ISA SPOTLIGHT

Exciting ISAConnect Member Success Stories

These are the top success stories listed by ISAConnect Members. If you're an Industry Pro and interested in viewing the work of these emerging writers, please request Industry Pro status. 4039 Success Stories Listed.

2 x 2nd Rounders at Austin

By: Dale Winton
Both of ISA Development Slate writer, Dale Winton's, TV comedy pilots (POSITIVE LEE & SAUSAGE 'N SUSHI) are second-rounders at Austin this year. This is straight after becoming a Finalist at this year's Page contest.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Comedy drama - SAUSAGE AND SUSHI - doing well in contests,
By: Dale Winton
The TV pilot about a bisexual guy juggling a secret straight/gay life has received some noteworthy award placements recently: second-rounder in the Austin Festival, and semifinalist in the ISA Genre-Busting Comedy contest.
Tags: Sausage 'n Sushi, International Screenwriters' Association

POSITIVE LEE Off To A Very Positive Awards Start.
By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton and Lindiwe Suttle Mueller-Westernhagen's latest pilot POSITIVE LEE made it to the semis for both WeScreenplay and ScreenCraft contests. They were chuffed as it's the first time they've entered our script into any competition, and both times it came just shy of making the finals. Watch this space... or rather, this script.
Tags: Positive Lee, ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Contest(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay Diverse Voices(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay, ScreenCraft

THAT SISTER THANG makes Launch Pad Top 50.
By: Dale Winton
Our comedy-drama about two black South African sisters tackling life in weird 'n wacky Austin, and the arrival of a conservative white Texan mother, has made it to the last Top 50 pilot scripts!
Tags: That Sister Thang , Launch Pad Pilots Competition(Top 50), International Screenwriters' Association

SAUSAGE & SUSHI makes Finals of WeScreenplay Diverse Voices

By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton's latest pilot about a bisexual guy secretly juggling a traditional straight life with a more hedonistic gay one is through to the final round! (Script and pitch deck available.)
Tags: Sausage & Sushi, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay

Signed with New Manager

By: Rachel McClard
ISA Development Slate writer, Rachel McClard is thrilled to have signed with new manager, Christian Rodriguez of AAO Entertainment.
More SuccessDown Aroow

HIRED - OWA - DEVELOP TV DRAMA SERIES (existing IP)
By: Rachel McClard
Commissioned by producers for OWA based on existing IP for a drama series - includes creating a three-season series outline, pilot development, and supporting pitch documents.

TOP 10 - DRAMA Category
By: Rachel McClard
My project NO MAN'S LAND was selected as a Top 10 Finalist in the Drama Category for TABLE READ MY SCREENPLAY: AUSTIN.
Tags: No Man's Land, Table Read My Screenplay - Austin(Semi Finalist)

Stowe Story Labs - ISA FELLOW 2021
By: Rachel McClard
Selected as the Stowe Story Narrative Lab ISA Fellow for 2021
Tags: The Killing Time,

Selected for the ISA Development Slate
By: Rachel McClard
Rachel entered THE KILLING TIME for the Development Evaluation, the Development team responded to the TV Pilot, and Rachel was invited to join the Development Slate, and has signed a deal memo to allow them to send it to productions companies.
Tags: The Killing Time,

Invited onto the ISA Development Slate

By: Adelita (aka Lita) Lopez
Success in the Table Read My Screenplay competition has been a goal for Lita for awhile, knowing the benefits and gratification of hearing one's words lifted off the page by professionals. Lita and co-writer/sister Amanda entered their pilot script, The Work, in the Park City, Austin and Genre TRMS competitions. These entries nurtured and developed the project, with feedback from each driving new rewrites. The Work did a little better each time, as a Semifinalist, Top 100 and finally Grand Prize Winner! After meeting with the ISA Development Team, and discussing their work, aspirations and future projects Lita and Amanda are thrilled and honored to have now been invited on to the ISA's Development Slate of top tier writers.

