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Kathryn Orwig

(She/Her/Hers)

Screenwriter

Website: http://www.kathrynorwig.com

Biography

Kathryn Orwig is an action-adventure film and TV writer who loves to explore in her stories how far someone will go for the people they love. Drawing directly from her background growing up struggling financially in a tiny Northern Michigan town, Kathryn has survived state of the emergency snow storms, bathed in lakes when the electricity was out, and witnessed many a buffalo roaming around the farm next to her middle school playground; in which several made daring escapes over the years.

With a love of history and a passion for finding ways to incorporate the modern into the historical, Kathryn gobbles up anything on Vikings, Pirates, the Italian Mob, Scottish Royalty, and the inner workings of pocket watches among other varied topics to influence the rich worlds she creates. 

A book nerd at heart, Kathryn started out writing novels, poems, and short stories. She is ecstatic that the multi-author anthology she founded with nine other talented writers titled BRING YOUR WORDS: A WRITERS' COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY is published by Fifth Avenue Press.

Her screenplays have won or placed highly in multiple screenwriting competitions (Next 100 Scripts Nicholls, Page Awards, Roadmap Diversity Initiative Winner July 2021, Roadmap Grand Prize Shorts Winner and Roadmap Write Start Manuscript Competition Top 10 Finalist, Austin Film Festival Second Rounder, etc.), acted as a final-round judge at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth in 2019, and wrote 20 animation scripts for a start-up media company.

Besides writing, she enjoys spending hours researching long-dead ancestors and learning their languages such as Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Romanian, Italian, and Swedish among many others.

Kathryn Orwig is an action-adventure film and TV writer who loves to explore in her stories how far someone will go for the people they love. Drawing directly from her background growing up struggling financially in a tiny Northern Michigan town, Kathryn has survived state of the emergency snow storms, bathed in lakes when the electricity was out, and witnessed many a buffalo roaming around the farm next to her middle school playground; in which several made daring escapes over the years.

With a love of history and a passion for finding ways to incorporate the modern into the historical, Kathryn gobbles up anything on Vikings, Pirates, the Italian Mob, Scottish Royalty, and the inner workings of pocket watches among other varied topics to influence the rich worlds she creates. 

A book nerd at heart, Kathryn started out writing novels, poems, and short stories. She is ecstatic that the multi-author anthology she founded with nine other talented writers titled BRING YOUR WORDS: A WRITERS' COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY is published by Fifth Avenue Press.

Her screenplays have won or placed highly in multiple screenwriting competitions (Next 100 Scripts Nicholls, Page Awards, Roadmap Diversity Initiative Winner July 2021, Roadmap Grand Prize Shorts Winner and Roadmap Write Start Manuscript Competition Top 10 Finalist, Austin Film Festival Second Rounder, etc.), acted as a final-round judge at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth in 2019, and wrote 20 animation scripts for a start-up media company.

Besides writing, she enjoys spending hours researching long-dead ancestors and learning their languages such as Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Romanian, Italian, and Swedish among many others.

My Story

Projects (15)

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PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET
Feature
  • Action .
  • Adventure .
  • Historical
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4 Awards
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MY DAD IS GOOD AT CHANGING LIGHT BULBS
Short
  • Drama
0 Recommendation
0 Award
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AMAZONS
Television (One-hour)
  • Action .
  • Adventure .
  • Historical
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2 Awards
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THE SEA CHILD
Book Manuscript
  • Fantasy .
  • Historical .
  • Young Adult
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2 Awards
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Available

Credits (1)

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BRING YOUR WORDS: A WRITERS' COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY
Written by
Manuscript
  • Action .
  • Drama .
  • Science Fiction
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Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bachelors in Creative Writing, Minors in Russian & Russian Studies
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Kathryn Orwig

