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Featured Writers IWC Featured Writers have recently distinguished themselves with a sale, option, production, a placement in a lab, or related action. This June, the IWC honors Pride Month and celebrates the recent successes of some of its LGBTQIA+ members. Featured Writers are updated quarterly. Christina Hulen Chris' two Historical Features, La Maupin and Warbirds are both on this year's Best Of list. Read Full Profile Sabine El Gemayel Recently, Sabine mentored five projects as an editor for the Royal Film Commission of Jordan. Read Full Profile Matija Šraj Matija was recently awarded the Honorable Mention in the 2025 Page International Screenwriting Awards – Stowe Story Labs Fellowship. Read Full Profile Shana Holmes Shana is a 2025 Stowe Story Labs Narrative Lab Fellowship Semi-Finalist for her 1/2 hour comedy pilot, Smut and Mothballs. Read Full Profile IWC Membership Use the above search bar to sort writers by name, genre, demographics, script attributes, and more. Alec Moore TV, Features, Comedy Comedy writer seeks someone to laugh, but will consider settling for silent chuckles if you're the stoic type... Read Full Profile Ambra Chavira Drama, Comedy Ambra is an LA-Based Feature Writer whose brand is Kick Ass Women of Color. Read Full Profile Anne Toole TV, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Versatile writer looking to grow with a team of great writers... Read Full Profile Arun K. Vir TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Arun goes beyond being a scribe; she steps into the role of social explorer and tribal architect... Read Full Profile Billie Jo Mason TV, Features, Genre Recently worked with showrunner Mark Protosevich on SUGAR (starring Colin Farrell) for Apple+... Read Full Profile Caitlin Reed TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Caitlin Reed writes three-dimensional, quirky, yet relatable characters dealing with existential ennui, coated by enough delusional escapism to forget reality. Read Full Profile Christina Hulen TV, Features, Drama, Genre Christina writes features and television about women and LGBTQ+ people whose stories have been white-washed or lost to history... Read Full Profile Conor Dowling TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Conor is a writer and filmmaker from Ireland whose brand is misfits, monsters and broken hearts. Read Full Profile Dana Braziel-Solovy TV, Comedy, Genre In true bisexual fashion, Dana Braziel-Solovy hates having to choose, so she writes all types of comedy television: workplace, high concept, dark, light, hard, female-driven. Read Full Profile Dave Kagno TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Dave grew up in a suburb of Boston and quickly learned that being pragmatic and logical was a good way to avoid facing his feelings. Now, he’s a writer. Go figure. Read Full Profile Edward Coffey TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Veteran and AAPI writer of all genres... Read Full Profile Eugene Ramos TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Influenced by William Shakespeare and Rod Serling, Eugene writes genre stories about underdogs fighting the good fight (oftentimes while falling in love) against overwhelming odds... Read Full Profile Gina DeAngelis Features, Dramedy, Genre Youngest of Ten Kids Who All Talked at Once... Read Full Profile James Moorer TV, Features, Drama, Genre The darkness came with James... Writing soul-gripping, character-driven thrillers that reach unspoken depths of humanity... Read Full Profile Jennifer Vandever TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Jennifer writes smart, interesting characters navigating absurd worlds. Her scripts center women exploring modern relationships, politics, and power, often with a satiric slant... Read Full Profile Johnny Gilligan TV, Features, Genre Johnny grew up Ireland where being a seanchaí (storyteller) is mandated by Celtic lore. He writes character-driven grounded sci-fi features and pilots. Read Full Profile Joseph Mwamba TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Joe recently wrote his first episode on an upcoming Netflix action series & writes aspirational Young Adult dramedies... Read Full Profile Karol Ruth Silverstein Features, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy Karol Ruth Silverstein champions misfits, underdogs, and that weird kid nobody wanted to sit next to. Spoiler alert: she qualifies as all of the above. Dramedy is her sweet spot... Read Full Profile Kelly Jo Brick TV, Drama Kelly Jo Brick, a Sundance Fellow, has a passion for digging into the layers of humanity through telling stories of crime, mystery, underdogs, and dysfunctional families... Read Full Profile Kim Turner Features, TV, Comedy Kim works overtime to make you laugh and to distract you so you don't see the moment that breaks your heart coming... Read Full Profile Leah Simmons TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Leah is a genre writer from South Dakota specializing in horror and sci-fi that ranges from the deep exploration of humanity's darker nature to laugh out loud funny. Read Full Profile Lisa Jeanne Rosenberg Features, Drama, Genre Lisa explores personal beliefs and decisions that drive momentous social and political outcomes. Underdog scientists, a female thief, and a war criminal are among her characters. Read Full Profile Lisanne Sartor TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy An Italian American Jersey girl whose dysfunctional family history of secrets and lies has deeply informed her writing and culinary skills as well as her vengeful, loyal nature... Read Full Profile Marina Quintero TV, Comedy, Dramedy Marina writes female driven comedies and dramedies that center around themes of coming-of-age (at any age), blended families and underdogs. Read Full Profile Matija Šraj TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Matija writes mostly LGBTQIA+ stories, often through a multicultural/ethnic lens. He writes TV and features across genres, from comedy and dramedy, to drama, action and thriller. Read Full Profile Megan J. Wilson TV, Features, Drama, Genre Megan