2 Scripts by Tom Yungerberg Semifinalists in Emerging Screenwriters Contest

By: Thomas Yungerberg
Two screenplays by Thomas Yungberberg (UNSTUCK and I BRING THE SWORD) have both placed as semifinalists in the Emerging Screenwriters Competition in the Suspense and Adventure categories respectively. The screenplays have garnered attention outside the competition as well, and are being read by interested parties. Both screenplays are available to read and are hosted on the ISA's website.
More SuccessDown Aroow

LANDFALL Finalist in ISA's Action/Adventure Competition
By: Thomas Yungerberg
Thomas Yungerberg's pilot LANDFALL recently placed as a finalist in the ISA's Action/Adventure Competition. The story is a fast-paced, sci-fi adventure through the stars that explores the excitement and peril that exists in an Intergalactic Racing League. This placement marks Tom's second time being awarded a ranking of finalist in an ISA competition. He previously won the Grand Prize for his dramatic screenplay Gross Profit in 2021. The pilot is available for download on ISA and Coverfly.
Tags: Landfall, Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition(Finalist)

GROSS PROFIT takes Grand Prize in ISA's Drama Competition
By: Thomas Yungerberg
Earlier this year, Thomas Yungerberg's screenplay GROSS PROFIT won the Grand Prize in the ISA's 2021 Drama Busting Screenplay competition. He then went on to meet with the development team at ISA. The screenplay is about an entrepreneur and his neurotic brother who are hired to disguise suicides as freak accidents for their clinically depressed customers, but when the daughter of a former client returns, their business model spirals out of control. To read, you can find the most recent draft on ISA.
Tags: Gross Profit, Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist), International Screenwriters' Association

WITH LOVE LIKE LAVA Orchard Project Adaptation Lab Finalist

By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott and Khris Burton's staggering true story about the sole survivor of the 1902 Mount Pelée eruption on the island of Martinique is a finalist for the NY-based Orchard Project's first inaugural Adaptation Lab.
More SuccessDown Aroow

WITH LOVE LIKE LAVA Receives Martinique Writing Grant
By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott and Khris Burton recently received the the largest writing grant to date for their historical thriller WITH LOVE LIKE LAVA from the Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique (Martinique Film Commission) for 2022.
Tags: With Love Like Lava,

Colin Scott Produces 2022 Sundance Darling GOD'S COUNTRY
By: Colin Scott
Award-winning filmmaker Colin Scott is a producer on Julian Higgins GOD'S COUNTRY, which is the feature expansion of his Oscar-nominated short WINTER LIGHT and will premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It stars Thandiwe Newton of HBO's WESTWORLD and is based off the James Lee Burke novel "Winter Light".

MINSTREL BOY Takes 3rd at Slamdance
By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott's comedy short MINSTREL BOY receives top-three honors from the industry-renowned and highly-competitive Slamdance Screenplay Competition.
Tags: Minstrel Boy, Slamdance Screenplay Competition(3rd Place)

MINSTREL BOY Named to Coverfly's Red List
By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott's award-winning screenplay MINSTREL BOY, which previously took home 3rd place at the prestigious Slamdance Screenwriting Competition, has moved into the top-ten comedy shorts of all-time on Coverfly's renowned Red List.
Tags: Minstrel Boy, Slamdance Screenplay Competition(3rd Place)

THE TIME TRAVELER'S GALA - 2022 Stowe Story Labs

By: Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd's in-development screenplay THE TIME TRAVELER'S GALA heads to Ireland in October as part of the inaugural Connemara Writer's Retreat from Stowe Story Labs.
More SuccessDown Aroow

MESCALERO - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices & Table Read My Screenplay
By: Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd's Western odyssey MESCALERO placed as a Semi Finalist in both the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition and the Table Read My Screenplay - Genre Competition!
Tags: Mescalero, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition(Semi Finalist)

THE LEASE OF NATURE - ISA Fast Track Fellowship & Action and Adventure
By: Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd's crime saga THE LEASE OF NATURE was a recent second rounder in the ISA Fast Track Fellowship as well as a Semi Finalist in the Action & Adventure Plus Genre Busting Competition!
Tags: The Lease of Nature, ISA Fast Track Fellowship(Second Round), Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition(Second Round)

MESCALERO - Stowe Story Labs
By: Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd's Western odyssey MESCALERO traveled to the 2021 Stowe Story Labs Writer's Retreat in Palm Springs earlier this November.
Tags: Mescalero, Stowe Story Labs(Official Selection)

