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SCARLET SEAS - Semi-Finalist Pitch Now Season 3 Contest

By: John Young
SCARLET SEAS, the action-adventure horror feature, was selected as Semi-Finalist in the Pitch Now Season 3 screenplay contest. Finalists and Semi-Finalist get to pitch their project to the company/agency of their choice from the list. (via Virtual Pitch Fest)
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Quarterfinalist in Script2Comic Contest
By: John Young
SCARLET SEAS was selected as a quarterfinalist in the Script2Comic contest, where winners would be published in comic book format.
Tags: Scarlet Seas,

NIGHTSIDE on Script Revolution TV Pilot List
By: John Young
J.C Young's TV sci-fi action pilot NIGHTSIDE reached #2 on ScriptRevolution.com's Most Loved TV Pilot List. It still remains in the top 5.
Tags: NightSide,

Successful Short

By: Sharilyn Kyle
In a universal effort to dispel the negative stereotypes of Arabs in western media, Open Screenplay's "Arab Stories: Debunking Arab Myths" invited writers from around the world to submit no more than 5 pages to their 2020 short competition. Sharilyn's story "Hijab-N-Hair" earned an Honorable Mention. It focuses on two high school girls, an African-American who hides her baldness under a chic wig and her Muslim bestie, who suffers from Alopecia, but feels safe under her Hijab. They skip school for a spa day at a salon that specializes in hair and scalp disorders. As in most of her stories, "Hijab-N-Hair" crosses ethnic and religious boundaries in order to expose the human bonds that fortify female friendship.

CONTINGENCY in development

By: John Hartfield
David Hartfield's TV series CONTINGENCY is currently in development with Emmy-nominated director David Platt attached.
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SWAG TOWN trailer produced
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield has just completed a six-minute trailer for his TV series pilot, SWAG TOWN, which was directed by Emmy-nominated director, David Platt of LAW & ORDER:SVU, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH and THE BLACKLIST fame. Veteran showrunner, Daniel Truly (LAW & ORDER:SVU, BLUE BLOODS and UNDER THE DOME) served as one of the Executive Producers.
Tags: Swag Town,

HOMECOMING - Official Selection in NYC
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield's touching short HOMECOMING was an official selection at the New York Independent Film Festival: Los Angeles Edition.
Tags: Homecoming,

HOMECOMING Official Selection.
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield's family short HOMECOMING was an official selection at the Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festival.
Tags: Homecoming,

HOMECOMING - Audience Choice Recipient.
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield's emotional short HOMECOMING won the Audience Choice Award at the High Desert Shorts International Film Festival. 

SWAG TOWN trailer produced

By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield has just completed a six-minute trailer for his TV series pilot, SWAG TOWN, which was directed by Emmy-nominated director, David Platt of LAW & ORDER:SVU, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH and THE BLACKLIST fame. Veteran showrunner, Daniel Truly (LAW & ORDER:SVU, BLUE BLOODS and UNDER THE DOME) served as one of the Executive Producers.
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CONTINGENCY in development
By: John Hartfield
David Hartfield's TV series CONTINGENCY is currently in development with Emmy-nominated director David Platt attached.
Tags: Contingency,

HOMECOMING - Official Selection in NYC
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield's touching short HOMECOMING was an official selection at the New York Independent Film Festival: Los Angeles Edition.
Tags: Homecoming,

HOMECOMING Official Selection.
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield's family short HOMECOMING was an official selection at the Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festival.
Tags: Homecoming,

HOMECOMING - Audience Choice Recipient.
By: John Hartfield
John Hartfield's emotional short HOMECOMING won the Audience Choice Award at the High Desert Shorts International Film Festival. 

ISA Development Slate 2021

By: Nicholas Horwood
Nicholas' script SPRING-HEELED JACK won the Action-adventure category in Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition. This accolade meant that he has now been selected for the ISA's Development Slate.
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SPRING-HEELED JACK comes 2nd in WriteMovies' Summer Screenwriting Contest
By: Nicholas Horwood
Nicholas Horwood's TV pilot SPRING-HEELED JACK has come second out of 1000 entries in the WriteMovies Summer 2020 Screenwriting Contest. The script is a Victorian action-adventure based on a 1904 Penny Dreadful.
Tags: SPRING-HEELED JACK (FEATURE), WriteMovies Seasonal Screenwriting Contest(2nd Place)

Nicholas Horwood makes the 2015 Emerging Screenwriters Top 100
By: Nicholas Horwood

Nicholas Horwood's "Journey To The Lost Island Of Killer Dinosaurs!", a period comedy about a group of eccentric Victorian explorers, has made the 2015 Emerging Screenwriter's Top 100.