is an award-winning screenwriter and TV writer, recently featured on the Next List and Red List, with multiple optioned scripts in various stages of development. Read Full Profile Michael J. Dougherty Features, Drama, Comedy, Genre Michael writes dark features, comedies, dramas, and genre... Read Full Profile Nerris Nassiri Features, Drama, Dramedy Redefining musicals, films, and musical films with bold, diverse, and original storytelling on a budget. Read Full Profile Noemi Villela-Dean TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Noemi likes to imagine what the world would be like if women had always been in charge. One of her peeves is the phrase, "That's how it's always been done." Read Full Profile Philippe Bowgen TV, Comedy, Dramedy The Most Irreverent Queer Latinx Writer and Comedian on Either Coast Read Full Profile Reenita Malhotra Hora TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Reenita crafts South Asian stories with unapologetic humor and imperfect characters. LA Weekly hails her as a top Indie writer bringing Indian culture to U.S. audiences. Read Full Profile Roxanne Beck Raye TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Roxanne's writing focuses on women who refuse to be silenced, and underdogs who never give up... Read Full Profile Saiya Floyd TV, Features, Genre Saiya explores new perspectives in historical, fantasy, and sci-fi stories. Through heightened worlds, she uncovers traits that make us the most human... Read Full Profile Shaene M. Siders TV, Features, Drama, Genre Shaene Siders is an IBM-certified computer geek and an award-winning action, science fiction, and fantasy writer. Never read her scripts without a helmet... Read Full Profile Stephen Nolly TV, Features, Drama, Genre Stephen is a biracial Japanese/Jewish writer/director and Air Force brat. He writes high-concept, socially-conscious stories and is a current RespectAbility fellow. Read Full Profile Steven Vivell TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Steven Vivell writes genre comedy mashups. He's written a fantasy comedy, animated comedy, and mystery comedy. Perhaps next, a horror comedy... Read Full Profile Thomas R. Schrack TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Thomas is a skateboarding, screenwriting, accountant with a passion for storytelling. He focuses on adventures in imagination and resilience. Read Full Profile Tonia Kempler TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Tonia's horror feature The Leatherface Lady is in development with Radar Pictures. The project is part of a larger multi-revenue IP -- Old Orchard Lore. Read Full Profile Tracy Held TV, Features, Comedy A Chinese/Eastern European writer, Tracy loves to tell stories about do-gooders who strive to save the world, but struggle to know how to navigate the human interaction part... Read Full Profile Virtic Emil Brown TV, Features, Drama, Genre Virtic puts a lot of her emotions and experiences in her writing. She focuses on inclusion and diversity... Read Full Profile Yousif Nash TV, Features, Drama, Genre Yousif is a son of Iraqi immigrants, an Air Force veteran, and a huge nerd... Read Full Profile Alexa Oona Schulz TV, Drama, Comedy Alexa’s special skill is her background in writing and directing documentaries, and her work history with a law-enforcement agency... Read Full Profile Aminah Hughes Features, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy Aminah writes trauma recovery narratives. She focuses on women’s stories and examines male characters through a feminine lens. Read Full Profile Anthony Sclafani, Jr. TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Anthony’s writing is fueled by his life experiences along with his passion for true love, comedy and redemption. He hopes to play a part in the resurgence of the Rom Com... Read Full Profile Ben Rosen TV, Features, Comedy Semi-finalist or higher in DISNEY WRITING PROGRAM, AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, SCRIPTAPALOOZA, & FINAL DRAFT BIG BREAK. Writer. Stand-up comedian. Trophy husband. Read Full Profile Brandy N. Carie TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Horror & Thrillers about what happens when nice girls get mad. Read Full Profile Carolyn Kras TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Carolyn is a playwright turned drama writer with studio development experience who loves creating character-driven stories with crisp dialogue and surprising plot twists... Read Full Profile Christine Sneed TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Christine aspires to write stories that entertain but also, like the Ferris wheel, offer the giddy uplift and the vibrancy of deeply seeing and being... Read Full Profile Craig T. Williams TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Craig writes comedies that amplify the grounded Black family experience. Read Full Profile Daniel Gámez TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Half-hour Dramedy, One-Hour Dramedy, Feature Film Traumedy, Playwright... Read Full Profile David Ngo TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy David wore surf clothes to blend in with his peers in Orange County, CA, but he never surfed. Now, he writes about such experiences with humor, heart, and catharsis... Read Full Profile Elise Salomon TV, Features, Drama, Genre Elise Salomon writes present-day, grounded folk horror with an all-encompassing aesthetic, rooted in drama and true to its supernatural underpinnings. Read Full Profile Gabe Berry Features, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy Gabe has been hired for multiple writing assignments with films produced. Read Full Profile Heather Ragsdale TV, Features, Drama Heather writes dramas and psychological thrillers that revolve around survivors who choose to re-frame and re-write their stories. Read Full Profile Jami Brandli TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Jami is an award-winning dramatist and Humanitas playwright fellow with studio development experience. Her dramedies bend the rules with myths, magic and history. Read Full Profile Jeremy Palmer Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Jeremy