MESCALERO - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Finalist
By: Anderson Boyd
Anderson Boyd's Western odyssey MESCALERO has placed as one of ten Action/Adventure Finalists within the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards!
Tags: Mescalero, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards(Semi Finalist)

BEASTS UNDISCOVERED awarded six-figure Big Sky Film Grant

By: Jeremy Dehn
The Montana Film Office has awarded BEASTS UNDISCOVERED a six-figure Big Sky Film Grant for production in the state of Montana. The film, a feature comedy based on an award-winning screenplay co-written by Jeremy Dehn and Cat Dale, received the largest Big Sky Film Grant given to any production in 2022, which helped put it on course for principal photography in summer 2023 in and near Bozeman, where Cat also teaches film production at Montana State University. Jeremy is attached to direct, and Cat attached to produce, with Jim Henson's Creature Shop attached and building creature effects, and Myriad Pictures acting as Executive Producer. Casting is underway now. For more information, visit BeastsUndiscovered.com
More SuccessDown Aroow

ISA Top 25 writer Jeremy Dehn lands another general meeting
By: Jeremy Dehn
On the strength of the indie creature comedy script Beasts Undiscovered, written by Jeremy Dehn and Cat Dale, Jeremy landed a general meeting with a large production company that owns over seventy-five years worth of entertainment and toy IP. Jeremy has been invited to develop feature pitches and scripts based on several of those properties, and is working on them both individually, and with Cat.
Tags: Beasts Undiscovered, Nicholl Fellowship(Quarter Finalist), Stowe Story Labs(Quarter Finalist), Free ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge(Quarter Finalist)

ISA Top 25 writer Jeremy Dehn lands general meeting
By: Jeremy Dehn
On the strength of his sci-fi pilot script Breakwater City, Jeremy landed a general meeting with preeminent production company that has created award-winning series content for USA, Amazon, and Netflix. Jeremy has been invited to develop feature scripts fitting that company’s mandate, and is developing several titles, both individually, and with his writing partner, Cat Dale.
Tags: Breakwater City, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition(Second Round), Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Second Round), Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest(Second Round), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition(Second Round)

BREAKWATER CITY wins Genre in Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition
By: Jeremy Dehn
Jeremy Dehn's pilot, BREAKWATER CITY, has won the Mystery/Crime genre in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition. This tops off a great year for Breakwater City, as it also was a quarterfinalist in the Final Draft Big Break, became a second rounder at the Austin Film Festival, and got Jeremy invited onto the ISA Development Slate, where he was named one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021.
Tags: Breakwater City, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition(Second Round), Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Second Round), Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest(Second Round), International Screenwriters' Association

BEASTS UNDISCOVERED optioned & in development
By: Jeremy Dehn
This film is in development, with Jim Henson's Creature Shop attached to create creature effects, some of which are already completed. The production has raised a significant amount of initial investment, and partnered with a renowned producer/sales agent currently working on casting, pre-sales, and completion of financing. Co-writer Jeremy Dehn is attached to direct.
Tags: Beasts Undiscovered, Nicholl Fellowship(Quarter Finalist), Stowe Story Labs(Quarter Finalist), Free ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge(Quarter Finalist)

Paramount Viewfinder Program: The Ms Pat Show Season 3, BET+

By: Xavier Burgin
ISA Development Slate writer Xavier shadowed showrunner, Jordan E. Cooper, on Season 3 of BET+ The Ms Pat Show. | Paramount Viewfinder Program
More SuccessDown Aroow

Paramount Viewfinder Program: Sacrifice Season 2, BET+
By: Xavier Burgin
Xavier shadowed director, Mary Lou Belli, on Season 2 of BET+ series, Sacrifice.

ViacomCBS Viewfinder Program Selection.
By: Xavier Burgin
ISA Development Slate writer Xavier Burgin has been chosen to participate in ViacomCBS's Emerging Directors Program. The Program spans 2021 - 2023, and he was one of the six selected from over 330 plus applicants. Hollywood Reporter Article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/viacomcbs-emerging-directors-program-1234984942/
Tags: ON TIME, CBS

BERLINALE TALENTS 2021 SELECTION
By: Xavier Burgin
Chosen for 2021's Berlinale Talents at the 71st International Berlin Film Festival https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/pr-january-2021

HBO Short Film Competition
By: Xavier Burgin
Xavier Burgin was chosen as a finalist for the HBO Short Film Competition.