 

LOGLINE: A group of eccentric Victorian explorers go on a quest to find a mysterious island full of mutant ducks, sabre-toothed squirrels, feminist cavewomen and ferocious man eating dinosaurs.

Tags: Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition

Nicholas Horwood's LANCELOT makes Cinestory Semifinals
By: Nicholas Horwood

Nicholas Horwood's LANCELOT has reached the semifinals of the prestigeous Cinestory Screenwriting Awards.

Finalists are announced in late June. Winners are announced in early July.

Tags: CineStory Screenwriting Awards

Nicholas Horwood's LANCELOT makes Cinestory Quarterfinals
By: Nicholas Horwood

Nicholas Horwood's LANCELOT has reached the quarterfinals of the prestigeous Cinestory Screenwriting Awards quarterfinals out of over 500 enties.

LANCELOT recently won the Grand Prize in Final Draft's Big Break Contest and the Gold Prize in PAGE International Awards. It also came first in the 100 Screenplays Contest.

Tags: CineStory Screenwriting Awards, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

GHOST SPECIES wins at Annual Queen Palm Awards

By: Justin Hayward
GHOST SPECIES, Justin's horror feature screenplay won the Best Dialogue - Feature Screenplay category at the Annual Queen Palm International Film Festival 2021, having previously taken Gold in the Fourth Quarter Awards earlier this month.
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GHOST SPECIES wins Gold and Silver at Queen Palm
By: Justin Hayward
Justin’s horror feature screenplay has won Gold in the technical category for Best Dialogue and Silver in the main category for Best Feature Screenplay at the Fourth Quarter Queen Palm International Film Festival based in Palm Springs. As a result, the screenplay will advance to the Annual Awards Ceremony which takes place in February 2021.
Tags: Ghost Species, Queen Palm International Film Festival(Gold)

Vortex Horror Prize at RIIFF for GHOST SPECIES
By: Justin Hayward
Justin has won the Vortex Horror Grand Jury Prize for GHOST SPECIES in the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay competition. The festival has been running for 25 years.
Tags: Ghost Species, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival(Semi Finalist)

GHOST SPECIES wins at the UK Motion Picture Festival
By: Justin Hayward
GHOST SPECIES has won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Unproduced Screenplay Feature at the UK Motion Picture Festival 2020. Run by Festival Director and well-known UK film publicist Stuart Bannerman, this is the first award for Justin's horror screenplay. It has also been accepted as a Semi-Finalist in the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Tags: Ghost Species,

TWO EPISODES airing on CW's 2nd season of Two Sentence Horror Stories

By: Melody Cooper
QUOTA, the episode that Melody Cooper wrote for Stage 13's Two Sentence Horror Stories, airs on CW on Tuesday, 1/26/21 8 pm PT (free to stream on Wed. 1/27 at CWTV.com). Her second episode, IBEJI about Black women and mistreatment by the U.S. healthcare, debuts on 2/16. Here's the promo: https://youtu.be/pJZMuFh6gGA
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Writer The Insider
By: Melody Cooper
Melody Cooper has been hired to write an episode for 2020 The Insider on Twitch Channel, produced by Greg Grunberg and Diego Cantu, directed by Brad Savage and starring Wayne Brady, Jack Coleman, Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley.

Staff Writer on CW's Two Sentence Horror Stories
By: Melody Cooper
Hired to work on the second season of this horror anthology show. Melody wrote two of the 10 episodes.

Story Editor on Law & Order: SVU
By: Melody Cooper
Melody Cooper was hired on season 22 on longest-running show of all time.

Sundance 2020 Episodic Lab: Idea Lab
By: Melody Cooper
Melody Cooper was selected for Sundance Episodic Lab's new Idea to Pilot program to develop a new pilot for a series, which will take place virtually over a period of 5 months and then in person in 2021.

