Selected as 2025 Sundance Writing Fellow

Caitlin McCarthy has been selected as a 2025 Writing Fellow for the inaugural Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency! Read the exclusive article in Variety HERE.

Created in honor of social justice advocate Michael Latt, this six-month residency uplifts early-career underrepresented storytellers, empowering them to craft impactful narratives that spark social and cultural change. 

As part of the program, McCarthy will receive mentorship, creative support, and access to industry resources to develop her crime thriller, A NATIVE LAND.

McCarthy’s advisor will be Jessica Sharzer (A SIMPLE FAVOR), along with an inspiring cohort of fellows across fiction, nonfiction, and episodic storytelling. The residency also features esteemed advisors Rita Baghdadi (SIRENS), Patricia Cardoso (REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES), David France (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE), Claudia Lloso (THE MILK OF SORROW), Reinaldo Marcus Green (KING RICHARD), LaToya Morgan (DUSTER), Rodrigo Reyes (SANSON AND ME), and Justin Simien (DEAR WHITE PEOPLE).