finds humor and humanity in every setting—from WW1 to a public school to a time travel lab—and uses it to tell compelling stories from almost any genre you can name... Read Full Profile Jorge Molina Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Jorge is an award-winning screenwriter, film programmer, entertainment critic and journalist. He writes murder mysteries and heightened dramas. Read Full Profile Jude Roth TV, Features, Drama, Genre Jude Roth's from a northeast town filled with both natural beauty and toxic waste – a tense push-pull for redemption that drives her character-driven dramas and thrillers. Read Full Profile Katherine Ruppe TV, Features, Drama, Genre Katherine writes propulsive dramas about intrepid underdogs pursuing the impossible – whether it’s delivering justice or rocketing to space... Read Full Profile Kenneth Hicks TV, Features, Drama, Genre Kenneth Hicks and his writing partner, Jibreel Turner write gritty TV and Feature dramas about strong-willed fathers unafraid of taking drastic measures to achieve their goals. Read Full Profile Kimberley Ann Sparks Features, TV, Video Games Kim is an award-winning screenwriter who started in preschool television, went on to write mature video games, and is now writing dramatic features and one-hour series... Read Full Profile Linda Dillon Moya (Sweigart) TV, Features, Drama, Genre An avid traveler, Linda is a global storyteller drawn to writing about complex characters that live on the fringes of society... Read Full Profile Lisa Kenner Grissom TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Lisa writes compelling narratives, multi-faceted characters, and leans into potent themes. Her writing offers a fresh take on social issues, often told through a female lens. Read Full Profile Lynn Esta Goldman Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Lynn Esta Goldman writes scripts that kick ass and cause good trouble. Silence will not protect us. Read Full Profile Mark DeCarlo TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Emmy Award winning Comedy Writer will script for opulent remuneration... Read Full Profile Matt Harry TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Writer of fun, exciting stories with a dash of the fantastical... Read Full Profile Megan Rees TV, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Smashing the patriarchy one wounded healer at a time. Read Full Profile Michael January TV, Features, Drama, Genre Versatile vision and character in thrillers, action, and drama... Read Full Profile Nicholas Pangilinan TV, Features, Comedy, Genre The son of an immigrant, Nick writes the stories that he wished he had while growing up: diverse, well-rounded, and a bit wild... Read Full Profile Pepper Reed TV, Features, Genre She is the star-chaser who doesn't realize, she is the star she is chasing. Read Full Profile R. Scott Shields TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Scott is a former PAGE Awards grand prize winner. He specializes in sports dramas and has been hired to write biopics on high profile athletes. Read Full Profile Rich Orstad Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Heavy focus on features; family drama, horror comedy, genre. Seeking the right manager and agent. Open to OWA's. Read Full Profile Sabine El Gemayel Features, Drama, Comedy Her multilingual and multicultural background adds a unique perspective to her storytelling... Read Full Profile Sarah Fischer TV, Features, Drama, Genre Sarah writes about the weight of expectation, and tells small character stories set against the backdrop of grand worlds. Read Full Profile Shana Holmes TV, Comedy, Dramedy Shana Holmes writes intergenerational comedies about unorthodox women trying to find their place in the world. Read Full Profile Steve Holbert TV, Features, Drama, Genre Steve writes horror TV and features where the girls and gays stop running, pick up the ax, and start taking names... Read Full Profile Teresa Sullivan TV, Features Salty heroes, bad-ass leading women, war stories, baseball tales, and a laugh-out-loud granny saving an airplane – No one puts Teresa’s characters in a corner... Read Full Profile Tiffany Yarde TV, Features, Drama, Genre Tiffany Yarde is a Caribbean-American Feature and TV genre screenwriter who explores culturally diverse characters grappling with self-acceptance. Read Full Profile Tony Ferrendelli TV, Features, Comedy Much to the dismay of Tony’s 4th-grade English teacher, and his Mom, he can’t conjugate a sentence to save his life... Read Full Profile Veronica Chavira TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Veronica's work focuses on immigrant and LGBTQIA+ stories, of which 3 scripts have placed at Austin Film Festival... Read Full Profile William T. Sutphin TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Creative, by way of The Creator... Read Full Profile Alexander Adell TV, Features, Drama, Genre Alexander writes Sci-Fi and Drama features and TV filled with tangled, passionate characters who need as much therapy as he does, who claw their way through unforgiving worlds. Read Full Profile Amy Haeussler TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Amy Haeussler is an Actress, Writer, Comedian and Chicagoan (living in Los Angeles) who writes character-driven stories with an emphasis on messy female heroines. Read Full Profile April Sanchez TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Latina screenwriter who explores themes of family, belonging, and identity (peppered with magical realism) in comedy, drama and horror stories for Television and Features. Read Full Profile Bettina Lopez Mendoza TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Bettina is a Venezuelan writer and filmmaker. Her work often centers overlooked or forgotten characters who challenge their own realities and the limits the world imposes on them. Read Full Profile Brooke Muschott TV, Drama, Dramedy, Genre At 16, Brooke brought her favorite author a list of inconsistencies in his books and got hired as an editor. She has more tact now, but her obsession with stories hasn’t wavered. Read Full Profile Catherine Vouvray TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Putting