2025 Class For Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative Unveiled

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EXCLUSIVE: Writer Mike Gauyo (Insecure, Ginny & Georgia) and Coverfly have announced the 2025 class of the Black Boy Writes & Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative, a talent incubator for up-and-coming Black writers.

The new cohort of 10 mentees came together following a global search for emerging storytellers across the Black diaspora. Each writer will have access to monthly roundtables with established writers/industry leaders; writing workshops to fine-tune their scripts and prepare them for fellowships, generals, and staffing opportunities; and general meetings with networks and production companies.

Participants will also each receive the latest edition of Final Draft’s screenwriting software, at the end of the year having the opportunity to be read by Gauyo’s agents at Culture Creative and managers at M88 for representation consideration.

The yearlong initiative is co-run by Chief of Programming, Heather Daughtry. Among those set to serve as mentors are Jackie Penn (4400, The Catch), Andre Ferguson (Power Book II: Ghost), and Cynthia Adarkwa (The Pitt, Legacies).