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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. 68 Success Stories Listed.

Success through ISA Writing Gig

By: Natalie Ekberg
Producer, Jerry Koedding, from Wave Films discovered Natalie Ekberg's script ESPOUSAL through an ISA Writing Gig submission and is now actively pitching it throughout Singapore.

NEMESIS makes it to the 2nd round of the ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2021

By: Kane Wheatley-Holder
NEMESIS by Kane Wheatley-Holder makes it to the 2nd round of the ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2021.
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KANE W HOLDER IS A QUARTERFINALIST OF SCRIPTAPALOOZA 2016
By: Kane Wheatley-Holder
Kane's first feature screenplay 'Dark Island' made it to the Quarterfinals of Scriptapalooza's Feature screenplay competition 2016.
The screenplay is set on the island-state of Singapore, where four University students seek refuge in a remote industrial building on the night of the Apocalypse, when they become hunted by an unseen force outside, the group must confront an unstoppable evil that’s even closer: each other.
Tags: Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition

KANE W HOLDER'S SINGAPOREAN-SCI-FI 'DARK ISLAND' IS A TOP 100 FINALIST
By: Kane Wheatley-Holder

Kane W Holder's debut feature, 'Dark Island', has recently made it to the Top 100 Semi-Finalist in the 2016 Table Read My Screenplay Contest – London. The sci-fi thriller is set on the island-state of Singapore, where four University students seek refuge in an industrial building on the night of the apocalypse. But when they become hunted by an unseen force, the group must confront an unstoppable evil that’s even closer: each other.  

Tags: Table Read My Screenplay - LONDON!

Hired to Write 1970s True Crime Film Adaptation

By: Keyanna Wigglesworth
Keyanna Wigglesworth applied for a writing gig on ISA and was hired by Standing Bear Productions to write a 1970s true crime feature film adaptation. She's excited to collaborate with the producers to tell this story!

KERBS VR Screenwriting Project

By: Avery Rouda
A week after joining ISA, Avery Rouda booked a Writing Gig working with the Kerbs team on a Mixed-Reality (XR) TV Series concept specifically designed for language learning (English, French, Spanish, Arabic). Exactly like a TV-series, they will shoot episodes (16 minutes) and seasons (One for every level of mastery). The plot takes place in a coffeehouse, where a dozen recurring characters help an expatriate (the learner) to be integrated, and to learn the language.Avery commented "Excited test my craft and hone my screenwriting technique for the immersive, 360 world of Virtual Reality Cinema. Thank you ISA for making this opportunity available to me. I am grateful and thrilled for this new chapter".

Screenwriter hired for VR Language Learning Episodes

By: Maria Bird
After applying for a gig listed on the ISA Writing Gigs page, María was hired by KERBS as one of the screenwriters for its VR Language Learning Episodes. She’s excited to be part of this innovative project!

ISA Writing Gig Hire

By: Sean Mason
Sean Mason applied for a writing gig on ISA and was hired by KERBS to help write their groundbreaking VR language learning series. He's excited to collaborate with the other writers and producers to help bring the vision and episodes to life!

ISA Writing Gig

By: John Joseph
John Joseph applied for a writing gig listed on the ISA Writing Gigs page, and was hired as a screenwriter for a VR Language Learning Episodes.

ISA Writing Gig Hire - Success.

By: Nicole Appleby
Nicole Appleby applied for a writing gig listed on the ISA Writing Gigs Platform, and was subsequently hired as a screenwriter for their VR Language Learning Episodes. She’s excited be on the team that brings the KERBS vision to life!

REHAB CABIN at Revelation Perth Film Festival

By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN will make it's Australian premiere in July 2021 at Revelation Perth Film Festival.
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REHAB CABIN at Kansas City FilmFest
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN was an Official Selection at Kansas City FilmFest International in April 2021.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

REHAB CABIN Premieres at PIFF 2021
By: Kate Beacom
New ISA Development Slate writer Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN premiered at Portland International Film Festival as part of their 2021 festival. It received wonderful reviews from local papers like The Portland Mercury and Willamette Week.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

ISA Development Slate Discovery
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom and her writing partners feature GHOSTED was discovered through a writing gig submission and the writers were invited to join the ISA's Development Slate.
Tags: Ghosted, International Screenwriters' Association

REHAB CABIN at Kansas City FilmFest

By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN was an Official Selection at Kansas City FilmFest International in April 2021.
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REHAB CABIN at Revelation Perth Film Festival
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN will make it's Australian premiere in July 2021 at Revelation Perth Film Festival.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

REHAB CABIN Premieres at PIFF 2021
By: Kate Beacom
New ISA Development Slate writer Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN premiered at Portland International Film Festival as part of their 2021 festival. It received wonderful reviews from local papers like The Portland Mercury and Willamette Week.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

ISA Development Slate Discovery
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom and her writing partners feature GHOSTED was discovered through a writing gig submission and the writers were invited to join the ISA's Development Slate.
Tags: Ghosted, International Screenwriters' Association

ISA Development Slate for writing duo

By: Lacey Jeka
Lacey Jeka and Kate Beacom's feature GHOSTED was discovered through a writing gig submission and they were invited to join the ISA Development Slate.