the queer in query Read Full Profile Christopher J. Valin TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Contrary to popular belief, Christopher J. Valin writes about more than just superheroes. No, seriously. He really does... Read Full Profile Cynthia Crofoot Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre If there's a plot twist to be had and a strong female protagonist to be written, Cynthia's your gal. Read Full Profile Danielle Weinberg TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Danielle writes smart comedies, fun thrillers, and concise personal blurbs... Read Full Profile Diana Romero TV, Features, Drama, Genre Diana creates compelling characters and thought-provoking narratives, blending heart, resilience and empowerment to explore identity and the human experience. Read Full Profile Ellen Ancui TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy WGA writer/director – TV / Features / Plays / Adult Animation / Podcasts Comedy / Drama / Dramedy / Traumady/Female-Identifying / LGBTQ / Neurodivergent / 45+ Read Full Profile Garret Williams Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Garret is a screenwriter, director and producer whose work focuses on drama, thriller, dark comedy and in any combination of those genres... Read Full Profile Helena Zhen TV, Features, Drama, Genre High concept writer with an emphasis on elevated genre and an affinity for a world-building. Grounded sci-fi and thriller laced with a potent dose of characterization... Read Full Profile Jen Bosworth-Ramirez TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy A former therapist for felons turned TV writer, Jen writes heartfelt, dark comedies about complicated people. Read Full Profile Jibreel Turner TV, Features, Drama, Genre Disabled Combat Vet from Philadelphia. Jibreel is a devoted single dad, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker. Read Full Profile Jori Lynn Felker TV, Features, Drama, Genre Neuroscientist-turned-writer spinning science into stories and chaos into characters. Read Full Profile Julie Dare TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Inspired by her own failed bid at The National Spelling Bee, Julie’s works explore characters redefining themselves after epic failure, devastating loss, and uproarious calamity. Read Full Profile Kelly Anelons TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Kelly is one half of a writing team with her daughter, Megan Anelons. They have just completed their second project with Bound Entertainment and are working on a third. Read Full Profile Khari Wyatt TV, Features, Drama Khari is a playwright and screenwriter who tells stories about the underdogs of society; underdogs created from circumstances beyond their control or their own regretful choices. Read Full Profile Krystyna Łoboda Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre Krystyna writes compelling and entertaining character-driven science-fiction. Stories about ordinary people in epic world-building... Read Full Profile Lisa Gold TV, Features, Drama, Genre Writer of unique, edgy dramas/dramedies/sci-fi/fantasy with depth... Read Full Profile Lisa Kors TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre Award-winning writer/producer who tells stories of women making bad choices for good reasons... Read Full Profile Maria Eugenia Mealla Features, Comedy, Dramedy Maria Mealla enjoys writing small stories about big feelings Read Full Profile Marty Lang TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Drama/dramedy writer, captivated with dysfunctional families, politics and the working class... Read Full Profile Megan Anelons TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy Megan is one half of a writing team with her mom, Kelly Anelons. They have just completed their second project with Bound Entertainment and are working on a third. Read Full Profile Merridith Allen TV, Features, Drama, Genre Merridith is a Jewish, theater-trained writer from New York City with an extensive background in martial arts. She writes female-driven action, drama and genre scripts. Read Full Profile Nelson Downend TV, Features, Drama, Genre Nelson is a screenwriter based in New York City. His work explores emotional and psychological trauma and the power of found family and the human connection in the aftermath. Read Full Profile Nicole Jones-Dion TV, Features, Drama, Genre An acclaimed writer-director, Nicole Jones-Dion draws upon her unusual upbringing as a globetrotting Army brat to tell unique, elevated stories with global appeal. Read Full Profile Philip Pierce TV, Features, Drama, Genre As a clinical psychologist with a medical background, Philip has special expertise in the field of the human mind. He especially loves deepening other people’s scripts... Read Full Profile Rebekah Mueller TV, Features, Drama, Genre Rebekah is a drama and genre writer currently in the 2025 cohort for the Paramount Writers Mentoring program. Read Full Profile Robin Fusco TV, Drama Robin takes that woman you love to hate, puts her in a fucked-up situation, and makes you root for her. Expect questionable morals, identity crises, and shades of grey... Read Full Profile Sage Wells TV, Features, Drama, Genre Sage and her characters come from "the wrong side of the tracks." She's passionate about secrets, fierce women, poignant revelations, and unlikely duos seeking a better life.. Read Full Profile Scott Sanford Tobis TV, Features, Drama, Comedy Highly proficient in comedy, drama, and caffeine intake. Read Full Profile Sofia Drummond-Moore Features, Drama, Genre Sofia Drummond-Moore is a a horror and drama writer, born to park ranger parents, who grew up in National Parks around the U.S. Read Full Profile Steven Goldman TV, Features, Comedy Originally from NY, Steven got his start in the UK with a comedic essay he slipped under the door at The Sunday Times Magazine. Apparently it wasn’t half bad. Read Full Profile Terri (T.B.) Spaugh TV, Features, Genre A natural born plotter who loves bending genre expectations... Read Full Profile Timothy Mallon TV, Features, Drama, Genre Award-Winning Horror and Thriller writer for Film and Television Read Full Profile Tracy Charlton Features, Action, Comedy Tracy's short screenplay THE EARTH ANSWERS was one of the winners of the 2024 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab. Read Full Profile Victoria Renee TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy Victoria Renee is a real woman with reel dreams... Read Full Profile Yeni Alvarez TV, Features, Comedy, Genre Bilingual Geeky Latina writes from her Cuban-immigrant background to make the world a spicier place—in both languages... Read Full Profile