Screenwriter

Website: http://www.kathrynorwig.com

Biography

Kathryn Orwig is an action-adventure film and TV writer who loves to explore in her stories how far someone will go for the people they love. Drawing directly from her background growing up struggling financially in a tiny Northern Michigan town, Kathryn has survived state of the emergency snow storms, bathed in lakes when the electricity was out, and witnessed many a buffalo roaming around the farm next to her middle school playground; in which several made daring escapes over the years. With a love of history and a passion for finding ways to incorporate the modern into the historical, Kathryn gobbles up anything on Vikings, Pirates, the Italian Mob, Scottish Royalty, and the inner workings of pocket watches among other varied topics to influence the rich worlds she creates.  A book nerd at heart, Kathryn started out writing novels, poems, and short stories. She is ecstatic that the multi-author anthology she founded with nine other talented writers titled BRING YOUR WORDS: A WRITERS' COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY is published by Fifth Avenue Press. Her screenplays have won or placed highly in multiple screenwriting competitions (Next 100 Scripts Nicholls, Page Awards, Roadmap Diversity Initiative Winner July 2021, Roadmap Grand Prize Shorts Winner and Roadmap Write Start Manuscript Competition Top 10 Finalist, Austin Film Festival Second Rounder, etc.), acted as a final-round judge at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth in 2019, and wrote 20 animation scripts for a start-up media company. Besides writing, she enjoys spending hours researching long-dead ancestors and learning their languages such as Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Romanian, Italian, and Swedish among many others.

