Creative BC and the CMPA’s B.C. Producers Branch have partnered to launch the Story Department Internship, with the aim of providing skills and mentorship to emerging dramatic TV writers in British Columbia.

The program will provide B.C. production companies with funding to cover the costs of hiring B.C.-based TV drama writers. Interns on the program will be mentored by senior industry professionals and get the chance to participate in story meetings, contribute to script re-writes and write a minimum of one spec script for the series they are working on.

“As the third-largest full-service motion picture production centre in North America, we have a tremendous opportunity to embed more of our own storytellers into this thriving provincial industry,” said Creative BC CEO Prem Gill in a statement.

The program is open now, with submissions being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until the budget for fiscal 2016-17 has been reached. The applications for the internship must be jointly submitted by the writer/intern and the production company that will be mentoring them.

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