< Back Elise Salomon Rep: Brian Goldberg | WPA https://againstthewindproductions.com/ Coverfly The Black List Elise Salomon is an award-winning storyteller based in Los Angeles whose projects have been featured at international festivals and markets including Sundance, SXSW, IDFA, FrightFest, Stowe Story Labs, Austin Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh, Frontières and Cannes. A proud graduate of Pitzer College with a BA in Media Studies, she produced PAPER HEART, co-produced SMASHED and directed and produced LOS WILD ONES. Her writing embodies themes of trauma, trust, truth and transformation. She believes in storytelling as a universal tool to foster engagement, compassion and meaningful discourse. Elise continues to be a fierce advocate for diversity and pursues projects with iconic characters and an all-encompassing aesthetic. Recently invited as a new member into the Independent Writers’ Caucus, she has also been selected for the Austin Film Festival's "Screenwriters to Watch” List 2025. non-WGA Female, 40+ INSIDE (Haunting of Hill House meets MOTHMAN PROPHECIES) On Ireland’s mystical Aran Islands, an American therapist arrives to treat a recently widowed composer imprisoned in his remote cottage by agoraphobia - and learns the terrifying possibility that the true source of his suffering may be a dark force rooted in the land itself. CAOINEADH (A supernatural Romeo & Juliet) In the West of Ireland, Brona and Cormac are two lost souls brought together by a terrible accident. Their fated union bonds them with the kind of love only written about, but a series of eerie events plague them...and propel them toward fulfilling their dark destiny. URD | SKULD (THE SHINING meets THE WICKER MAN) A young American couple attempts to mend their strained relationship as they travel on a tight budget to the Austrian Alps for Christmas — as their troubles are laid bare, something much more sinister and powerful than they have ever known awakens. Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Psychological, Horror, Limited Series, International Female, 40+ Repped

< Back Tracy Held tracyheldconsulting@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6326686/ Tracy Held (she/they) is an award-winning, multi-racial Chinese/Eastern European American writer for stage and screen. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy has a background in nonprofit fundraising and conservation science. She is a do-gooder with a heart of puns who writes like Rachel Bloom on PBS. Tracy uses her writing to defeat pessimism and to inspire collaboration and connection. Winner of an Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award, she is a co-founder of Erosion films, founder of All Terrain Theater, and served as a former Executive Director of the nonprofit Play Cafe. She is the Vice-Chair of the Writers Guild of America West Asian American Writers Committee. Tracy has a BS in Conservation and Resource Studies from UC, Berkeley and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon. non-WGA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic SCIENCE FAIR (Coming of Age Musical Feature) All Katie wants to do is save the world, and she has a step-by-step plan to do it, but first she needs to win her high school science fair which means accepting the hard-to-believe truth that she may not always be right. NATURE ORGANIZATION (Comedy, Pilot) Theresa Chin's first act as the new Executive Director of the struggling nonprofit Friends of the Local Parks is to eliminate the office hierarchy, but the human and animal staff fall apart without their beloved structure, and the newly-hired horse just wants to stop being stuck in the door. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Coming-of-Age, YA Female, BIPOC, Asian, Multi-Ethnic unrepped

< Back Tracy Charlton tkcharlton@gmail.com Tracy grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. After working in the film industry for several years, she moved to New York City where she got her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Her screenplay RAISED UP, which was one of the winners of the Meryl Streep funded Writers Lab, was based on a story she did in journalism school. Her background as a journalist informs her work as screenwriter in terms of both the intense research she does for every project, but also in her interest in a wide variety of stories. Her original screenplay THE BUILDING was made into a movie that aired in Canada. And she did an uncredited rewrite on LEONIE, which starred Emily Mortimer and aired in the U.S. and Japan. She currently lives in Marin County with her son and a dog named Pickles. Honors & Awards WeScreenplay Short Script Lab - Winner - THE EARTH ANSWERS -- 2024 Austin Film Festival - Second Rounder - CHASING SHAKESPEARE and NANO -- 2024 Writers Lab sponsored by Meryl Streep - Winner - RAISED UP -- 2015 Non-WGA Female, Over 50 BIG LIFE (Feature/rom-com - MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING meets SILICON VALLEY ) When a professional tennis player and a San Francisco tech nerd fall in love, they must negotiate their dueling ambitions and her eccentric Romanian family in order to find happiness. CHASING SHAKESPEARE (Feature; YA Action-Adventure) When a teenage girl's father disappears amid accusations that he stole one of the Shakespeare's First Folios, she must find him and retrieve the Folio by solving a series of Shakespeare-themed clues he left behind. THE EARTH ANSWERS (Short; thriller) When a young man gets a tattoo from a mysterious tattoo artist his life takes a turn for the worse. Character-driven, Female-centric, YA, Action, Romantic Comedy Female, Over 50 unrepped

