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Black Boy Writes Media And Coverfly Team For Fourth Annual Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative


Black Boy Writes Media is partnering with Coverfly to open submissions in July for the Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.

Selected mentees will have access to monthly writer roundtables with established writers/industry leaders; past participants include Morgan Cooper (creator of Bel Air), showrunner Syreeta Singleton ( Rap Sh!t), Kemp Powers ( Soul, One Night in Miami), Kay Oyegun ( This Is Us), Gary King (VP Development at Paramount) and Peter Ramsey (co-director, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse). They will also have access to additional program mentors/industry professionals in Jackie Penn ( 4400, The Catch, Turner & Hooch), Andre Ferguson ( What’s Up) and Cynthia Adarkwa ( Legacies, In the Vault, Saint X, Emperor of Ocean Park). At the end of the program, each mentee will have the opportunity to be read by Gauyo’s agents at Culture Creative and lit managers at M88, and each will receive the latest Final Draft software.

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