THE PECULIAR PREDICAMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RATS Published Book

By: Rain Story
THE PECULIAR PREDICAMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RATS was published as a children's book, and is available on AMAZON.
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THE ADVENTURES OF WILLOW & OLIVER - Honorable Mention for Best MG Fiction
By: Rain Story
Rain Story's book THE ADVENTURES OF WILLOW & OLIVER,  has been awarded an Honorable Mention for Best Middle Grade Fiction by the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards (2020).
Tags: The Adventures of Willow & Oliver,

THE ADVENTURES OF WILLOW & OLIVER Released as a Children's Book

By: Rain Story
Rain Story's story THE ADVENTURES OF WILLOW & OLIVER was released in book form on September 25, 2020. It's available on Kindle and as a paperback. "What a great little read!" quoted from a review on Amazon.
Tags: The Adventures of Willow & Oliver,

GUNS & GOD: LINES IN THE SAND - TV Series, Season 1 Released as Novel
By: Rain Story
Screenwriter and actor Rain Story has released her novel titled GUNS & GOD: LINES IN THE SAND based upon her original TV pilot by the same name. An Arkansas native and veteran of the entertainment industry, Rain shares her expertise on what it is like living in a Southern gun culture via the adult crime-thriller genre. GUNS & GOD: LINES IN THE SAND takes an electrifying look into the Southern gun culture and its connections with the gun industry's local, national, and international tentacles. This narrative shines light on what makes gun-toting Southerners tick and creates understanding so that we can work together to find compromise and resolve around gun violence in the U.S.
Tags: Guns & God: "Lines in the Sand", MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist), AFIN International Film Festival(Semi Finalist)

EBO Advances in the Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Short Competition

By: Larry Coleman
The dystopian sci-fi short, EBO, a story about a placEBO's healing effect upon a future society suffering from radiation poisoning, advances to the semifinal round in the 2021 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Short Screenplay Competition.
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THE ABYSSINIAN makes the Short List in the Barnstorm Fest Competition
By: Larry Coleman
THE ABYSSINIAN, an African American World Word II fictional drama told through an Ethiopian soldier's eyes, receives Honorable Mention in the 2020 Barnstorm Fest Screenplay Competition.
Tags: The Abyssinian, Barnstorm Fest(Honorable Mention)

EBO Makes the COVERFLY RED LIST
By: Larry Coleman
EBO, a dystopian sci-fi script, makes the monthly RED LIST in the Sci-Fi short category.
Tags: EBO,

Swirl City advances in The StoryPros International Screenplay Competition
By: Larry Coleman
Larry E Coleman's screenplay SWIRL CITY, a dystopian sci-fi drama and social commentary about life after the race wars, advances to the semifinal round in The StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.
Tags: Swirl City, StoryPros International Screenplay Contest(Semi Finalist)

SWIRL CITY -- A FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK QUARTERFINALIST
By: Larry Coleman
Written well before the pandemic and the George Floyd murder, SWIRL CITY is a dystopian sci-fi script about the catastrophic race wars which came on the heels of protest and how an interracial couple with the help of an AI helped saved humanity.
Tags: Swirl City, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest(Quarter Finalist)

ISA Fast Track Fellowship Effect

By: Robert Ripley
Testimonial: ISA's Fast Track fellowship was a fantastic experience. During the fellowship week of meeting, I met some fantastic people who had read my pilot, were so welcoming and curious - just the kind of people I hope and love to meet in our industry. But the meetings were more than just good discussion, they were productive - I had three executives ask to send along additional scripts. Those meetings, along with a year of support that comes with the fellowship, entering ISA's Fast Track was a smart investment, and one that has me setup for a productive, career-changing 2021.

SUGAR LAND for Top 25 writer
By: Robert Ripley
Since becoming an ISA Top 25 Writer, Rob Ripley has optioned his one-hour pilot, SUGAR LAND and he is about to go out with two new pilots in early 2020. He has also been hired for three feature writing assignments - two rewrites and one adapting a short film script into a feature. ------ "If you're looking for an organization that provides you with candid, helpful feedback on projects, amazing networking opportunities, and a supportive circle of professionals. then I can't recommend ISA enough." - R.B Ripley
Tags: Sugar Land,

ISA Development Slate 2021

By: Rae Jones
As a part of the Grand Prize for her screenplay, WHAT'S LEFT OF US Rae Jones was invited to join ISA's Development Slate in 2021. She has already had a meeting with the Development Team, and is looking forward to an exciting year ahead.

