The Athena Film Festival Writers Lab is a three-day creative development workshop for emerging writers which provides storytellers with creative guidance, training, industry access, and a valuable, supportive network. Applicants must submit a project that features a woman or women characters in a leadership role or position at the center of the story.
The Spring 2024 Athena Film Festival Writers Lab will be held from February 28 to March 1, 2024.
The Athena Film Festival Writers lab features one-on-one mentoring sessions with experienced writers and industry experts, peer-to-peer sessions with fellow lab participants, pitch training, a mock writers' room, and industry day events, including panels and conversations.
The Athena Film Festival is pleased to offer the following Fellowships.
The Alfred P. Sloan Writing Fellowship for screen and episodic writers. This Fellowship supports selected writers with STEM scripts with ongoing mentorship following participation in the Athena Film Festival Writing Lab. This fellowship is in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The Loreen Arbus Fellowship. This Fellowship is designed to support writers with disabilities working on women-centric projects and provides selected writers with 6 months of ongoing mentorship following participation in the Athena Writers Lab. The fellowship is in partnership with The Loreen Arbus Foundation.