Ding ding! Round 2 of the NZWG Seed grant is open! There's also a new grant called Seed Advanced, specifically for emerging writers who haven't yet written and had produced a feature film. Seed Advanced is aimed at reducing competition between emerging writers and more experienced writers in the Seed pathway. Funded by the New Zealand Film Commission, NZWG Seed Grants are offered over two rounds, with a total of eight grants of $10,000 for the development of a first draft of a feature film script. Included in each grant is $2,500 to put toward script consultation. The application deadline is 20 October, 2017.