ISA Fast Track Fellowship Effect

By: T. Siena
Testimonial: As a novelist, I came late to the screenwriting industry and had no idea how to get my work into the tight network of agents, managers and producers. Then I entered and won the 2019 ISA Fast Track award and everything changed! I now have industry pros requesting my work. My most recent TV Pilot, HIGHER PRIMATES is represented by 5X5 productions and being read by executives at Amazon, CBS, MSM Tollin and Indy Entertainment. Thank you ISA!

ISA Fast Track Fellowship Effect

By: Danielle Nicki
Testimonial: Entering the Fast Track competition was a great investment in my career. The connections I was able to make during the week of general meetings have proven invaluable. In addition to the pilot that ISA sent them before we met, three executives asked to read additional scripts during our call! There are lots of screenwriting competitions out there, but Fast Track provides a year of support and can get you in front of people who can help change your career.

ISA Fast Track Fellowship Effect

By: Christopher DeWan
Testimonial: During my ISA Fast Track Fellowship, I spent one glorious whirlwind week meeting industry insiders—and the relationships that began that week are still an important part of my professional life all these years later. The people I met that week continue to champion my work, and I now have friends and advocates at some of the best production companies and studios in Hollywood.
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WUNDERLAND optioned by Omnifilm Entertainment
By: Christopher DeWan
WUNDERLAND, Chris DeWan's TV series set inside a VR world, has been optioned by Vancouver-based Omnifilm Entertainment
Tags: Wunderland,

AVALON optioned by Awesomeness TV
By: Christopher DeWan
Chris DeWan's screenplay AVALON, a "gay, teen Shape of Water," has been optioned by Awesomeness/Viacom
Tags: Avalon,

Christopher DeWan - Shows in Production + Writing Residencies
By: Christopher DeWan
Since being selected as one of ISA's Top 25, Chris has developed a TV show with Electric Entertainment, partnered with a showrunner, and now has two new shows in development with two other studios. He's been awarded a pair of writing residencies, guest-lectured a few workshops on screenwriting, and, on the side, wound up writing a book of nonfiction journalism for Harper-Collins to be released in spring of 2020. ----- "In an industry where we often feel alone, the ISA gives us a team of steadfast allies who not only know the industry, but who also understand writers." - Christopher DeWan

Christopher DeWan - Finalist Cinestory Fellowship
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan places as a finalist in Cinestory's TV/Digital Fellowship for the script Live From Mars.
Tags: CineStory T V / Digital Retreat & Fellowship

#1 On THE RED LIST - Johnny Gilligan's TV Pilot REVELATIONS

By: Johnny Gilligan
ISA 2021 Top 25 Writer Johnny Gilligan's TV pilot REVELATIONS tops Coverfly's The Red List for 1-Hour Sci-Fi pilots. His two other Sci-Fi pilots WOKE and SAVANT follow closely in #3 and #4 spots.
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ISA Top 25 2021 Writer with Two Sci-Fi Pilots In Big Breaks 2020 Top 10
By: Johnny Gilligan
Starting off 2021 with a bang, both of ISA Top 25 2021 Writer Johnny Gilligan's one hour Sci-Fi TV Pilot scripts REVELATIONS and WOKE made the Final Draft Big Break Top 10 1-Hour Pilot list for 2020. The overall winner will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tags: Revelations, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest(Quarter Finalist)

A Big Year For TV Sci-Fi Writer Johnny Gilligan
By: Johnny Gilligan
It continues to be a banner year for ISA Development Slate and TV Sci-fi writer Johnny Gilligan. In the last week, all four of his 1-hour pilots REVELATIONS, SAVANT, RE.FORM(ED) and WOKE made the Quarter-Finals (Top 3%) of 2020 Final Draft Big Break Competition, WOKE and RE.FORM(ED) were both chosen as Semi-Finalists (Top 25) in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition and WOKE was selected to advance to the Semi-Finalist round of the 2020 Screencraft Pilot Competition.