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Awards & Accolades

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Success Stories

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Chosen as 1 of 4 Fellowship Participants in the Roadmap GPS Fellowship 2024
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Working With Career Coach Lee Jessup
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RED FLAG FLEET Quarter Finalist in the Golden Script Competition 2024
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RED FLAG FLEET Top 27 Semi-Finalist in the Roadmap GPS Fellowship 2024
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RED FLAG FLEET Top 50 Quarter Finalist in the Roadmap GPS fellowship 2024
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RED FLAG FLEET Quarter Finalist in The Script Lab Free 2024 Competition
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RED FLAG FLEET Quarter Finalist in Emerging Action and Adventure 2024
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Top 10 Emerging Writers to Watch in 2024
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BeTwIxT - Semi-Finalist in the Stowe Story Labs Nyx Horror 2024 Fellowship
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Another Full Request for Vikings Makes 6 Agencies Considering
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THE SEA CHILD Requested at 5th Agency!
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Invited onto the ISA Development Slate 2024!
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THE SEA CHILD Chosen For RevPit #10Queries 2023
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THE SEA CHILD Selected As Workshop Winner
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THE SEA CHILD Requested at 4 Agencies!
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THE SEA CHILD - Top 10 Roadmap Write Start Author '21
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EXHALE Excerpt published in the RC Alumni Journal 7
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Writing Short Film For Director
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CASUS BELLI - Selected for Nostos Screenwriting Retreat
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NOT MY BROTHER Showcased on The Original Bureau 2023 List
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CASUS BELLI - Semi-Finalist Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot 2023
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EXHALE - TOP 7 Honorable Mention ISA Diversity Initiative 2023
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CASUS BELLI - Quarter Finalist Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Comp 2022
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IGUANA DOG - Semi-Finalist in the Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Comp
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EXHALE - Quarter Finalist in the TSL Free Script 2023 Competition.
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CASUS BELLI - Quarter Finalist Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices '23
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EXHALE - Second Rounder in ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2023.
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Hired to Write 20 Animation TV/Web Series Episodes
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CASUS BELLI - Quarter Finalist Emerging Screenwriters Genre Comp '23
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AMAZONS - Quarter Finalist in Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition '23
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AMAZONS - Quarter Finalist in Table Read My Screenplay Park City Edition 23
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CASUS BELLI EXCERPT IN THE RC ALUMNI JOURNAL 6TH EDITION
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CASUS BELLI Chosen For The Maximum Z Summer '22 Script Showcase
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ISA DEVELOPMENT CHAT
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CO-WRITING A SHORT FILM TO BE SHOT
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THE SEA CHILD - Second Rounder in Launch Pad Prose 2022
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EXHALE - TOP 10 Finalist in Emerging Action & Adventure Competition
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CASUS BELLI - Second Rounder Austin Film Festival 2022
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EXHALE - Semi-Finalist Top 100 in Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure
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THE OCEAN'S OWN - QuarterFinalist in Emerging Action & Adventure Comp 2022
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EXHALE - QuarterFinalist in Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Comp
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EXHALE - Second Rounder in ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022!
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Adventures of Star Girl and the Marble Roller Winner of NFFTY '18
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CASUS BELLI - Top 10 Genre Table Read My Screenplay Summer Edition '22
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CASUS BELLI is a Quarter Finalist in the Page Awards 2022
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IGUANA DOG Semi-Finalist (Top 25) of Table Read My Screenplay Summer '22
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CASUS BELLI Semi-Finalist (Top 16) in Table Read My Screenplay Summer '22
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IGUANA DOG is a Quarter Finalist of Table Read My Screenplay Summer '22
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CASUS BELLI is a Quarter Finalist of the Table Read My Screenplay Summer
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Mafia Murder Mystery TV Pilot CASUS BELLI QF's of WeScreenplay Diverse Comp
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BRING YOUR WORDS Now Out!
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CASUS BELLI Advances to Quarter Finals of The Script Lab's Free Competition
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BeTwIxT - Best Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genre Winner of ISA Fast Track 2022
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THE SEA CHILD Roadmap Writers' Write Start Manuscript Competition TOP 10
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NOT MY BROTHER Semifinalist Stowe Story Labs 2022 - Page Awards Fellowship
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CASUS BELLI Top 50 of ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022
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BeTwIxT Top 50 ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022
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CASUS BELLI selected as Roadmap Writer Top Tier Competition Top 50
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THE SEA CHILD Roadmap Writers' Write Start Manuscript Competition TOP 25
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CASUS BELLI Second Rounder ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022
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BeTwIxT Second Rounder ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022
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Viking YA manuscript TOP 50 Roadmap Writer's Write Start Competiton
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IGUANA DOG is on The Red List #9 Animated Short
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NOT MY BROTHER Top 2% of all projects on Coverfly
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IGUANA DOG Grand Prize Winner of Roadmap Writer Shorts Competition!
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IGUANA DOG Top 10 in Roadmap's Shorts Competition
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NOT MY BROTHER places Top 100 Semi-Finalist for ISA Action & Adventure
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NOT MY BROTHER Selected Quarter Finalist in ISA Action and Adventure Comp
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IGUANA DOG Selected Top 25 in Roadmap Short's Competition!
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IGUANA DOG selected for Top 50 Roadmap Writer's Shorts Competition 2021
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Not My Brother Among Next 100 Scripts Behind QF's Nicholl's Fellowship 2021
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Not My Brother Top 6 Finalist at Script Summit 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist The Script Lab Free Comp 2021
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Not My Brother ISA Second Rounder in Fast Track Fellowship 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist in New York International Awards 2021
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Not My Brother Places Quarter Finalist Screenwriter's Network 2021
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Not My Brother Semi Finalist at Cordillera International Festival 2021
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Not My Brother Semi Finalist at FilmQuest 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist in Filmmatic Drama Awards Season 6 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist in the LA International Awards Winter 2021
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Not My Brother Places Quarter Finalist in Emerging Screenwriters Genre 2021
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Not My Brother Preliminary Finalist at Creative World Awards 2021
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Not My Brother Quarter Finalist at Page Awards 2021
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NOT MY BROTHER 2nd Place Winner at Script Summit 2021
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Not My Brother Semi Finalist at Table Read My Screenplay Austin 2021
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Not My Brother Winner of Roadmap Writer's Diversity Initiative July 2021
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Casus Belli Winner Best Crime TV Pilot at LA Crime and Horror Film Festival
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BeTwIxT - Official Selection of ShockFest Film Festival 2021
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BeTwIxT - Finalist (Top 10) in ISA Horror and Thriller Screenplay Comp
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BeTwIxT - Top 25 TV Pilots Barnstorm Film Festival 2019
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BeTwIxT Top 10 Finalist in Women in Horror Film Festival 2020
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BeTwIxT Official Selection of Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2021
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BeTwIxT - Quarter-Finalist in Southern California TV Script Competition
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BeTwIxT Semi-Finalist in Vancouver Women in Film Festival Script Comp 2021
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BeTwIxT - Now Semi-Finalist in ISA's Horror & Thriller Script Competition
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BeTwIxT - Quarter-Finalist in ISA's Horror & Thriller Script Competition
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BeTwIxT - Finalist (Top 10) Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival 2021
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BeTwIxT - Winner of the GenreBlast Film Festival Best TV/Webisode Script
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BeTwIxT - Winner of the International Horror Hotel Dramatic TV Pilot
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BeTwIxT Selected as Finalist (Top 50) in FilmQuest 2021
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