MOME to Fund First-Ever “Made in NY” Fellow as part of Moonshot Pilot Accelerator

Apply Now at moonshotinitiative.org for Chance to Pitch TV Scripts to Netflix, HBO and more

MOME is providing its first-ever grant to support a “Made in NY” Fellow for the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator, ensuring that at least one emerging TV writer selected to the highly competitive program is a New York City resident. Applications are open April 1 through May 27, and applicants can submit their pilot scripts through Scrybe. For more information, visit Moonshot’s website.

As part of Moonshot Initiative’s push to increase the representation of women and gender-expansive folks in writers’ rooms and on screen, six to eight selected fellows will have the opportunity to pitch their TV pilots to studios, production companies, and representation including Netflix, HBO, Level Forward, Atlantic Pictures and Yes, Norman. The nonprofit will announce many more participating companies soon; past companies have included Warner Bros., Showtime, Hulu, Starz, Amazon Studios, Neon, Broadway Video and many more.

Before pitching, fellows will receive three weeks of intensive training, during which they’ll learn directly from industry insiders, including a development executive, showrunner, agent, manager, speech coach, and entertainment lawyer. The program will culminate with a week of pitching to studios, production companies, representatives and financiers that are looking for new material and/or new writers. The selected fellows will be vetted by Moonshot’s panel of industry judges — showrunners, series creators and high-level TV writers.

Moonshot Initiative was founded in 2017 to promote gender equity behind the camera and on screen. The nonprofit organization is best known for its signature film challenge that has produced 41 short films with over 1,000 women and gender-expansive professional filmmakers. Moonshot Initiative also hosts networking events and offers virtual education opportunities. Past participants have seen great success; in addition to the fellow who sold a show, many fellows have been staffed, gotten representation, become mentees to executive producers, and been hired in support staff positions.