BIPOC Sci-Fi Lab Student Application Form

Justice for My Sister is offering a virtual workshop series for individuals who are Black, Indigenous, and/or PoC and interested in telling futuristic stories that center our community members as leaders, so that we can imagine ourselves into the future in powerful ways.

Recovering our ancestral ways. Afrofuturism. Intersectional and interdimensional feminism/womxnism. Life beyond gender. Land stewardship. People of color saving our planet. Non-dystopian narratives about the next 7 generations. We need your voice and vision. Join our BIPOC Sci-Fi Lab and get the tools you need to craft your TV pilot.

Get training in character development, story structure, writing a pilot, media literacy, world building and writing to expose and diminish the white supremacist, capitalist, heteronormative-patriarchy.

We encourage you to use your essays to demonstrate your writing skills. We won’t be able to accommodate all applications, so please tell us why YOU are the person to tell the story you’re proposing to the workshop as part of this fellowship.

Tuition for this 9-weeks lecture series is $555. We have a limited amount of partial scholarships available. 

Those who complete this portion of the fellowship are eligible for continued one-on-one mentorship to polish your script, at no additional cost. Completion of your script will grant you two free months listing of your script on The Blklst. If you have any questions regarding this application, please email us at: communications@justiceformysister.org

Watch our 2023 info session with insiders' tips on preparing your application. Watch here >

Register here for our 2025 Info session on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 at 5pm PST. 


Requirements:

  • Young adults 18+ years old.

  • Must be Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color


Important Dates:

  • Applications Open Friday, September 5, 2025

  • Class Info Session Wednesday, September 10, 2025

  • Applications Close Tuesday, October 12, 2025 @ 11:59 PM

  • Notifications sent  November 1, 2024

  • Student welcome + orientation - Wednesday November 6th @ 6pm - 7:30pm

  • Class Schedule: Wednesdays @ 6 - 9pm (PST)

    • November 19, 2025

    • December 3, 2025

    • December 10, 2025

    • January 7, 2026

    • January 14, 2026

    • January 21, 2026  

    • January 28, 2026

    • February 4, 2026

    • February 11, 2026


additional information:

Location: Online - Via Zoom

Fees: Our registration fee is $555, and we have a limited number of partial scholarships and full scholarships. We will determine the distribution of the scholarships during the review panel deliberation. 

Should you need support to cover your tuition, applications for Center for Cultural Innovation’s Quick grant September 15 and October 15 cycle are now open; learn more here: https://www.cciarts.org/quick_grant.htm. You can pitch our program as a business development program to them to cover your tuition fee.

Octavia E. Butler