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Deadline: January 15, 2009
Applications for the 08-09 school year will be available in early fall.

Pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking or fiction writing in the 2008-09 academic school year? Apply for one of our Film and Fiction Scholarships!

Over the past eight years, the Institute for Humane Studies awarded more than $250,000 to students pursuing graduate work in Film Directing, Production, Screenwriting, and Prose Fiction Writing. IHS provides this support to promising young filmmakers and writers who share an appreciation for the potential and promise of a free society.

Finalist applications and creative works will be judged by our MFA Review Committee. Past members include:

Erica Beeney — Screenwriter

Maura Flynn — Documentary Film Producer

Paul Guay — Screenwriter

Jim Hubbard — Documentary Film Producer

Elizabeth Koch — Executive Editor of a literary magazine

Andrew Leigh — Screenwriter

Adam Lipsius — Director

Please check out the links to your right for more information on our Review Committee and Past Winners.

Alumni News: 1999 Film & Fiction Scholarship Recipient, Daisy Gardner, wins Emmy!

For more information, please see the Film and Fiction Frequently Asked Questions.

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