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Entering its 10th year, Stowe Story Labs is accepting applications to its labs and retreats. It has extended its regular deadline to February 8th, 2022, because it has added new fellowships and programs to its lineup. Stowe offers labs, retreats, long-form writing programs, and ongoing mentoring to top emerging screenwriters, filmmakers, and creative producers from around the world.
Collectively, Stowe Story Labs has served over 400 emerging artists, 70% of whom are women. To date, Participants have come from 41 states and 21 countries. In the last two years, 26% of participants have been BIPOC/Latinx, and 40% are 40 years old or older. Nearly 50% of participants receive need-based financial support.
One of the programs they’ve added this year is a new Writers’ Retreat in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Stowe has also created new fellowship programs which cover the program fees for artists. Two new fellowships are the Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis Fellowship for women over 40 and the previously announced NYXFellowship for emerging female horror writers age 40 and over. Stowe awards more than fifteen fellowships annually as well as partial scholarships. Learn more about Stowe’s new programs and its fellowship opportunities on their website.
“Given the expanded program, it made sense to extend our application deadline to give interested artists more time to apply without an application fee increase. In all of our work, our intent is to find wonderful people with good stories worth telling and to help propel them to the next level,” said David Rocchio. “Over the years, we have been fortunate to work with fantastic emerging talent and forge deep relationships with wonderful fellowship partners and mentors such as Darrien
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