Tall Man Short Man Official Selection

By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer L.E. Coleman's sci-fi horror script, TALL MAN SHORT MAN, makes the Official Selection list in the International World Film Awards.
More SuccessDown Aroow

International World Film Awards Success
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer L.E. Coleman wins the Best Short Script Award for his sci-fi short, EBO, in the summer edition of the International World Film Awards.
Tags: EBO, International World Film Awards(Winner)

SWIRL CITY: A New York Script Awards Winner
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer L.E. Coleman's sci-fi drama, SWIRL CITY was selected as the Best Sci-fi Screenplay for the 2022/2023 Summer Edition of the New York Script Awards.
Tags: Swirl City, New York Script Awards(Winner)

A RAUNCHY CHILDREN'S STORY Makes the Finalist List
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer L.E. Coleman's comedy short, A RAUNCHY CHILDREN'S STORY was selected as a finalist in The Austin Comedy Film Festival.
Tags: A Raunchy Children's Story, Austin Comedy Film Festival(Finalist)

TALL MAN, SHORT MAN receives Honorable Mention Award
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer L.E. Coleman's new sci-fi horror short, TALL MAN, SHORT MAN official selection status upgraded to Honorable Mention in the Paris Film Awards.
Tags: Tall Man Short Man, Paris Film Awards(Official Selection)

Jordan Trippeer Meets with Up and Coming Horror Director Braden R. Duemmler

By: Jordan Trippeer
Connected by Alberto Medina of WME, Jordan Trippeer met with produced horror director Barden R. Duemmler to dig into and strategize for her contained horror sci fi feature IN UTERO.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Jordan Trippeer Hired to Co-Write Sci-Fi Action Feature for Verve Circle
By: Jordan Trippeer
ISA Development Slate writer Jordan Trippeer has been hired to co-write a sci fi action feature called MUMBAI X by producers at The Verve Circle. This comes directly after she successfully co-created a series called COMING OUT WITH THE HELP OF A TIME MACHINE with director Naman Gupta. The series' proof of concept has screened at over 40 festivals and won 11 awards so far. The Verve Circle is producing. It is currently out to talent, with Karan Soni (Deadpool, Miracle Workers) attached as the lead.

Jordan Trippeer meets with Intrigue Entertainment VP of Dev Joe Wiggins
By: Jordan Trippeer
Following an introduction by the ISA Development Team and after reading Jordan's existential dramedy about a man slipping into alternate dimensions, Joe Wiggins of Intrigue Entertainment requested a general meeting as well as three of ISA Development Slate writer Jordan's latest projects.
Tags: A RED MUG DAY, Capital Fund Screenplay Competition(Top 100), Stage 32 Sci-fi and Fantasy Screenwriting Contest(Top 100), Intrigue Entertainment

Conde Nast Entertainment, Indigenous Media Debut Project HER Short Films

By: Jordan Trippeer
Conde Nast Entertainment and Indigenous Media on Wednesday released six short films directed by female filmmakers as part of its Project HER incubator program. The incubator, sought to connect filmmakers at various stages of their careers with mentors who would work with them to develop a short film that could eventually be adapted into a television series. The goal was to help bridge the gap in opportunities for women directors in film and television.

Trippeer Finds Success with Nicholl and Universal
By: Jordan Trippeer

Jordan Tripeer's script, "You Are My Home", an action-drama set in wartorn Africa, finished in the Top 50 of the 2014 Nicholl Fellowship. Jordan has also been selected as a Fellowship finalist in the 2015 Universal Emerging Writers.

Tags: Nicholl Fellowship

Producer for London Screenwriters Festival Pitch day

By: Tom Lockridge
Tom attended London Screenwriter's Festival in his capacity as a producer, hearing pitches form other writers, and scouting for talent.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Produced and Distributed
By: Tom Lockridge
UNREQUITED was produced in 2010 and the rights were sold in 10 foreign territories plus North America. Since then Tom Lockridge has had two other screenplays produced and distributed, FAITH LOVE AND CHOCOLATE in 2016, and MIDWAY TO LOVE  in 2019.
Tags: Unrequited,

London Screenwriting Festival
By: Tom Lockridge
ALWAYS ALICE was selected for the Actors Table Read sessions at the 2018 London Screenwriting Festival.
Tags: Always Alice,

