The Black List Names 2025 Writers Lab Participants

Meghan Dubitsky
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The Black List has named the seven writers and projects chosen for its 2025 Writers Lab:

  • Cristina Kinon (Dumb Luck)
  • Melanie Rish-Ho (Slab Serif)
  • Joe Veix (The Hole Story)
  • Karna Warrior (Chomolungma)
  • Rob Norman (I Love You, Tank)
  • Kaley Rose Mamo (Play Therapy)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Walker (The Junket)

The program, now in its 12th year, provides creative mentorship and professional support to promising feature writers as they further develop their selected project during a weeklong workshop in Ojai, CA. This year’s writers had their work selected from over 2,200 submissions.

Learn more about this year’s supported Writers Lab projects, and the creatives behind them, on Deadline:

https://deadline.com/2025/10/the-black-list-writers-lab-2025-participants-exclusive-1236587348/

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