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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.

Featured Writers are updated quarterly.

Tracy Charlton

Tracy Charlton

Tracy's short screenplay THE EARTH ANSWERS was one of the winners of the 2024 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab.

Kim Turner

Kim Turner

Kim and her writing partner, Tony Ferrendelli, won the inaugural YWH Comedy Fellowship at the 2024 Austin Film Festival for their feature comedy script, Chasing Shadows.

Stephen Nolly

Stephen Nolly

Stephen was selected for the Mentorship Matters - a year-long mentorship program created by showrunners to help boost opportunities for emerging diverse writers.

Tony Ferrendelli

Tony Ferrendelli

Tony and his writing partner, Kim Turner, won the inaugural YWH Comedy Fellowship at the 2024 Austin Film Festival for their feature comedy script, Chasing Shadows.

Kimberley Ann Sparks

Kimberley Ann Sparks

Kim attended the 2024 Stowe Story Labs Retreat in Connemara, Ireland with her feature drama script, Bonus Day.

James Moorer

James Moorer

Best-selling Author James Moorer has penned a dark tale of the old west with his latest novel, BLACK BONES JONES. A horror/thriller about an Ex-slave, ex-soldier, turned Exorcist.

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Alec Moore

Alec Moore

TV, Features, Comedy

Comedy writer seeks someone to laugh, but will consider settling for silent chuckles if you're the stoic type...

Ambra Chavira

Ambra Chavira

Female-centric, BIPOC, Thriller

Ambra is an LA-Based Feature Writer whose brand is Kick Ass Women of Color.

Anne Toole

Anne Toole

TV, Drama, Dramedy, Genre

Versatile writer looking to grow with a team of great writers...

Arun K. Vir

Arun K. Vir

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

Arun goes beyond being a scribe; she steps into the role of social explorer and tribal architect...

Brandy N. Carie

Brandy N. Carie

TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre

Brandy N. Carie is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who writes horror and drama about what happens when nice girls get mad.

Catherine Vouvray

Catherine Vouvray

TV, Features, Drama, Comedy

Putting the queer in query

Christopher J. Valin

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...

Dana Braziel-Solovy

Dana Braziel-Solovy

TV, Comedy, Genre

A former Chicago punk, Dana rebels, but only for good. Creating feminist TV shows, she fights the patriarchy with her computer keyboard and calls it “QWERTY Hurty..."

Dave Kagno

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.

Edward Coffey

Edward Coffey

TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy

Veteran and AAPI writer of all genres...

Eugene Ramos

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...

Gina DeAngelis

Gina DeAngelis

Features, Drama, Comedy, Genre

Youngest of 10 Kids Fled to Australia at Age 16...

Helena Zhen

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...

Jennifer Vandever

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...

Joelle Luman

Joelle Luman

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Filipina-American writer/producer Joelle Luman specializes in dark, edgy stories in the action, grounded sci-fi, and horror genre for film and television.

Jori Lynn Felker

Jori Lynn Felker

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Neuroscientist-turned-writer spinning science into stories and chaos into characters.

Julie Dare

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.

Kelly Anelons

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.

Khari Wyatt

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.

Krystyna Łoboda

Krystyna Łoboda

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Krystyna is inspired to write original, entertaining, epic, and sometimes funny science-fiction...

Lisa Gold

Lisa Gold

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Writer of unique, edgy dramas/dramedies/sci-fi/fantasy with depth...

Lisanne Sartor

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...

Mark DeCarlo

Mark DeCarlo

TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy

A Founding member of The Second City LA, Mark is an Emmy Award-winning TV/Film performer, writer, and producer. Adult Animation = portal to the Multiverse...

Matt Harry

Matt Harry

TV, Features, Comedy, Genre

Writer of fun, exciting stories with a dash of the fantastical...

Michael January

Michael January

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Versatile vision and character in thrillers, action, and drama...

Nelson Downend

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.

Pepper Reed

Pepper Reed

TV, Features, Genre

She is the star-chaser who doesn't realize, she is the star she is chasing.

Robin Fusco

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...

Sage Wells

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..

Shaene M. Siders

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...

Steve Holbert

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...

Teresa Sullivan

Teresa Sullivan

TV, Features, Drama, Comedy

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...

Timothy Mallon

Timothy Mallon

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Award-Winning Horror and Thriller writer for Film and Television

Tracy Charlton

Tracy Charlton

Features, Action, Comedy

Tracy's short screenplay THE EARTH ANSWERS was one of the winners of the 2024 WeScreenplay Short Script Lab.

Victoria Renee

Victoria Renee

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

Victoria Renee is a real woman with reel dreams...

Yeni Alvarez

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...

Alexa Oona Schulz

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...

Aminah Hughes

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.

Anthony Sclafani, Jr.

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...

Austin Elliott

Austin Elliott

TV, Drama

Austin recently co-wrote his first episode on American Horror Stories. His art forgery pilot 'State of the Art' also won the Drama Pilot Category at the 23' Austin Film Festival...

Caitlin Reed

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.

Christina Hulen

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...

Craig T. Williams

Craig T. Williams

TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy

Craig writes comedies that amplify the grounded Black family experience.

Daniel Gámez

Daniel Gámez

TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre

Half-hour Dramedy, One-Hour Dramedy, Feature Film Traumedy, Playwright...

David Ngo

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...

Elise Salomon

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.