Deadline.com announces the filming of The Ghost Trap

By: Kay Stephens
Deadline.com announcement August 30, 2022: ‘First Kill’s Sarah Catherine Hook To Star Opposite Zak Steiner & Greer Grammer In Khanlarian Entertainment’s Film THE GHOST TRAP, Westworld’s Steven Ogg Also Set’ https://deadline.com/2022/08/sarah-catherine-hook-steven-ogg-join-film-the-ghost-trap-1235103569/

Debut novel optioned...then hired to adapt screenplay
By: Kay Stephens
THE GHOST TRAP, a Maine lobstering novel by Kay Stephens was optioned by Khanlarian Entertainment to become a feature film. Kay was then hired to adapt the screenplay.
Tags: The Ghost Trap,

THE OCEAN'S OWN - QuarterFinalist in Emerging Action & Adventure Comp 2022

By: Kathryn Orwig
Kathryn gives a hearty cheers her pirate adventure TV Pilot THE OCEAN'S OWN has placed as one of two scripts in the QuarterFinals of the Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Competition 2022! After Cordelia discovers she is an Accursed, a mortal claimed by the Ocean and gifted with the power to manipulate water. She must flee her island home as a pirate to keep her secret or face a fate worse than death: others using her gifts for total destruction. It’s BLACK SAILS meets SHADOW AND BONE.
More SuccessDown Aroow

CASUS BELLI Semi-Finalist (Top 16) in Table Read My Screenplay Summer '22
By: Kathryn Orwig
Kathryn is beyond delighted two of her scripts have advanced to the Semi-Finals in the Table Read My Screenplay Genre Summer 2022 Competition! CASUS BELLI is her mafia murder mystery TV Pilot. In the midst of WWI, when the head of the Vincenzio Mafia is murdered by an inside man, his squeamish younger brother must uncover the murderer among them - the only catch is, he’s gotta suss out the killer on the battlefield as the mafiosos have been drafted. It’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE…but on the battlefields of WWI.
Tags: Casus Belli, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition Summer(Quarter Finalist)

BRING YOUR WORDS Now Out!
By: Kathryn Orwig
BRING YOUR WORDS: A WRITERS' COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY is a collection of essays, short stories, and poems, Kathryn and nine of her very talented writer friends put together and were selected for publication by Fifth Avenue Press. The manuscript is a real ink and page book available for purchase at all major retailers! Kathryn is absolutely delighted their once crazy idea to have each other's work side by side is now a reality.
Tags: BRING YOUR WORDS: A WRITERS' COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY,

BeTwIxT - Best Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genre Winner of ISA Fast Track 2022
By: Kathryn Orwig
Kathryn's supernatural horror TV Pilot, BeTwIxT, is a Top Genre Selection (Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy) of the ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022. After a girl vanishes in the forest, five teens facing allegations of murder and betrayal must come together to battle the real threat: a dark creature they summoned that night is hunting them. It's OUTER BANKS with a hint of STRANGER THINGS.
Tags: BeTwIxT, ISA Fast Track Fellowship(Second Round)

THE SEA CHILD Roadmap Writers' Write Start Manuscript Competition TOP 10
By: Kathryn Orwig
Kathryn is absolutely thrilled her YA Viking Historical Fantasy novel THE SEA CHILD has advanced to Top 10 Finalist of the Roadmap Writers' Write Start Manuscript Competition! A faints-at-the-sight-of-blood Viking Princess must become a warrior in order to avenge the death of her best friend. She may not live long as a Shield Maiden warrior, but she won't be able to live with herself if she doesn't try. It's History Channel’s brutal world of VIKINGS meets the myth and magic of THE SEA OF TROLLS with the strong protagonist and grounded relationships of SHADOW AND BONE.

