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STARZTakeTheLead Writer's Intensive
NFMLA is proud to announce the fifth season of the STARZTakeTheLead Writer's Intensive! Thank you to our friends at TheWrap for their support in helping us usher in another year of this great program, co-presented by us here at NFMLA and our friends at NALIP. We are excited to return with this vital initiative that offers…
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Apply Now | Film Independent Screenwriting Lab (Fiction Features)
Screenwriters, your next opportunity awaits! 💫 Applications are now open for Film Independent's 2027 Screenwriting Lab. This lab is a two-week intensive workshop designed to help fiction feature screenwriters strengthen their scripts and advance their careers. Who Can Apply? The Screenwriting Lab is open to any writer…
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The Grey List - spotlighting scripts from writers over 40
For anyone looking for some fresh scripts or inspiration, The 2026 edition of The Grey List dropped this week with "a curated collection of original, production-ready feature and pilot scripts from screenwriters over 40." https://scriptmag.com/the-grey-list-2026
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Screenwriters - Apply for the Sundance Institute 2027 Development Track
The Sundance Institute Development Track allows feature fiction filmmakers with an in-progress screenplay to apply for multiple programs at once. Are you a feature fiction screenwriter looking to take the next step in developing your screenplay? Sundance Institute's Development Track has one open application that allows…
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Submission window open for The Writers Lab International for women 40+
The submissions window is now open for The Writers Lab Int'l, now celebrating its 12th year supporting women and nonbinary film and television writers over the age of 40. This year, TWL Int'l will for the first time offer their in-person laboratory immersive program in both Los Angeles and New York, doubling its impact in…
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Tony the Screenwriter Newsletter
Hi all, I just launched a newsletter on LinkedIn that chronicles my journey as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Check it out here: Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7386468870141747200
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‘Hamnet’ Co-Screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell on Adapting Her Novel
Oscar-nominated Maggie O’Farrell discusses her screenwriting debut with Chloé Zhao and why art is crucial to understanding humanity. Hamnet (Focus Features) Maggie O’Farrell almost said no when Chloé Zhao asked her to co-write the Hamnet screenplay. O’Farrell wrote the book Hamnet, which explores the grief of William and…
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Screenwriting for Producers
I'm an award-winning screenwriter and wanted to know what considerations must be made when writing for producers.