Johnny Gilligan's Sci-Fi Pilots Garner More Awards & Top RED LIST
By: Johnny Gilligan
After his 1-hour Sci-Fi Pilot REVELATIONS won the Horror/Sci-Fi Category of the 2020 Table Read My Screenplay competition, Johnny Gilligan was invited to join ISA's Development Slate. REVELATIONS joins Johnny's two other 1-hour Sci-Fi pilots SAVANT and WOKE to take the top 3 positions on Coverfly's RED LIST (Sci-Fi TV 1 Hour) this month, positions 2,3 and 4 for the year.
Tags: Revelations, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Category Winner), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Category Winner)

CHAT - On RED LIST

By: Kim Hornsby
Kim Hornsby's short screenplay, CHAT, ended the year in the top ten in Short Thrillers on Coverfly's Red List for 2020 after making it to the 2nd Round of Austin Film Festival. This was the second time Hornsby has had a script on the Red List and in AFF. A 20-page script of a woman's revenge on a serial killer, CHAT is unproduced but available.
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Contest Success for Seattle Screenwriter
By: Kim Hornsby
THREE projects by screenwriter, KIM HORNSBY, were recognized in Table Read my Screenplay. Her TV Pilot, MOODY & THE GHOST, reached the top 100 in Table Read my Screenplay, as did her Features, NECESSARY DETOUR, and THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE, the former moving up to the Top Ten in Mystery/Suspense and the latter making the quarterfinals in Page Turner Screenplays. All scripts are adapted from her Bestselling books. MOODY & THE GHOST also made 2ND ROUND at Austin Film Fest as did her Short script, CHAT. Moody was in the top 20 of The Adapted Screenplay Contest, recently won a table read at the Seattle Film Summit and is under consideration at CBS. Kim is represented by JD DeWitt of 5x5 Literary Management
Tags: Moody & The Ghost, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Top 100)

Screenplay Optioned
By: Kim Hornsby
Kim Hornsby's feature screenplay, CHRISTMAS IN CRYSTAL CREEK, was optioned by 5x5 Productions and with the lead actress attached, is planning to film this year. 5x5 Productions and Emerald Bay Entertainment will produce. This option replaces the previous option on her novel of the same name.
Tags: Christmas in Crystal Creek - IN DEVELOPMENT,

THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE Wins Big
By: Kim Hornsby
After winning the Hollywood Fellowship and Grand Prize Award at the Seattle Film Summit's BIGFOOT SCRIPT CHALLENGE, Kim Hornsby's supernatural Suspense Feature, THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE has entered into a shopping agreement with Indy Entertainment who recently produced Justin Long and Cobie Smulders film "Literally, Right Before Aaron." JD DeWitt of 5x5 Productions negotiated the deal that was brought to Ms. Hornsby by the Bigfoot team.
Tags: The Dream Jumper's Promise, Bigfoot Script Challenge(Grand Prize)

Christmas Novel Optioned
By: Kim Hornsby
CHRISTMAS IN CRYSTAL CREEK, the novel, was optioned by 5x5 Productions and is in development as a TV movie with a star attached. The spec screenplay was written by USA Today Bestselling Author and Awarded Screenwriter, KIM HORNSBY. Repped by JD DeWitt
Tags: Christmas in Crystal Creek - IN DEVELOPMENT,

Accepted into the Writers Guild Foundation's Veterans Writing Project

By: Anthony Pittore
The mission of the Writers Guild Foundation’s Veterans Writing Project is to identify emerging writers from United States military backgrounds and provide them with the tools and insights to nurture their passion for writing and successfully navigate the entertainment industry.