Paramount Viewfinder Program: Sacrifice Season 2, BET+

By: Xavier Burgin
Xavier shadowed director, Mary Lou Belli, on Season 2 of BET+ series, Sacrifice.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Paramount Viewfinder Program: The Ms Pat Show Season 3, BET+
By: Xavier Burgin
ISA Development Slate writer Xavier shadowed showrunner, Jordan E. Cooper, on Season 3 of BET+ The Ms Pat Show. | Paramount Viewfinder Program
Tags: Paramount Pictures

ViacomCBS Viewfinder Program Selection.
By: Xavier Burgin
ISA Development Slate writer Xavier Burgin has been chosen to participate in ViacomCBS's Emerging Directors Program. The Program spans 2021 - 2023, and he was one of the six selected from over 330 plus applicants. Hollywood Reporter Article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/viacomcbs-emerging-directors-program-1234984942/
Tags: ON TIME, CBS

BERLINALE TALENTS 2021 SELECTION
By: Xavier Burgin
Chosen for 2021's Berlinale Talents at the 71st International Berlin Film Festival https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/pr-january-2021

HBO Short Film Competition
By: Xavier Burgin
Xavier Burgin was chosen as a finalist for the HBO Short Film Competition.

MISSING PIECES a quarterfinalist in Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Contest

By: Julia Skikavich
Julia Skikavich's female-centric serialized crime drama, MISSING PIECES, has placed as a quarterfinalist in The Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Contest. The serialized crime drama’s gritty pilot has been hailed as a "kick butt script" that's "thoughtful" and "thrilling". MISSING PIECES has repeatedly been cited as a "high stakes story that will keep the audience invested."
More SuccessDown Aroow

SURVIVORS: B.S. wins Drama category in Table Read My Screenplay
By: Julia Skikavich
Julia Skikavich’s darkly funny, one-hour drama pilot, SURVIVORS: B.S. has won the Table Read My Screenplay contest, as the Genre Winner of the Drama Category. The multi-award winning pilot has been hailed for the writer’s unique voice, the script’s compelling characters, the world-building that gives an insider’s look at Toronto, and the polished storytelling. The pilot takes a women-centric approach in tackling intractable social issues, centered around wholly relevant discussions tied to sexism, rape culture, #MeToo, and the harsh realities of dealing with a serious medical issue and related disability as a struggling young professional.
Tags: Survivors: B.S., Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition Summer(Quarter Finalist)

Julia Skikavich a Quarter-Finalist in Shore Scripts TV Pilot contest
By: Julia Skikavich
Julia Skikavich's darkly funny half-hour drama, HANG THE DJ, has placed as a quarter-finalist in Shore Scripts TV Pilot contest, and has advanced to consideration in the semi-finals.
Tags: Hang the DJ, Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest(Quarter Finalist)

Julia Skikavich a Second Rounder in the Sundance Episodic Lab
By: Julia Skikavich
Julia Skikavich's darkly funny half-hour drama, HANG THE DJ, has advanced to the Second Round of the Sundance Episodic Lab.
Tags: Hang the DJ, Sundance Episodic Lab(Second Round), Sundance Institute

JA Skikavich's crime drama MISSING PIECES a semi-finalist in UNIQUE VOICES
By: Julia Skikavich
Julia Skikavich's MISSING PIECES continues to garner attention with its 7th contest placement. The female-centric serialized crime drama has placed as a semi-finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition. The gritty pilot has been repeatedly hailed as a "kick butt script" that's "thoughtful" and "thrilling" "high stakes story that will keep the audience invested."
Tags: Missing Pieces, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

Rapsodies' script HEL, THE LAST SAGA wins the all genres competition

By: Carole Starcevic
Rapsodies' script HEL, THE LAST SAGA based on Mythic Games' board game, won the award for best unproduced Fantasy Script earlier this year. Competing with winners from other genres at the Indie Cinema Award in Helsinki in August, Hel, the saga won.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Rapsodies' Dark Comedy Script GIRL AND HER MONSTER winner at Boston
By: Carole Starcevic
Rapsodies' Dark Comedy Script GIRL AND HER MONSTER wins Competition at Boston Independent Film Awards
Tags: Girl and her Monster, Boston Independent Film Awards(1st Place)

MIND OUT OF TIME - Winner of the LOS ANGELES MOVIE AWARDS Film Festival
By: Carole Starcevic
The Action/Thriller script MIND OUT OF TIME by Carole Starcevic's screenwriting team RAPSODIES won the LOS ANGELES MOVIE AWARDS Film Festival Competition.
Tags: Mind out of Time, Los Angeles Movie Awards(1st Place)

