com/discovery-and-development/writing-program
Film Independent Episodic Lab
Episodic Lab
Film Independent Screenwriting Lab
Screenwriting Lab
Fox Entertainment Writers Incubator
https://www.foxcareers.com/writing-programs
Hillman Grad Mentorship Program
https://www.hillmangrad.com/mentorship-lab
Humanitas New Voices
https://humanitasprize.org/new-voices
IFP Episodic Lab (Now Gotham Film & Media Institute)
https://www.gotham.org/programs/episodic-series
Inevitable Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship
https://inevitable.foundation/fellowship
MACRO Episodic Lab
https://www.staymacro.com/macro-episodic-lab
NBC Late Night Writers Workshop
https://www.nbcunitips.com/writers-on-the-verge
NBC TV Writers Program
https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/nbc-tv-writers-program
Netflix Animation Apprenticeship
https://jobs.netflix.com/creative-programs
NHMC Writers Program
https://nhmc.org/writers-program
Academy Nicholl Fellowships
https://www.oscars.org/nicholl
Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship
https://www.nickanimation.com/writing-program
The Orchard Project Episodic Lab
https://www.orchardproject.com/episodic
Sesame Street Writers Room
https://sesameworkshop.org/what-we-do/writing-fellowship
South Asian Salon Mentorship Program
https://thesalon.xyz/mentorship
Sundance Episodic Lab
https://www.sundance.org/programs/episodic
Sundance Institute Feature Film Program
Feature Film
The Writers Lab NYC
https://thewriterslab.nyc
Warner Brothers Discovery Access Writers Program
https://warner-access.com/writers-program
Women in Film/Blacklist Episodic Lab
https://www.wif.org/programs
For those who have broken in or are more established:
BAFTA Breakthrough USA
https://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough/usa
Rideback Rise TV Incubator
https://ridebackrise.org
Royal Society of Literature
https://rsliterature.org/fellows
UK-Based Programs
BAFTA Breakthrough UK
https://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough/uk
BAFTA Rocliffe:
https://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/rocliffe
BBC Writers Room
https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom
Channel 4 Stories
https://4skills.channel4.com/4stories
Universal Global Writers Program
https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/global-writers-program
Documentary/Non-Fiction
Concordia Fellowship
https://concordia.studio/fellowship
And here’s a list of literally every fellowship you could think of.