Independent Writers' Caucus
T. Barclay Spaugh
Terri Barclay Spaugh is an award-winning screenwriter and published author whose work spans screenplays, novels, poetry, journalism as well as teaching.
Her award winning YA Fantasy feature, FIELDS AFIRE, garnered several top awards.
A graduate of UCLA's Screenwriting Program and Advanced Screenwriting Program, as well as Rice University's Creative Writing Program, she brings both academic rigor and industry experience to her craft. Her science and history background informs the authenticity and depth of their storytelling across genres.
As a recognized WGA West mentor, she has guided several Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, including Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL), Marcelo Mitnik (CHAU), and Shawn Otto (HOUSE OF SAND & FOG). Her industry expertise extends to her role as former features writer for Creative Screenwriting magazine and founder of the Texas Film Institute
Screenplay Competition.
Her scripts have earned recognition in multiple competitions and her industry standing is reflected in her tenure as a finalist judge in international screenwriting contests for well over a decade. She has been a work-for-hire writer on 6 feature projects.
Currently writing and developing in multiple genres, her focus lies in political thrillers and when she needs a breather in rom-coms. She continues to develop high-concept projects while mentoring the next generation of screenwriters.
Honors & Awards
Quarterfinalist, FILMMATIC DRAMA SCREENPLAY AWARDS, S10 - The Longest Rally, 2025
Semifinalist, STAGE 32 HOLIDAY MOVIE SCREENWRITING AWARD - The Lights Before Christmas, 2023
Finalist, ISA FAMILY & HOLIDAY - A Bodyguard for Christmas, 2021
non-Member/Caucus only
Female, Multi-ethnic, 55+
DRIFT
Grounded Horror, Alien, 30 Days of Night
An icebreaker captain's rescue mission to a sinking Arctic station becomes a last-ditch sacrifice when he discovers the shape-shifting plague has gone airborne.
CLINGING TO BONE
Psych Thriller, Gone Girl, Girl on the Train
A woman battling dissociation hunts her best friend's ritual killer, defying a psychiatrist who insists he's a delusion—but the killer is real, shares her past trauma, and wants her dead next.
2 WAYS OF THE GUN
Revisionist Western, True Grit, Logan
After a gang of slavers murders his family and kidnaps his half-sister, a grief-stricken young man must master the two ways of the gun—uncontrolled rage or calculated skill—to survive the hunt and confront the infamous flesh trader known as Ghost.
Science, Crime, Thriller, Western, Romantic, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, Slapstick
Female, Multi-ethnic, 55+
unrepped