JOAN OF ARC: THE SERIES - Winner of the VEGAS MOVIE AWARDS Film Festival
By: Carole Starcevic
The Fantasy, History TV Pilot script JOAN OF ARC: THE SERIES by Carole Starcevic's screenwriting team RAPSODIES won the VEGAS MOVIE AWARDS Film Festival Competition.
Tags: Joan of Arc: The Series, Vegas Movie Awards(1st Place)

ON DUTY - Finalist in Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices
By: Carole Starcevic
The Action/Thriller script ON DUTY by Carole Starcevic's screenwriting team RAPSODIES has become a Finalist in the Creative Unique Voices Competition.
Tags: On Duty, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Finalist)

Feature Screenplay OPTIONED

By: M. Rowan Meyer
ISA Development Slate writer Rowan Meyer’s drama/sci-if feature DEATHLESS was optioned by NYC based company Besties Make Movies. https://www.bestiesmakemovies.com
More SuccessDown Aroow

NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge Winner, Again!
By: M. Rowan Meyer
So happy to announce that Rowan has won the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge for the second year in a row. Out of a pool of over 1500 writers and after 4 two day challenges, his final round screenplay VAS DEFIANCE took home the blue ribbon. http://www.nycmidnight.com/Competitions/ShSC/Challenge.htm
Tags: NYC Midnight

Austin Film Festival WINNER
By: M. Rowan Meyer
M. Rowan Meyer's screenplay LEMONLIGHT won Best Comedy Pilot at AFF this year, and his feature DEATHLESS was a Second Rounder.
Tags: Lemonlight, Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Semi Finalist)

NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge 3rd Place
By: M. Rowan Meyer
Out of an original pool of 2600 writers, and after 3 rounds of challenges, Development Slate writer M. Rowan Meyer placed 3rd overall in this year's Screenwriting Challenge. 
Tags: NYC Midnight

TV Pilot PATIENT Produced!
By: M. Rowan Meyer
After two years of shooting, editing, and producing, Rowan's first TV pilot is finished. PATIENT won Best Teleplay at Cinequest Film Festival, Creative World Awards, Great American Script Contest, and Moondance International Film Festival, as well as being a Finalist or Semifinalist in over 25 others. Enjoy! https://vimeo.com/394101155/feca903752
Tags: Patient,

'Out of the Woods' named OFFICIAL SELECTION at HorrOrigins Film Festival!

By: Brian Schwab
Brian Schwab's horror-comedy, 'Out of the Woods,' was named an OFFICIAL SELECTION at this year's HorrOrigins Film Festival out of Tucson, Arizona. This is the second film festival for which 'Out of the Woods' was selected. The script was selected and went on to win at the Richmond Film Festival, being awarded BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY. Official nominees for the HorrOrigins Film Festival have yet to be named.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Brian Schwab Named Head Writer and Creator!
By: Brian Schwab
Brian Schwab was named Head Writer and Creator for Dapper Bird Entertainment, a small, but ambitious, up-and-coming production company out of Burbank, CA. The production company has already optioned two of his scripts and Brian hopes to find representation who can help sell any one of his multiple award-winning screenplays to fund these upcoming projects.

Brian Schwab Wins at Richmond International Film Festival!
By: Brian Schwab
Brian Schwab’s horror-comedy, OUT OF THE WOODS wins ‘Best Original Comedy Script’ at the Richmond International Film Festival! OUT OF THE WOODS has now won awards in two different genres after being named ‘Best Horror Script’ at the Creative World Awards just months prior.
Tags: Out of the Woods, Richmond International Film Festival(Best Comedy Screenplay)

WITH LOVE LIKE LAVA Receives Martinique Writing Grant

By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott and Khris Burton recently received the the largest writing grant to date for their historical thriller WITH LOVE LIKE LAVA from the Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique (Martinique Film Commission) for 2022.
More SuccessDown Aroow

WITH LOVE LIKE LAVA Orchard Project Adaptation Lab Finalist
By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott and Khris Burton's staggering true story about the sole survivor of the 1902 Mount Pelée eruption on the island of Martinique is a finalist for the NY-based Orchard Project's first inaugural Adaptation Lab.