< Back Brooke Muschott brookemuschott@gmail.com http://brookemuschott.com Brooke Muschott is a writer, artist and roller skater. She’s been losing sleep to good books since she discovered the Boxcar Children, and watching too much television since the premiere of Pretty Little Liars. She’s fairly certain there is no greater high than a story that gets so deep into your heart it keeps you up at night, dreaming about it. At sixteen, she walked into her favorite author’s book signing with a list of the inconsistencies in his books and walked out with a job as a continuity editor. She’s gained more tact since then, but is still the writer who will remember that Kara said she hated cats twenty-eight episodes ago. She pivoted from publishing to television during the pandemic, and most recently has worked as a production coordinator on an Apple show. Her favorite genre to write is older kids to older young adult contemporary fantasy, and her second favorite is anything anyone will pay her for. She has a bachelor’s in creative writing with double minors in studio art and multimedia design from Pepperdine University. She writes stories with enough detail to swim in, about characters in extraordinary situations dealing with ordinary problems. Her superpower is organization, her Achilles heel is cooking, and her vice is sweet tea. She can almost land an axel on roller skates, but don’t throw something at her and yell ‘catch’. It won’t be caught. Honors & Awards Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest - INK AND ASHES - 2024 non-WGA Female, LGBTQ+ INK AND ASHES (Hour TV - Contemporary Fantasy - Sharp Objects meets Spiderwick Chronicles ) Eight years ago, Ava fled her hometown after her best friend went missing and the town blamed her for the crime. When her old boss goes missing on the night she returns, she’s swiftly dragged back into a world of danger - and magic. CULTDOM (Hour TV - Contemporary - The Eras Tour meets Waco ) Marie, whose life revolves around being a superfan of international pop star Elli Augusta, starts a fan blog that accidentally turns into a cult. HOW TO ROLLERSKATE THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE (Half Hour TV - Kids Contemporary Fantasy - Kipo meets Gravity Falls ) When magic appeared overnight and turned Steph and Jess’s suburban middle-school lives upside down, they rolled with it. But with the world this unstable, even skating to the store can be more of a quest than they bargained for. Female-centric, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA, Children's, Animation, Magical Realism Female, LGBTQ+ unrepped

< Back Gina DeAngelis deangelis.gina.m@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2391671/ The Black List Gina DeAngelis is the youngest of ten kids who all talked at once. She started writing a book at age 8 just to get a word in, little expecting that one day, she’d have published 32 others. After a year of high school in Australia -- as far from home as she could physically get -- she studied acting, playwriting, and directing alongside history for her B.A. A professional writer for 20+ years, she holds Master’s degrees in both history and screenwriting, and won an Emmy Award (two nominations) for historical drama. In Gina’s spec features, her unlikely heroes suffer from estrangement and isolation before building diverse found families. Even her darkest stories are ultimately life-affirming. Recent releases include STORIES OF WAR, a collection of 13 commissioned documentary shorts; the indie feature EVERYTHING FUN YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO IN ALEDO, ILLINOIS, which premiered in Los Angeles in 2024, and the horror short ASK FOR HELP, which DeAngelis also directed. Her short film adaptation of the Pamela Painter story DOORS recently completed post-production and will be in festivals in 2025. DeAngelis’s work has been consistently honored by the Academy Nicholl Fellowships, CineStory, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, the Austin Film Festival, Stowe Story Labs, and others. Her work has also appeared on PBS and was performed live for Queen Elizabeth II. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, Nicholl Fellowships - THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH - 2024 Winner, Virginia Screenwriting Competition - THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH - 2024 Finalist, Film Pipeline Short Script Competition - DOORS - 2023 non-WGA Female, 40+ THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH (Horror/supernatural thriller - think THE WITCH, MAMÁ, THE WIND) When her widowed mother vanishes during a blizzard in 1850s Virginia, a biracial teenager must defend herself, her vulnerable little sister, and their isolated farm against their slaveholding uncle and the torments of an angry spirit. THE LITANY OF THE SAINTS (Murder mystery/thriller - THE NAME OF THE ROSE, DOUBT) When a devout young nun suspects that the death of her mother-superior was no accident, she must identify which of her sisters is the murderer before she becomes the next victim -- while suppressing her attraction to the violent young man assigned to protect her. IF THESE WALLS COULD SHUT UP (Horror-comedy - think NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, THE HAUNTED MANSION) When a reluctant inheritor decides to sell a tourist-trap re-enactment village, the site's ghosts mount a dangerous campaign of resistance, unless she can solve a 200-year-old mystery in one night. Female-centric, Thriller, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age Female, 40+ unrepped

