Our 2017 program is open for applications! Recharge your creativity in Jamaica while networking with top entertainment industry professionals, including Vice President of Production at SONY PICTURES, a literary manager from KAPLAN/PERRONE, the screenwriter of THE TOWN and HUNGER GAMES, and the showrunner of PRISON BREAK and the much-anticipated NETFLIX series LOST IN SPACE!
You’ll spend 5 full days of September 12-16 developing your feature film or TV screenplay at ScreenCraft’s Screenwriters Residency Program in partnership with the Calabash International Literary Festival and Jake’s Hotel in beautiful Treasure Beach, Jamaica.
Tuition is FREE if you’re one of four screenwriters who will be accepted into the full scholarship program. Apply below!
After the April 20th deadline, we will open for applications for 10 tuition-paying attendees. Price of tuition for paying attendees will be $2,300. Final application deadline for tuition-paying attendees will be June 1st.
What people are saying about the Calabash International Literary Festival:
“It is an extraordinary event. The audience is big, extremely appreciative, very focused. And the setting is spectacular.” – Salman Rushdie (Associated Press June 2014)
“Treasure Beach is untouched and almost defiant in its beauty, which is why every two years numbers of authors and lovers of words travel to this stretch of land for Calabash Literary Festival. Founded in 2001, the festival draws in top literary figures from all over the world to Jakes Hotel, and this year was no exception.” – Ebony Magazine June 2014
“Calabash is, in a nutshell, all that’s right with Jamaica.” – Wall Street Journal June 2010
This distinguished program will provide FOUR talented screenwriters with free tuition for the full week of mentorship, networking and screenplay development in beautiful Treasure Beach, Jamaica.