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2025's Second Open Writing Assignment img

In June 2025, Rob Ripley pitched to a producer his take for an open writing assignment and got the gig. Details of the story, which is about an iconic musician, are being kept under wraps. The project is being developed by a longtime successful producer. The three-step deal will take Rob through the summer and into the early part of the fall. Rob is on the ISA's Development Slate.
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PEMBROOK: A Table Read Success img

L.E. Coleman's sci-fi horror thriller pilot, PEMBROOK, was selected for a table read at the Days of the Dead Film Festival (Indianapolis).
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Dark comedy writer JEN BUTLER gets a literary agent for her books! img

Jen Butler, B&N Top 100 bestselling author and one of ISA's Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025, just signed with literary agent Ashley Hong at Gardner Literary for her real-talk dark comedy books! Talks with a publisher for her next book are underway.Good news: Jen is still manager-free on the screenwriting side. So if you’re a lit manager who likes dark comedy and long walks through character arcs, Jen is just the writer for you.
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Pleased to announce that the screenplay GREATREX by Stephen Hall, has been recognized as the winner for the Best Unproduced Script at the RED Movie Awards (Reims Excellence Director) Spring 2025.This follows in the footsteps as winner at both the Austin International Film Festival and Cannes World Film Festival where it was described as:"the idea is original, the premise is exciting, the atmosphere is great and the characters are engaging"
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Multiple Awards for First Feature by Erika Arlee img

A SONG FOR IMOGENE by Erika Arlee was awarded Best First Feature at the Croatian International Film Festival. It also picked up Best Narrative Feature at Oxford Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the City of Angels Film Festival.
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Development Slate Writer Ted Campbell recently wrapped directing his first vertical drama series for ReelShort and San Antonio-based Machina Cinema.
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YOURS IN MURDER Wins at New York Screenwriting Awards img

Anthony's Television Pilot YOURS IN MURDER wins Best Pilot Thriller at the New York Screenwriting Awards.
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NOSFERATU CALIGARI Semi Finalist at Los Angeles International img

NOSFERATU CALIGARI by Courtney Bowen is a Semi Finalist at Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Summer 2025. Previously a quarter finalist at Dallas International Film Festival's Screenwriting Competition 2024, Script2Comic - Horror2Comic 2024, and Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 7, NOSFERATU CALIGARI is currently available.

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Look What She's Doing! Program Acceptance. img

A significant win for Development Slate writer Lisa Garvey includes her acceptance into the 2025 Look What She's Doing! program, a two weekend intensive focused on directing and producing women's impactful stories. She also applied for the Sundance Feature Development Program for the third time with WALTER VS HIMSELF, for which she created her first lookbook deck using Canva and Shotdeck.
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FROZEN LIES is a FADE IN Awards – Drama Semifinalist img

FROZEN LIES is a chilling psychological thriller about a young woman whose spontaneous road trip turns into a waking nightmare when she discovers a body in the trunk and realizes the man she loves is a calculating killer with a plan. Now a semifinalist in the prestigious Fade In Awards Drama category, FROZEN LIES explores survival, identity, and manipulation through a tightly wound narrative of forensic suspense and emotional reckoning.
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Honourable Mention for GHOST WARRIOR: THE AWAKENING img

Mike Chase submitted his Drama Screenplay GHOST WARRIOR: THE AWAKENING to INTERDEPENDENT Studio 1 scripts selection and in May 2025 it received an Honourable Mention in its Competition.
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Three Semifinalist Scripts for Outstanding Screenplays img

The short screenplays DON'T FEAR GOD, THE BUS STOP and MR. ROSE, written by ISA Development Slate Writer Kari Mote, advanced as semifinalists in the Outstanding Screenplays short script competition.
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