WELCOME 2026 DISRUPTORS COMMUNITY!
WELCOME 2026 DISRUPTORS COMMUNITY!
The Disruptors Program is BACK, and we’re ready to launch our 2026 programming! This year, you can look forward to:
The return of our mentorship program in the form of a mock TV writer’s room– application link is now live here.
Disrupting the Algorithm: Season TWO
Five FREE monthly TV writing workshops–RSVP link will be available on May 11.
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About
The Disruptors Fellowship aims to disrupt the status quo in Hollywood and to uplift and normalize narratives that have historically been underrepresented on television. This work is part of Cultural Power’s broader effort to advance values-based narratives that influence how people understand identity, power, and possibility. For Disruptors 2026, we've restructured our program. From a writers' room experience, to free monthly public TV writing workshops, and the return of our Disrupting The Algorithm podcast, we hope that Disruptors 2026 continues to be a place for up-and-coming writers to continue to hone their creative skills.
Dates to keep in mind:
WORKSHOP A TV PILOT
MASTERCLASSES IN TV WRITING
INSIGHTS BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS
MENTORING FROM A TV WRITER
$10,000 STIPEND
COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES
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WORKSHOP A TV PILOT
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MASTERCLASSES IN TV WRITING
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INSIGHTS BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS
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MENTORING FROM A TV WRITER
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$10,000 STIPEND
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COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility for the DISRUPTORS TV WRITERS ROOMS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM:
1. Live in the Los Angeles area and be available to attend potential in-person gatherings (COVID-19 conditions permitting). If you do not live in the Los Angeles area, you can still apply, but we will not be able to provide transportation or lodging to in-person events.
2. Must submit 2 script samples in script form. Can be a movie, television, web series, or play scripts. No poems, long-form essays, or articles. At least one of your samples should be the TV series script you plan to workshop during the program (in-progress work is only acceptable for the TV sample you plan to workshop).
3. Never been staffed in a professional TV writer’s room.
4. Be able to fill out a W9 for payment (SSN and LLC's accepted).
Eligibility for the THE DISRUPTORS PUBLIC TV WRITING WORKSHOPS
1. Be able to join 4 out of the 5 monthly TV Writing Workshops.
2. The workshops will be virtual and can be joined from anywhere in the country, but participants must be able to join from 5 pm-6:30 pm PST. We invite writers with experience in marginalized communities to apply for our mentorship program and participate in our public TV writing workshops through this fellowship.
Disruptors Fellowships are open to candidates of all backgrounds, without preference or restriction based on any protected characteristic. If you have any questions, please contact Julio Salgado at julio@culturalpower.org
WELCOME TO DISRUPTORS
WELCOME TO DISRUPTORS
“I liked this program because I didn’t run into the same Hollywood types! The other fellows feel like real people, like they’ve lived a life. I feel very alone trying to tell undocumented stories for TV. So it was nice to find people through this program that are trying to write about this and have this sensibility.”
Rubén Mendive
2023 DISRUPTORS ALUMNI
“This is a very unique program that centers and cultivates the growth of marginalized artists. This program feels like home. I’m amongst people–not just the fellows but the administration too–of likeminds. And it’s very rare in this industry. This is a very radical experience and you’re not going to get this anywhere else.”
Morgan B. Powell
2023 DISRUPTORS ALUMNI
