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The Truth About Contests and Education

Max Timm and The Story Farm offer all of his Substack content to ISA members for free, but a week or more after the original post was sent. If you would like to receive his most up to date Substack posts, as well as participate in a community of writers through his subscription and the Substack app, you can do so by going here, ...
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ISA Staff Picks: November 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of November 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  ETERNAL PURSUIT by Benjamin Font (Feature)Lo...
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ISA Staff Picks: October 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of October 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  RAZE by Dana Speer and Nick Hagen (Feature)Lo...
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ISA Staff Picks: September 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of September 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  AS I AM by Stephanie Bast (Pilot)Logline: W...
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ISA Staff Picks: August 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of August 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  ZORA & ZIZI by Desa Larkin-Boutté (Pilot)Logli...
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ISA Staff Picks: July 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of July 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  KATRINA VAN TASSEL AND THE WITCHES OF SLEEPY HOL...
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ISA Staff Picks: June 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of June 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  SECRETS THE RIVER KEPT by L.J.McPherson (Feature...
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ISA's 2023 Annual Transparency Report

The International Screenwriters’ Association is delighted to contribute to the Women of Color Unite Transparency Initiative. To provide a safe and inclusive space for the members of our Reading Team and screenwriting community, we have anonymized the overall results.At the ISA, we have several objectives regarding all screenplay...
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ISA Staff Picks: May 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of May 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  THE FINAL CUT by Chaseedaw Giles (Feature)Logline...
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Let Your Story Lead the Way: Another Successful Season of Pitching 

The latest season of our TV Pilot Pitch Challenge, sponsored by Final Draft, has come to a successful end! Earlier this year, we set out to discover exciting new TV concepts and the unique writers behind them to showcase to our panel of industry pros at the Pitch Panel. Our three winners and two current Fast Track Fellows, Emma ...
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How Staying Local Brought Hollywood to Me

  • Stephen Camelio
  • .April 25, 2022
"Move to Montana” is not the advice you’ll get when you tell someone you want to break into the entertainment business. Especially, if like me, you were working at one of the biggest magazines in the country owned by a parent company that also ran TV and movie studios. At that job, I interacted with bold face names and their pub...
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Tracking Your Screenplay Submissions: From Contests to Execs

For many writers, embarking upon their screenwriting career offers the opportunity to look forward to attaining a slew of shiny new objects: Writing that first undeniable script. Registering their first screenplay or TV pilot with the WGA and the US Copyright office. Winning a screenwriting contest. Getting his first manager. La...
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Celebrating "Kids in the Spotlight," Filmmaking by Los Angeles Youth

  • Caitlin Arcand
  • .July 20, 2021
For the past several years, the ISA has had the honor of partnering with Kids In The Spotlight (KITS), a program that supports youth from disadvantaged areas in Los Angeles and allows them to learn filmmaking by writing, casting, and starring in their own short films. We have supported the organization by volunteering during the...
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Celebrating Another Successful ISA Fast Track Fellowship

Another incredible Fast Track Week has come and gone! This season, our Fellows, Vandon Gibbs and Elena Perez, spent a week being mentored by eight top-level agents, managers and producers, including reps from CAA, Endless Media, 1993 & more. They also took part in our Virtual Pitch Challenge, presenting their projects to a panel...
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My Fast Track Transformative Experience

When I applied to the 2019 Fast Track Fellowship, I dreamed of winning the Grand Prize, but thought the possibility was remote. In fact, when I received the email, I had to read it several times before I actually believed it!Fast Track week was comprehensively the most amazing and transformative experience I've ever had in such ...
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The Most Important Rule for Entering Screenplay Competitions

Running the International Screenwriters’ Association (ISA), I’m often asked, “What’s the fast track to selling a screenplay for an emerging screenwriter?” My response is to make sure your script is at its absolute best because the cream always rises to the top.So, how do you know if your script is ready? By testing the market — ...
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TWIC/When is Your Screenplay or Pilot Ready for Competitions?

At a Career Coaching Intake Session this week, a new client just at the start of her screenwriting journey and wanting to make sure she goes about it in the smartest way possible, came to meet me armed with questions. She told me that she is currently focusing on the development of her craft and the writing of her first TV pilot...
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Amy Amani Talks “When In Rome” & “Dazzleland”

  • February 27, 2020
Amy Amani is one of ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020. Here is her writing journey. When I watch a movie or TV I like to be transported, to escape. My writing reflects that need to break from reality and to be a bit cheeky in the process. Ghosts, goddesses, demons and ethereal cats populate my magical worlds.I started ...
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T. Siena Talks “Border Dogs”

  • February 27, 2020
T. Siena is one of ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020. Born in the US and raised in a rural Italian village, her earliest memories are of hiding in the forest around Gypsy campfires and listening to the Romani people’s music. When she began writing, her tales emerged as raw, but lyrical prose. After years of studying th...
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M.B. Sieve Talks “Prayer”

  • February 27, 2020
M.B. Sieve is one of ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020. He has garnered over sixty film writing awards including Grand Prize for Best Screenplay at the Nevada International Film Festival and the Beverly Hills Screenplay Competition, top honors at the California Film Awards (three years in a row), Los Angeles Movie Awar...

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