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ISA Staff Picks: March 2025

The ISA staff has selected these screenplays and their writers as outstanding examples in their genres and formats for March 2025. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers, and production companies actively seeking talented writers to represent or compelling projects to produce.Staff Picks:PRODIGAL by Chris Courtn...
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ISA Staff Picks: February 2025

  • February 3, 2025
These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of February, 2025. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce. Staff Picks: BACK FIRES by Alex Vincent Blum...
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ISA 2024 in Review

  • January 23, 2025
As we look forward into 2025, we want to highlight some outstanding changes and achievements that occurred in the last year, both for the ISA and for our writers. By looking back at how far we've come, we can see the potential for ourselves and for the industry as a whole in the future. We are so grateful for this talented commu...
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9 Components Of The Perfect Logline (Part 2)

  • James "Doc" Mason
  • .January 16, 2025
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series "Logline."4) Triggering EventIn the logline, a triggering event describes the change in circumstances that creates the conflict to be resolved in the climax. Some call it the inciting incident or inciting event, others call it a catalyst. Whether a specific event, or the final straw in a s...
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An Inside Look: Judging Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s Competitions

  • Jeffrey Morales
  • .January 10, 2025
Creative Screenwriting Magazine runs a range of screenwriting competitions for television pilots and feature length scripts throughout the year. Each one has a specifically-trained pool of readers to judge each category. This article breaks down the various components that are judged and some sample comments you can use to ensur...
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ISA Staff Picks: January 2025

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of January, 2025. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  Staff Picks: ELIZABETH KLEIN HAS NO FRIENDS ...
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ISA Top Reads - Winter 2024

We are thrilled to announce the Winter 2024 list of ISA Top Reads! These writers' projects have been evaluated by multiple ISA readers, advancing through several rounds in the Writing Gig consideration process, contest, and fellowship submissions. Their loglines stood out from the crowd, catching the eyes of our team. After bein...
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ISA Staff Picks: December 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of December, 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  Staff Picks:HEAVY by Colette LeGault (Featu...
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The Truth About Contests and Education

Max Timm and The Story Farm offer all of his Substack content to ISA members for free, but a week or more after the original post was sent. If you would like to receive his most up to date Substack posts, as well as participate in a community of writers through his subscription and the Substack app, you can do so by going here, ...
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ISA Staff Picks: November 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of November 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  ETERNAL PURSUIT by Benjamin Font (Feature)Lo...
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ISA Staff Picks: October 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of October 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  RAZE by Dana Speer and Nick Hagen (Feature)Lo...
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ISA Staff Picks: September 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of September 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  AS I AM by Stephanie Bast (Pilot)Logline: W...
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ISA Staff Picks: August 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of August 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  ZORA & ZIZI by Desa Larkin-Boutté (Pilot)Logli...
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ISA Staff Picks: July 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of July 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  KATRINA VAN TASSEL AND THE WITCHES OF SLEEPY HOL...
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ISA Staff Picks: June 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of June 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  SECRETS THE RIVER KEPT by L.J.McPherson (Feature...
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ISA's 2023 Annual Transparency Report

The International Screenwriters’ Association is delighted to contribute to the Women of Color Unite Transparency Initiative. To provide a safe and inclusive space for the members of our Reading Team and screenwriting community, we have anonymized the overall results.At the ISA, we have several objectives regarding all screenplay...
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ISA Staff Picks: May 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of May 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  THE FINAL CUT by Chaseedaw Giles (Feature)Logline...
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Let Your Story Lead the Way: Another Successful Season of Pitching 

The latest season of our TV Pilot Pitch Challenge, sponsored by Final Draft, has come to a successful end! Earlier this year, we set out to discover exciting new TV concepts and the unique writers behind them to showcase to our panel of industry pros at the Pitch Panel. Our three winners and two current Fast Track Fellows, Emma ...
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How Staying Local Brought Hollywood to Me

  • Stephen Camelio
  • .April 25, 2022
"Move to Montana” is not the advice you’ll get when you tell someone you want to break into the entertainment business. Especially, if like me, you were working at one of the biggest magazines in the country owned by a parent company that also ran TV and movie studios. At that job, I interacted with bold face names and their pub...
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Tracking Your Screenplay Submissions: From Contests to Execs

For many writers, embarking upon their screenwriting career offers the opportunity to look forward to attaining a slew of shiny new objects: Writing that first undeniable script. Registering their first screenplay or TV pilot with the WGA and the US Copyright office. Winning a screenwriting contest. Getting his first manager. La...

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