Gabe Berry

Gabe Berry

Features, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy

Gabe has been hired for multiple writing assignments with films produced.

H. S. Fishbrook

H. S. Fishbrook

Features, Drama

H.S. builds elegant, slightly-off kilter worlds where characters struggle to find their right place, and dynamic women at the heart of the narrative always pass the Bechdel Test...

James Moorer

James Moorer

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

The darkness came with James... Writing soul-gripping, character-driven thrillers that reach unspoken depths of humanity...

Jeremy Palmer

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...

Johnny Gilligan

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.

Joseph Mwamba

Joseph Mwamba

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

Joe recently wrote his first episode on an upcoming Netflix action series & writes aspirational Young Adult dramedies...

Karol Ruth Silverstein

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...

Kelly Jo Brick

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...

Kim Turner

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...

Leah Simmons

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.

Lisa Jeanne Rosenberg

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.

Lynn Esta Goldman

Lynn Esta Goldman

Features, Drama, Dramedy, Genre

Lynn Esta Goldman writes scripts that kick ass and cause good trouble. Silence will not protect us.

Marty Lang

Marty Lang

TV, Features, Drama, Comedy

Drama/dramedy writer, captivated with dysfunctional families, politics and the working class...

Megan Anelons

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.

Monique Madrid

Monique Madrid

TV, Comedy, Dramedy

Monique writes female-driven comedies, usually from lived experience, often with a satirical edge, always with a bit of edge...

Nicholas Pangilinan

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...

Philip Pierce

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...

Roxanne Beck Raye

Roxanne Beck Raye

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

Roxanne's writing focuses on women who refuse to be silenced, and underdogs who never give up...

Saiya Floyd

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...

Shana Holmes

Shana Holmes

TV, Comedy, Dramedy

Shana Holmes writes intergenerational comedies about unorthodox women trying to find their place in the world.

Steven Goldman

Steven Goldman

TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy

Writer. Reader. Popcorn Addict. Theoretical Amphibian...

Terri (T.B.) Spaugh

Terri (T.B.) Spaugh

TV, Features, Genre

A natural born plotter who loves bending genre expectations...

Tonia Kempler

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.

Tracy Held

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...

Virtic Emil Brown

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...

Yousif Nash

Yousif Nash

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

A son of Iraqi immigrants and an Air Force veteran, Yousif writes about his military experience through the Sci-fi and Fantasy genres or nerds suffering through the normalities of life...

Alexander Adell

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.

Amy Haeussler

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.

April Sanchez

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.

Billie Jo Mason

Billie Jo Mason

TV, Features, Genre

Recently worked with showrunner Mark Protosevich on SUGAR (starring Colin Farrell) for Apple+...

Carolyn  Kras

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...

Christine Sneed

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...

Cynthia Crofoot

Cynthia Crofoot

Features, Drama, Genre

Cynthia writes female-driven drama and genre screenplays with a twist. Her stories showcase strong but flawed female protagonists in worlds where things aren’t always as they seem

Danielle Weinberg

Danielle Weinberg

TV, Features, Comedy, Genre

Danielle writes smart comedies, fun mysteries, and concise personal blurbs...

Diana Romero

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.

Ellen Ancui

Ellen Ancui

TV, Features, Comedy, Dramedy

Ellen (Ahn-swee) has been dubbed "queen of the traumadies" for her blend of irreverence and heart in her TV, feature and theater scripts...

Garret Williams

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...

Harrison Pierce

Harrison Pierce

TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre

An award-winning graduate of UCLA's MFA program, Harrison aspires to infuse the classic genres of film and television with the comedy, drama, and horror of modern life...

Jami Brandli

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.

Jibreel Turner

Jibreel Turner

TV, Features, Drama, Genre

Disabled Combat Vet from Philadelphia. Jibreel is a devoted single dad, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker.

Jorge Molina

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.

Jude Roth

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.

Katherine Ruppe

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...

Kenneth Hicks

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.

Kimberley Ann Sparks

Kimberley Ann Sparks

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

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...

Linda Dillon Moya (Sweigart)

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...

Lisa Kors

Lisa Kors

TV, Features, Dramedy, Genre

Award-winning writer/producer who tells stories of women making bad choices for good reasons...

Maria Eugenia Mealla

Maria Eugenia Mealla

Features, Comedy, Dramedy

Maria Mealla enjoys writing small stories about big feelings

Matija Šraj

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.

Michael J. Dougherty

Michael J. Dougherty

Features, Drama, Comedy, Genre

Michael writes dark features, comedies, dramas, and genre...

Natalija Vekic

Natalija Vekic

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

Natalija writes and directs suspenseful dramas from the perspective of immigrants, outsiders, and women who boldly shape history but are often forgotten...

Nicole Jones-Dion

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.

Rich Orstad

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.

Sabine El Gemayel

Sabine El Gemayel

Features, Drama

Sabine writes character driven stories advocating for peace and dialog in a world of conflict...

Scott Sanford Tobis

Scott Sanford Tobis

TV, Features, Drama, Comedy

As a storyteller who firmly believes in the 'content dictates form" adage, Scott loves every genre. That said, his goal is bring romance and comedy back to the romcom genre.

Stephen Nolly

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.

Steven Vivell

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...

Thomas R. Schrack

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.

Tony Ferrendelli

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...

Veronica Chavira

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...

William T. Sutphin

William T. Sutphin

TV, Features, Drama, Dramedy

Creative, by way of The Creator...

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