**The Accelerate Fellowship is a year-long program that gives mid-level disabled screenwriters $40,000 in funding, and the bespoke mentorship, industry connections, and community they need to become industry-leading creators.**

  
We started Inevitable Foundation’s Accelerate Fellowship to empower mid-level disabled screenwriters to develop and sell their own content. Disabled people make up more than 20% of the U.S. population but represent less than 1% of writers working in the industry today.

  
The Accelerate Fellowship is a 12-month program, focused half on writing skills and half on business skills. As an AccelerateFellow, you can expect 3-5 hours per week of writing workshops, personal check-ins, and conversations with industry leaders, as well as a bi-weekly submission deadline for new writing. You may also have sessions or follow-up work from professional development opportunities.

  
The goal of the Accelerate Fellowship is to help you get more professional work as a screenwriter (both development and staffing), so we’ll never ask you to turn down opportunities. However, to ensure the impact of the program, we do ask applicants to make sure they maintain enough time to commit fully to all the Fellowship entails.

  
The Accelerate Fellowship is exclusively supported by Netflix.

**Unrestricted Funding**

Fellows receive a $35,000 cash grant, which is meant to cover more than six months of living expenses, and an additional $5,000 to cover professional development expenses during the program. The money is unrestricted— Fellows can use it to cover living expenses and other project-related fees—which is intended to give them the time and space to further develop their projects.

  
**Conversations & Workshops** 

Weekly conversations with leading showrunners, writers, producers and creative executives help Fellows get bespoke advice and build new connections.

  
**Bespoke mentorship**

Ongoing writing workshops and check-ins with the Inevitable team allow Fellows to sharpen their writing and pitching skills.

  
**Networking and Job Opportunities**

Our personalized Concierge service links Fellows with Showrunners and Creative Executives for development and staffing opportunities.

  
**Community of Peers**

Connecting with other disabled screenwriters both inside and outside of the Fellowship program will build a supportive community that will stay with Fellows as they grow.

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