< Back Diana Romero dianaromerowriter@gmail.com One Moorer Productions - James Moorer http://www.dianaromero.net After initially supporting at-risk youth in Hollywood as a social worker, Diana embarked on a journey of writing and producing film and television. Her firsthand encounters with incarcerated, runaway, and homeless adolescents fueled her passion for social justice. This commitment, coupled with her expertise in writing and production, led her to create the award-winning film Niña Quebrada, which dives into the realities of sex trafficking. Despite finding herself reliant on a wheelchair in 2018, Diana remained committed to her pursuit of creative expression. Transitioning into TV writing, she contributed to projects like CW’s 4400 and Freeform’s Good Trouble. She also wrote episodes of the web series, My Life is Worth Living. With a BA in social work from Whittier College and an MFA from the American Film Institute, Diana's approach is evident in her work. She has garnered acclaim through various fellowships, including the PGA's Power of Diversity Master Workshop and as a semi-finalist in the highly competitive Disney Writing Program, demonstrating her commitment to inclusivity and empowerment. Currently, Diana has written a solo show based on her experiences as a 1st generation American born in Kansas. The show will debut in 2025. Beyond her career, Diana finds joy in swimming, comedy, and playing with her dogs. Honors & Awards Best Theatrical Short nominee, Imagen Awards 2008 - Niña Quebrada Special Mention, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2009 - Niña Quebrada Graduate/Fellow, PGA Power of Diversity Master Workshop 2019 non-WGA Female, Latinx, Disabled, 40+ BLOOD TIES (Detective Procedural) A wheelchair using detective and her charismatic detective step-brother with a turbulent past, tackle an international manhunt, pursuing an elusive murder suspect with no name. As they unravel complex cases, personal demons surface, testing bonds and redemption in the heart of a gripping, far-reaching investigation BEHIND THE HALO: TRAFFICKED (Detective Procedural) An LAPD detective in the Human Trafficking Unit solves cases by day and goes rogue at night where she stops at nothing to serve justice, while keeping another secret: she herself is a former victim of sex trafficking. IT'S THE SMALL BIG THINGS (Family Drama: This Is Us meets Firefly Lane) A misfit struggles to fit in during three pivotal stages of her life—as a misunderstood child, as a newly hired social worker, and as a determined wheelchair. Character-driven, Female-centric, Crime, Procedural, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series Female, Latinx, Disabled, 40+ Repped

< Back Michael J. Dougherty miked930@hotmail.com 323-804-0606 Blessed with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus, Michael J. Dougherty is a film person living and working in Hollywood. He is the co-founder of the ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles, entering its 4th year, and was an active member of the WGA's Disabled Writers Committee, which helped produce a PSA he wrote and directed called LOOK AROUND, meant to encourage disability inclusion in the entertainment industry. His screenplay, NO ONE IS LOOKING, about homicidal special education kids, was included on the 2020 Disability List as one of the best unproduced disability-related scripts. The son of a former Catholic priest and nun, Michael's earliest memory was his mother taking him to see E.T. while he was recovering from brain surgery, which led him to draw a clear line between the experience of art and the relief of pain. He's learned everything about love from Charlie Brown's pining for the Little Red-Haired Girl, everything about courage from Frida Kahlo, and everything else from Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, which confirms Michael's great belief: "If we're all going over the edge - and we are - shouldn't we laugh on the way down?" non-WGA Male, Disabled, Over 40 NO ONE IS LOOKING (Dark Comedy/Thriller) Sam, a physically-challenged high-schooler, who kills a bully and thinks he got away with it because no one would believe a kid in a wheelchair would be capable of that, must find the bully’s missing head before anyone finds out about the murder. I MIGHT BE WRONG (Dark Comedy/Melodrama) Frankie, a lonely artist born with a degenerative disability, falls in love for the first time, but it's with a substitute teacher at her school who may or may not be a child molester. YOUR PET & YOU (Sci-Fi) Victor, a propaganda filmmaker who works for a medical facility that turns the disabled into house pets, must fight his way out of the system and rescue his autistic sister after he has become a "pet" himself. Character-driven, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Horror, Coming-of-Age, Dark Male, Disabled, Over 40 unrepped

< Back Marina Quintero marinaqwrites@gmail.com IMDB Marina is a Mexican-American comedy writer, born and raised in Pasadena. She was staffed on the Disney Channel's JUST ROLL WITH IT. She is a graduate of the 2019/2020 ABC Writers Program and has a background in stand up and theatre. She began her career as an actress and quickly realized she didn’t want to adhere to the stereotypical roles the industry set for her. Wanting to change the narrative for other underrepresented women, she decided she'd write for them. When Marina’s not in the writers room, she keeps busy raising her two year old daughter and telling jokes on stage about raising her two year old daughter. Her friends call her Mari and her mom calls her everyday. She answers to both. Honors & Awards Semifinalist, UCLA Extension Television Pilot Writing Competition- INSIDE OUT - 2016 WGA Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ PARTY GIRL Half hour comedy - SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE meets THE MINDY PROJECT Giana, a party-loving beer sales rep in her 30s, must face her chaotic lifestyle when she becomes a godmother and confronts the possibility of never having children. THE CENTER Half hour comedy - ABBOTT ELEMENTARY meets COMMUNITY When 28 year old aspiring actress Lils gets served for unpaid school loans, she decides to participate in a loan forgiveness program at the community center that, for better or worse, raised her. SOAP MONEY Half hour dramedy - THIS FOOL meets ATYPICAL When a smooth-talking ex-con is released from prison after a seven year stint, he must play the role of “nanny” to his autistic nephew in order to appease his no-nonsense sister, as he begins his road to redemption. Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Romantic, Coming-of-Age, Dark, Silly, Snarky Female, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, 40+ unrepped