ISA Development Slate Discovery

By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom and her writing partners feature GHOSTED was discovered through a writing gig submission and the writers were invited to join the ISA's Development Slate.
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REHAB CABIN at Revelation Perth Film Festival
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN will make it's Australian premiere in July 2021 at Revelation Perth Film Festival.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

REHAB CABIN at Kansas City FilmFest
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN was an Official Selection at Kansas City FilmFest International in April 2021.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

REHAB CABIN Premieres at PIFF 2021
By: Kate Beacom
New ISA Development Slate writer Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN premiered at Portland International Film Festival as part of their 2021 festival. It received wonderful reviews from local papers like The Portland Mercury and Willamette Week.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

REHAB CABIN Premieres at PIFF 2021

By: Kate Beacom
New ISA Development Slate writer Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN premiered at Portland International Film Festival as part of their 2021 festival. It received wonderful reviews from local papers like The Portland Mercury and Willamette Week.
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REHAB CABIN at Revelation Perth Film Festival
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN will make it's Australian premiere in July 2021 at Revelation Perth Film Festival.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

REHAB CABIN at Kansas City FilmFest
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom's feature REHAB CABIN was an Official Selection at Kansas City FilmFest International in April 2021.
Tags: Rehab Cabin,

ISA Development Slate Discovery
By: Kate Beacom
Kate Beacom and her writing partners feature GHOSTED was discovered through a writing gig submission and the writers were invited to join the ISA's Development Slate.
Tags: Ghosted, International Screenwriters' Association

ISA Development Slate Writer now Represented by APA

By: Paige VanTassell
ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch in 2021 - Paige VanTassell is so excited to now be represented by Erin Morris at APA Agency.

Associate Writer - Wonderstorm
By: Paige VanTassell
Paige VanTassell has just been hired as an Associate Writer for Wonderstorm, the company behind the Emmy award-winning animated fantasy show, The Dragon Prince.
Tags: Gladiatrix,

Swirl Films requests Female-Driven Western WILD DATURA

By: Bernadett Belinda York
ISA verified producer/director, Star Victoria, requests Bernadett Belinda York's WILD DATURA script. The emerging writer submitted to the industry pro's call on ISA's writing gigs for High-Concept, Female-Driven features and is considering after reading the film's logline and synopsis. The Drama, Western, Thriller is a unique narrative centered around a female couple's survival of the male-dominated Gold Rush era. Swirl Films is a leading independent film & TV production company focusing on diversity inclusion with projects distributed by Netflix, BET, Lifetime, etc.
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Austin Film Fest advances PARANNOYANCE to finals
By: Bernadett Belinda York
The 28th Annual Austin Film Festival advances Parannoyance in the Produced Digital Series Competition. If selected, the pilot will premiere during the month of October 2021. Follow the paranormal dark comedy online @Parannoyance https://linktr.ee/parannoyance
Tags: PARANNOYANCE, Austin Film Festival(Finalist)

PARANNOYANCE selected to premiere in Hollywood!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Paranormal dark comedy mini-series PARANNOYANCE was chosen as an official selection at the The Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase and Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network. The LGBTQ+ inclusive proof-of-concept pilot was created, written, and produced by award-winning screenwriter Bernadett Belinda York and comedian Kim Lupe-Smith. The festival is premiering online now during the month of September 2021.
Tags: PARANNOYANCE, Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network(Official Selection), Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network

PARANNOYANCE pilot advances in Paris finals!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
American paranormal dark comedy mini-series PARANNOYANCE moved to the finals at the Paris International Short Film Festival. The project is being considered for a Best TV Pilot Award and will screen in August 2022 if selected. The series was created/written/produced by award-winning writer Bernadett Belinda York and stand-up comedian Kim Lupe-Smith.
Tags: PARANNOYANCE,

Emerging Screenwriters places WILD DATURA in finals!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Emerging talent, Bernadett Belinda York, continues to prove the need for diversity in western features as her award-winning, female-driven, LGBTQ+ screenplay WILD DATURA advances to the finals in another genre competition!
Tags: Wild Datura, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist)

WILD DATURA wins "Unique Voice" western genre!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Female-driven, LGBTQ+, western feature WILD DATURA advanced to the finals last month, then won the 2021 Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices Screenplay Competition in its genre!
Tags: Wild Datura, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

Hired to write a Web-Series

By: David Barbeschi
David Barbeschi applied for a writing gig listed on the ISA Writing Gigs Platform, and he was subsequently hired to write a one-season web-series. He has since received feedback that the client was very satisfied with his work on the 7 episodes.

