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adventure - 2
animated - 1
comedy - 3
comedy drama - 1
dark comedy - 1
romantic comedy - 1
drama - 5
coming of age/ family drama - 3
horror - 2
science fiction - 2
thriller/crime/mystery - 5
war/terrorist - 4
Here's the breakdown since we opened the competition beyond students:
A: Genres of Nicholl Fellows’ Entry Scripts (1989–2008)
action-adventure – 7
animated comedy – 1
comedy – 7
romantic comedy – 4
comedy-drama – 9
coming-of-age drama – 8
drama – 25
romantic drama-fantasy – 2
horror – 3
science fiction – 2
thriller / crime / caper – 17
war / terrorism – 10
Western – 3
It's simply not true that dramas comprise the majority of Nicholl winning scripts. It's even less true over recent years.
Since the Nicholl Fellowship program's goal is to identify and encourage talented writers, it is true that judges are not necessarily considering the exact same factors as a producer when looking at submissions solely for production. The Nicholl process seems similar to what producers and executives do when looking at writing samples when considering writers for an assignment.
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