Sundance Development Track (Screenwriters Lab)
Sundance Institute Open worldwide
Single application for first- or second-feature fiction writers and directors to be considered for the Winter Screenwriters Lab, Screenwriters Intensive and Sloan fellowship.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: Screenwriters Lab; creative advisors; year-round support.
Who can apply: Screenwriters/directors developing a first or second fiction feature; a full screenplay draft is usually required.
Annual: 2028 Development Track application window March 30 – April 20, 2027. Next deadline: 2027-04-20.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: screenplay, statement, bio.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “applications will be accepted March 30–April 20, 2027”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Screenwriters/directors developing a first or second fiction feature; a full screenplay draft is usually required.
What you will need
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Short bioOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 20 April 2027.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Sundance Institute without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.