# @filmindependent on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbtUTR_FAiZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68765575-filmindependent-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-06T17:49:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Film Independent (@filmindependent) — https://gondola.cc/filmindependent

## Caption

Announcing the six writers selected for our 2026 Episodic Lab as we celebrate the program’s 10th anniversary! 🎉

This year’s Fellows are Lauren Ferebee, Kristian Mercado, Nikki Palumbo, Sam Schaefer, Val Tan and LaDarrion Williams.

Over the next two weeks, our #FiFellows will be provided with individualized story and career development for their original television pilots. 

A special congratulations to Nikki Palumbo, recipient of the $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant for their pilot, ‘Personality Hire’.

Thank you to our Founding Sponsor, Netflix, for providing these Fellows with opportunities to learn from showrunners helming Netflix shows. 

✨ Learn more at the link in bio.

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