ISA Writing Gig Hire

By: Skye Emerson
Skye was recently hired for a rewrite of a feature film script for the Swiss-based production company, Cognito Films, after responding to an ISA Writing Gig. Working closely with both the very talented writer / director and the producers of the film, she has embarked on the path of further developing the A-Story, characters, and journey arcs. She is thrilled to be participating in this exciting project. Skye commented, "I can't thank the team at ISA enough for opening this door, and for the wealth of opportunities and support that they've provided me."

Added to ISA Development Slate

By: Michael Lipoma
After submitting his pilot F-YOU! I'm a Teacher to an ISA Verified Writing Gig, Michael was added to the ISA Development Slate. F-YOU! I'M A TEACHER is a half-hour dramedy about a charming California-transplant high school teacher w/Tourette’s, who, by law, can’t be fired if he yells “Fuck You” in class. The kids love him, but that doesn’t stop the school board, judgmental parents, and pretty much all the churches within 50 miles from trying. Note: Michael has Tourette's, moved from California, and taught at a small country day school in Georgia.
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Recommended by A-List Actor's Prodco to Rewrite Action/Thriller
By: Michael Lipoma
A production company working with an A-List actor's production company hired Michael Lipoma to rewrite an action/thriller script to develop the lead character and their journey through an existing World, while maintaining the voice of the original writer.

Brought on to Re-Break, Outline, and Write Pilot for Producer
By: Michael Lipoma
Michael Lipoma was brought onto a project for a pilot to re-break the story that was struggling. Re-broke the story, co-wrote the outline, and the pilot script for the producer. Specific details for this project are confidential.

Hired to Write Script Based on Producer's Original Idea
By: Michael Lipoma
During a meeting, a producer pitched her idea for a story. She wanted two things: a female lead, and set against the fall of the Berlin Wall. Michael and his co-writer developed that concept into the script THE FALL, which then won Slamdance and is currently in development with a European Co-Producer.
Tags: The Fall, Slamdance Screenplay Competition(Grand Prize)

ISA Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021
By: Michael Lipoma
Michale was delighted to have been awarded this honor alongside these talented screenwriters. His most recent works: F-YOU! I'M A TEACHER! A half-hour dramedy about a California transplant with Tourette's who teaches at a small rural Georgia school. OLD BONES: When a paleontologist discovers his grandson’s fossilized skull in the jaws of a T. Rex skeleton, his efforts to stop a time-travel experiment send them both 65 million years in the past where they must find a way back before their future is cast in stone.
Tags: Old Bones,

HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden joins TRMS, The Red List & LAISA

By: Jayson Crittenden
After receiving a record number of submissions, Table Read My Screenplay competition selected the true story of the HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS as a finalist. Soon after, Jayson's pilot script was featured on Coverfly's The Red List. Most recently, it was chosen as quarter-finalist in Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Competition.
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HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS BY JAYSON CRITTENDEN SELECTED BY ISA - TOP 50 FINALIST
By: Jayson Crittenden
The biographical pilot HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden is chosen as a "Top 50" finalist in ISA'S Fast Track Fellowship.
Tags: Harlem Hell Fighters, International Screenwriters' Association

HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS Moves Closer To ISA'S FAST TRACK
By: Jayson Crittenden
The biographical pilot HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden advances to the Second Round Selection of ISA's Fast Track Fellowship Program.
Tags: Harlem Hell Fighters,

FOLLOW THE BADGE BY JAYSON CRITTENDEN IS SCRIPTAPALOOZA'S 2nd PLACE WINNER
By: Jayson Crittenden
Out of more than 4,000 submissions around the world, FOLLOW THE BADGE, an original action feature script with franchise potential written by Jayson Crittenden, is awarded 2nd place by Scriptapalooza’s International Screenplay Competition.
Tags: Follow the Badge, Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition(Quarter Finalist)

FOLLOW THE BADGE selected by Scriptapalooza as a Quarterfinalist
By: Jayson Crittenden
Jayson Crittenden's original Action/Adventure script, FOLLOW THE BADGE has been selected by Scriptapalooza as a Quarterfinalist. Jayson said he was ''honored by the selection".
Tags: Follow the Badge, Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition(Finalist), Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Finalist), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Finalist)

ReAnimassassins by Jayson Crittenden Selected as ISA Semifinalist
By: Jayson Crittenden
ReAnimassassins, the latest script by Jayson Crittenden, is selected as a Semifinalist in ISA's Comedy and Genre Busting Screenplay Competition.
Tags: ReAnimassassins, ISA Comedy and Genre Busting Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

Script Sold/Hires Pending

By: M Sieve
Thanks to ISA, my heavily awarded script PRAYER sold to an undisclosed (NDA) production company. As well, the success of PRAYER lead to two more hires, one for a faith-based feature, nearing completion, and negotiations now underway for a 10-epi dramatic series.

Sieve Receives Multiple Wins at California Film Awards
By: M Sieve
M B Sieve strikes twice at the California Film Awards placing 2nd in the feature screenplay competition with his latest feature "Soul to Soul", and outright winning the short script competition with his multiple award winning short "Give My Love to Rose". 
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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!

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