< Back Terri (T.B.) Spaugh tbswriter@gmail.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3606322/ Terri Spaugh is an independent writer and story producer who grew up on the Texas-Louisiana border who also lived in Los Angeles and Chicago before rooting herself southwest of Austin. She grew up doused in mixed cultures, which serves as spice in her work. Born on her father’s birthday, she was the baby in the family and was dealt a lot of misery by her siblings. Her hero is her father, a gentle soul who worked all his life in the south Texas refineries that caused his fatal lung cancer. Acadian mixed with Scots-Irish, Terri’s family history includes her many greats-ago uncle, Daniel Boone. After a divorce, she left her teaching and moved to a small town southwest of Austin where she worked as a geophysicist manager for a Scottish firm while completing both UCLA’s Graduate Professional Screenwriting Programs. She later co-founded the Texas Film Institute, wrote a sci-fi family feature FIELDS AFIRE and multiple short films, published in Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and penned several novels. She credits fortitude for changing her narrative. Honors & Awards Finalist, ISA Thriller/Horror Competition - BAYAGOULA - 2021 Semifinalist, ISA Emerging Screenwriters Competition - CLINGING TO BONE - 2022 Semifinalist, InkTip Holiday Genre Contest - MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET - 2022 Co-writer: Lise Pyles Current Member Female, Over 40, Over 55 THE LONG DARK NIGHT (Horror Thriller, Comps: ANNIHILATION, THE HEAD) A father's arctic rescue mission becomes a fight for humanity's survival when a long-buried mutagen resurfaces, forcing him to confront the sins of his past. THE LONGEST RALLY (Sports Drama, Comps: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, SOUTHPAW) A washed-up tennis player battling alcoholism and guilt must stay sober and commit to coaching a gifted but disadvantaged young player for the summer, or lose his last shot at redemption — forcing him to confront his past mistakes and rally against his inner demons. BAYAGOULA (Suspense Thriller, Comps: WIND RIVER, WINTER'S BONE) A true crime podcaster fleeing a stalker returns to her Louisiana bayou hometown, where her father's murder forces her to unravel a tangled web of community secrets and generational trauma. Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, YA Female, Over 40, Over 55 unrepped

< Back Maria Eugenia Mealla mariamealla@gmail.com http://mariamealla.com Coverfly Maria was raised in La Paz, Bolivia on a healthy balance of cultural folklore and Catholic superstition. She moved to Austin, TX where she studied Theater Arts before moving to the Bay Area, where she ventured into filmmaking and taught herself the craft through work-trade. She is currently Head of Production at Glass and Marker, a full service creative studio in Oakland, California. Maria was selected to participate in the 2019 Artist in Residency program at the Napa Film Festival with her feature debut, BRING ME AN AVOCADO, a Cinequest Audience Award winner streaming on Amazon Prime. She is a 2022 Sidewalk Narrative Labs Fellow. Her short film LA MACANA, won HBO's 2023 Pa'lante Competition and was licensed to Max for a year. Her latest project in development, BODY SHOP, was selected as a finalist in the 2023 Tribeca Untold Stories competition and pitched live during the festival. In 2024, BODY SHOP was accepted into the NALIP Media Accelerator Program and PGA Create. Maria plans to film a proof of concept for this film in 2024. Most recently, Maria was selected as a Latino Public Broadcasting grantee for her short film JUANA PELOS. The film was completed winter of 2024 and will hit the festival circuit in early 2025. non-WGA Female, Latinx RAFA Coming of age, drama - Lady Bird - Yes, God, Yes In the mountains of Bolivia, Rafa, a Catholic teenager, gets a job as a barback using a fake ID to save money for a New Year's Eve trip to Peru, where she's made a pact with her best friend to lose their virginities before New Year. BODY SHOP Magical Realism, Comedy In an alternate reality where “body shops” replace hospitals, Lupe’s body suffers an accident that forces her into the loaner frame of a white Anglo woman. Desperate to expedite the repairs, Lupe ventures to a rumored black market to source skin that matches her true identity. Character-driven, Female-centric, Coming-of-Age, Magical Realism Female, Latinx unrepped

< Back Anne Toole thewritetoole@gmail.com https://writingiswriting.wordpress.com/ Writers Guild Award-winning writer Anne Toole has written for live-action series, games, animation, comics, and more. Her work currently appears in Netflix's DANIEL SPELLBOUND and the action-comedy series CANNON BUSTERS. Previously, she wrote for GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR'S CUT and for WOMEN OF MARVEL #1 . She also wrote for DAYS OF OUR LIVES, contributed to the Emmy-winning short-form dramedy THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES, and created the hundred-episode dramedy ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE for the German market. Anne's credits include THE WITCHER game, the HORIZON ZERO DAWN games and comics, and ASSASSIN'S CREED ORIGINS. She has spoken extensively on storytelling across platforms at South by Southwest and Comic-con International as well as in presentations at MIT, Harvard, and Cannes. A citizen of Ireland as well as the US, Anne holds a degree in Archaeology from Harvard. Honors & Awards Golden Joystick Award, Narrative - DAYS GONE - 2022 Writers Guild Award Winner - HORIZON ZERO DAWN - 2018 non-WGA Female UNMOVED MOVER (Period sci-fi short story) Professor Challenger enlists an old friend to find the source of a mysterious sound, while still reeling from the loss of his son in the Great War. WITNESSES (Legal procedural pilot) A disbarred attorney seeks redemption by assembling a team of expert witnesses, but his integrity immediately comes into question on their very first case. Queer, Crime, Procedural, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Animation Female unrepped