Colin Scott Produces 2022 Sundance Darling GOD'S COUNTRY
By: Colin Scott
Award-winning filmmaker Colin Scott is a producer on Julian Higgins GOD'S COUNTRY, which is the feature expansion of his Oscar-nominated short WINTER LIGHT and will premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It stars Thandiwe Newton of HBO's WESTWORLD and is based off the James Lee Burke novel "Winter Light".

MINSTREL BOY Takes 3rd at Slamdance
By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott's comedy short MINSTREL BOY receives top-three honors from the industry-renowned and highly-competitive Slamdance Screenplay Competition.
Tags: Minstrel Boy, Slamdance Screenplay Competition(3rd Place)

MINSTREL BOY Named to Coverfly's Red List
By: Colin Scott
Colin Scott's award-winning screenplay MINSTREL BOY, which previously took home 3rd place at the prestigious Slamdance Screenwriting Competition, has moved into the top-ten comedy shorts of all-time on Coverfly's renowned Red List.
Tags: Minstrel Boy, Slamdance Screenplay Competition(3rd Place)

Jordan Trippeer Hired to Co-Write Sci-Fi Action Feature for Verve Circle

By: Jordan Trippeer
ISA Development Slate writer Jordan Trippeer has been hired to co-write a sci fi action feature called MUMBAI X by producers at The Verve Circle. This comes directly after she successfully co-created a series called COMING OUT WITH THE HELP OF A TIME MACHINE with director Naman Gupta. The series' proof of concept has screened at over 40 festivals and won 11 awards so far. The Verve Circle is producing. It is currently out to talent, with Karan Soni (Deadpool, Miracle Workers) attached as the lead.
More SuccessDown Aroow

Jordan Trippeer Meets with Up and Coming Horror Director Braden R. Duemmler
By: Jordan Trippeer
Connected by Alberto Medina of WME, Jordan Trippeer met with produced horror director Barden R. Duemmler to dig into and strategize for her contained horror sci fi feature IN UTERO.
Tags: In Utero,

Jordan Trippeer meets with Intrigue Entertainment VP of Dev Joe Wiggins
By: Jordan Trippeer
Following an introduction by the ISA Development Team and after reading Jordan's existential dramedy about a man slipping into alternate dimensions, Joe Wiggins of Intrigue Entertainment requested a general meeting as well as three of ISA Development Slate writer Jordan's latest projects.
Tags: A RED MUG DAY, Capital Fund Screenplay Competition(Top 100), Stage 32 Sci-fi and Fantasy Screenwriting Contest(Top 100), Intrigue Entertainment

Conde Nast Entertainment, Indigenous Media Debut Project HER Short Films

By: Jordan Trippeer
Conde Nast Entertainment and Indigenous Media on Wednesday released six short films directed by female filmmakers as part of its Project HER incubator program. The incubator, sought to connect filmmakers at various stages of their careers with mentors who would work with them to develop a short film that could eventually be adapted into a television series. The goal was to help bridge the gap in opportunities for women directors in film and television.

Trippeer Finds Success with Nicholl and Universal
By: Jordan Trippeer

Jordan Tripeer's script, "You Are My Home", an action-drama set in wartorn Africa, finished in the Top 50 of the 2014 Nicholl Fellowship. Jordan has also been selected as a Fellowship finalist in the 2015 Universal Emerging Writers.

Tags: Nicholl Fellowship
Load More

YOU MUST BE AN INDUSTRY APPROVED PRO
TO VIEW THIS CONTENT

(If you are a writer and want to be considered for the TOP 25, you must be an ISAConnect Member)

SPOTLIGHT

These are the top success stories listed by ISAConnect Members only. Many come from ISA Writing Gigs, the ISA Fast Track, the ISA Development Slate, the ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch plus other ISAConnect Members who have demonstrated additional success throughout the industry. This includes but is not limited to winning or placing in contests, receiving a fellowship, a writing assignment, representation and/or getting a script produced, optioned or sold. We welcome posting your success from any part of the industry!

Anyone can upgrade to ISAConnect. Upgrade to the Yearly Membership on any contest page and you’ll receive a free contest entry! If you are an industry pro and interested in viewing the work of these emerging writers, please request Industry Pro status.

Sign Up for News
Follow Us
© 2016-2022 International Screenwriters' Association.
All rights reserved.
design by Danielle Green & Greypath

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you accept and understand our Privacy Policy, and our Terms Of Use.

ACCEPT