EXCLUSIVE: Rideback Rise , the non-profit content accelerator that supports mid-career POC writers and filmmakers in developing commercial entertainment to propel narrative change, on Friday announced the members of its 2026 Fellowship who will be financially and creatively supported as they develop market-ready television and film projects, including fully spec’d screenplays and pilots.

The fellows are Sabrina Almeida, Karen Chee, Nik Dodani, Winnie Kemp, Gabriel R. Lugo, Fredrick Leach, Justin S. Lee, Elaine Loh, Zoey Martinson, Hisonni Mustafa, Allison Sanchez, Jorge Thomson, So Young Shelly Yo, and William Yu.

Rise additionally announced that another 175 creatives have been inducted into the Rise Circle, an annual community of POC creatives who are supported through Rise programmi

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