Visit Films boards ICE

By: Stéphanie Joalland
Following its selection for the Frontières international co-production market at Fantasia back in July, Stéphanie and her production partner at Frenzy Films, Sean McConville, have just secured a deal with NYC-based Visit Films ( IT FOLLOWS, PRIMER, UPSTREAM COLOR,) to finance and distribute ICE which Stéphanie will also be directing.
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ICE selected for Coverfly's Fall 2020 Pitch Week
By: Stéphanie Joalland
Stephanie was choosen out of 2,500 writers to pitch ICE and her other projects to LA Managers this week through Coverfly's Fall 2020 Pitch week.
Tags: ICE,

ICE selected for virtual edition of 2020 BiFan's NAFF Project Market

By: Stéphanie Joalland
A total of thirty projects took part in this year's NAFF project market. Nineteen international projects participated in the It Project Selections. ICE by Stephanie Joalland was one of them. 
Tags: ICE,

ICE selected for the Filmarket Hub's UK Online Pitchbox

By: Stéphanie Joalland
Online development marketplace Filmarket Hub has announced the projects in development selected for the UK Online Pitchbox, the new virtual pitch event running July 2-3, in partnership with Film London. ICE by Stephanie Joalland was one of them. 
Tags: ICE,

UK project ICE among 38 selected for 2020 Sofia Meetings
By: Stéphanie Joalland
Sofia Meetings, the industry platform of the Sofia International Film Festival has selected 38 projects to be pitched, presented and discussed at the event. Stéphanie Joalland's Ice was one of six projects selected as part of the Second Film section of the event. 
Tags: ICE,

WUNDERLAND optioned by Omnifilm Entertainment

By: Christopher DeWan
WUNDERLAND, Chris DeWan's TV series set inside a VR world, has been optioned by Vancouver-based Omnifilm Entertainment
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ISA Fast Track Fellowship Effect
By: Christopher DeWan
Testimonial: During my ISA Fast Track Fellowship, I spent one glorious whirlwind week meeting industry insiders—and the relationships that began that week are still an important part of my professional life all these years later. The people I met that week continue to champion my work, and I now have friends and advocates at some of the best production companies and studios in Hollywood.

AVALON optioned by Awesomeness TV
By: Christopher DeWan
Chris DeWan's screenplay AVALON, a "gay, teen Shape of Water," has been optioned by Awesomeness/Viacom
Tags: Avalon,

Christopher DeWan - Shows in Production + Writing Residencies
By: Christopher DeWan
Since being selected as one of ISA's Top 25, Chris has developed a TV show with Electric Entertainment, partnered with a showrunner, and now has two new shows in development with two other studios. He's been awarded a pair of writing residencies, guest-lectured a few workshops on screenwriting, and, on the side, wound up writing a book of nonfiction journalism for Harper-Collins to be released in spring of 2020. ----- "In an industry where we often feel alone, the ISA gives us a team of steadfast allies who not only know the industry, but who also understand writers." - Christopher DeWan

Christopher DeWan - Finalist Cinestory Fellowship
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan places as a finalist in Cinestory's TV/Digital Fellowship for the script Live From Mars.
Tags: CineStory T V / Digital Retreat & Fellowship

AVALON optioned by Awesomeness TV

By: Christopher DeWan
Chris DeWan's screenplay AVALON, a "gay, teen Shape of Water," has been optioned by Awesomeness/Viacom
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ISA Fast Track Fellowship Effect
By: Christopher DeWan
Testimonial: During my ISA Fast Track Fellowship, I spent one glorious whirlwind week meeting industry insiders—and the relationships that began that week are still an important part of my professional life all these years later. The people I met that week continue to champion my work, and I now have friends and advocates at some of the best production companies and studios in Hollywood.

WUNDERLAND optioned by Omnifilm Entertainment
By: Christopher DeWan
WUNDERLAND, Chris DeWan's TV series set inside a VR world, has been optioned by Vancouver-based Omnifilm Entertainment
Tags: Wunderland,

Christopher DeWan - Shows in Production + Writing Residencies
By: Christopher DeWan
Since being selected as one of ISA's Top 25, Chris has developed a TV show with Electric Entertainment, partnered with a showrunner, and now has two new shows in development with two other studios. He's been awarded a pair of writing residencies, guest-lectured a few workshops on screenwriting, and, on the side, wound up writing a book of nonfiction journalism for Harper-Collins to be released in spring of 2020. ----- "In an industry where we often feel alone, the ISA gives us a team of steadfast allies who not only know the industry, but who also understand writers." - Christopher DeWan

Christopher DeWan - Finalist Cinestory Fellowship
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan places as a finalist in Cinestory's TV/Digital Fellowship for the script Live From Mars.
Tags: CineStory T V / Digital Retreat & Fellowship
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