Mamie & Jimmie Collier Writing Fellowship

01/28/2025

Congratulations! 👏🏿

01/20/2025

The Mamie and Jimmie Collier Writing Fellowship has announced Reagan Woods as the recipient of the 2024 Fellowship.

Reagan Woods, a screenwriter with a deep affinity for surrealism, has been recognized for her anthology pilot, “Low Country”.

10/11/2024

11/27/2023

The Collier Writing Fellowship Writing Competition is open -
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Submissions-Open-for-the-2nd-Annual-Mamie-Jimmie-Collier-Writing-Fellowship-20231127

Submission Link - https://filmfreeway.com/CollierWritingFellowship

The fellowship was conceived with the desire to center emerging talented diverse and under served playwrights and screenwriters in an environment that unders...

04/18/2023

Today we celebrate our inaugural fellow, Nathalie Dortonne with a staged reading at The Producers Club in New York City. This event hosted by co-founders Yasmin Collier-Kenny and Susan-Sojourna Collier, will be directed by the incomparable Ron Beverly, with a star-studded cast. Associate produced by Imari Hardon and a talk back moderated by 2023 Writers Guild of America award winner for best Television writing in Daytime Serials Cheryl L. Davis. We humbly thank Entertainment+Arts Alliance and National Black Theater for their unwavering support. Thank you to our angel donors and in-kind sponsors Dax and Crep Protect.
The Mamie & Jimmie Collier Fellowship is fiscally sponsored by the Entertainment+Arts Alliance (EAA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit run entirely by pro bono professionals and volunteers.
To donate please go to: https://www.eaabuzz.org/collier-writing-fellowship For more info, please contact: [email protected]

04/11/2023

The staged reading of LaSirene written by 2023 Mamie & Jimmie Collier Writing Fellowship Fellow Nathalie Dortonne of will be Directed by the incomparable Ron Beverly on Tuesday April 18th at The Producers Club NYC, the Theater District’s landmark Off Off Broadway playhouse in New York City. www.collierwritingfellowship.org
https://producersclub.com/

04/10/2023

The fellowship was conceived with the desire to center emerging talented diverse and under-served playwrights and screenwriters in an environment that understands the context of their work, thereby providing an inclusive portal to new worlds and the truths therein.

The fellowship is hosting an annual playwright & screenwriting competition(s) with prize monies, Table Reading Workshop of new scripts, Industry Guest Symposium, and an overall improvement program in writing ability that meets the current landscape to launch young writers’ careers. We are highly focused on providing mentorship, practical industry advice, and career guidance that these writers need in today's industry. https://www.collierwritingfellowship.org/

04/10/2023

The Staged Reading of our 2023 Mamie & Jimmie Collier Writing Fellowship inaugural fellow Nathalie Dortonne will be followed by a Talk Back moderated by our Board Member, Cheryl Davis, a 2023 Writers Guild of America Award winner, and Emmy nominated TV Writer.