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The time has come...INTRODUCING our ISA Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025! We are so thrilled to highlight these incredible writers. We can't wait to see where this year takes them 🤩🎉 #scriptsky #filmsky
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🎉 The 2026 Quarter-Finalists are here! 🎉
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/zqtoryouwg
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/zqtoryouwg
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
🎉 The 2026 Quarter-Finalists are here! 🎉
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/zqtoryouwg
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/zqtoryouwg
🚨FINAL DEADLINE APPROACHING for the Fast Track Fellowship — where industry access meets real career momentum.
This is your chance to land private meetings with top agents, managers, producers, and execs from companies like Netflix, HBOMAX, Amazon MGM Studios, and more.
This is your chance to land private meetings with top agents, managers, producers, and execs from companies like Netflix, HBOMAX, Amazon MGM Studios, and more.
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🚨FINAL DEADLINE APPROACHING for the Fast Track Fellowship — where industry access meets real career momentum.
This is your chance to land private meetings with top agents, managers, producers, and execs from companies like Netflix, HBOMAX, Amazon MGM Studios, and more.
This is your chance to land private meetings with top agents, managers, producers, and execs from companies like Netflix, HBOMAX, Amazon MGM Studios, and more.
Submit your 90-second verbal pitch video for a chance to compete live at the Winning The Room Through Your Pitch Event in Los Angeles on March 21, 2026.
FREE TO APPLY!
https://f.mtr.cool/ebcvwbljjr
FREE TO APPLY!
https://f.mtr.cool/ebcvwbljjr
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Submit your 90-second verbal pitch video for a chance to compete live at the Winning The Room Through Your Pitch Event in Los Angeles on March 21, 2026.
FREE TO APPLY!
https://f.mtr.cool/ebcvwbljjr
FREE TO APPLY!
https://f.mtr.cool/ebcvwbljjr
👏 Big congrats to screenwriter Deena Kashper on her invitation to join the ISA Development Slate!
✨ Writers, take note — updating your success stories is one of the best ways to stay on our radar for Staff Picks, Top Reads, Dev Slate, and our annual Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list.
✨ Writers, take note — updating your success stories is one of the best ways to stay on our radar for Staff Picks, Top Reads, Dev Slate, and our annual Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list.
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
👏 Big congrats to screenwriter Deena Kashper on her invitation to join the ISA Development Slate!
✨ Writers, take note — updating your success stories is one of the best ways to stay on our radar for Staff Picks, Top Reads, Dev Slate, and our annual Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list.
✨ Writers, take note — updating your success stories is one of the best ways to stay on our radar for Staff Picks, Top Reads, Dev Slate, and our annual Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list.
The best part of being a writer? You’re never alone, even if it feels like it sometimes.
This is your space to connect, share, and show up as the storyteller you are. Whether you’re outlining your first feature or polishing your tenth pilot, someone here gets it.
#scriptsky
This is your space to connect, share, and show up as the storyteller you are. Whether you’re outlining your first feature or polishing your tenth pilot, someone here gets it.
#scriptsky
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The best part of being a writer? You’re never alone, even if it feels like it sometimes.
This is your space to connect, share, and show up as the storyteller you are. Whether you’re outlining your first feature or polishing your tenth pilot, someone here gets it.
#scriptsky
This is your space to connect, share, and show up as the storyteller you are. Whether you’re outlining your first feature or polishing your tenth pilot, someone here gets it.
#scriptsky
Let's start 2026 with clarity. Take 30 minutes and create your action plan:
✔️ Write the script
✔️ Get professional feedback
✔️ Build your contest submission list
✔️ Sharpen your pitch
✔️ Connect with community
✔️ Update your profile
✔️ List the classes, webinars, and resources you need
✔️ Write the script
✔️ Get professional feedback
✔️ Build your contest submission list
✔️ Sharpen your pitch
✔️ Connect with community
✔️ Update your profile
✔️ List the classes, webinars, and resources you need
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Let's start 2026 with clarity. Take 30 minutes and create your action plan:
✔️ Write the script
✔️ Get professional feedback
✔️ Build your contest submission list
✔️ Sharpen your pitch
✔️ Connect with community
✔️ Update your profile
✔️ List the classes, webinars, and resources you need
✔️ Write the script
✔️ Get professional feedback
✔️ Build your contest submission list
✔️ Sharpen your pitch
✔️ Connect with community
✔️ Update your profile
✔️ List the classes, webinars, and resources you need
EARLY DEADLINE TODAY for four Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EARLY DEADLINE TODAY for four Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
Huge congrats to Amir Zargara on winning his first pitch competition at the Busan International Film Festival! 🎉
The secret? He practiced his pitch with ISA Creative Executive Shayna Weber just weeks before the competition.
The secret? He practiced his pitch with ISA Creative Executive Shayna Weber just weeks before the competition.
December 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Huge congrats to Amir Zargara on winning his first pitch competition at the Busan International Film Festival! 🎉
The secret? He practiced his pitch with ISA Creative Executive Shayna Weber just weeks before the competition.
The secret? He practiced his pitch with ISA Creative Executive Shayna Weber just weeks before the competition.
What's the difference between $100/year and $135/year? $35 in savings, every single year, for as long as you're a member.
Already a member? You're all set. Your current rate is locked in, no action needed.
🔒 You've got 1 day left to lock it in: https://f.mtr.cool/vskcawfzzq
Already a member? You're all set. Your current rate is locked in, no action needed.
🔒 You've got 1 day left to lock it in: https://f.mtr.cool/vskcawfzzq
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What's the difference between $100/year and $135/year? $35 in savings, every single year, for as long as you're a member.
Already a member? You're all set. Your current rate is locked in, no action needed.
🔒 You've got 1 day left to lock it in: https://f.mtr.cool/vskcawfzzq
Already a member? You're all set. Your current rate is locked in, no action needed.
🔒 You've got 1 day left to lock it in: https://f.mtr.cool/vskcawfzzq
Submissions are now open for four Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Submissions are now open for four Emerging Screenwriters genre competitions.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
🎭 Drama – Heart. Humanity. Impact.
😂 Comedy – Timing. Voice. Connection.
👽 Sci-Fi & Fantasy – Vision. World-building. Possibility.
🔪 Thriller – Suspense. Tension. Payoff.
🎉 Big congrats to ISA writers Chrys Kozak and Jim Kozak on landing a general meeting with Netflix!
After submitting for an ISA Development Evaluation, their horror/thriller KORRUPTER caught our team’s attention, was selected as a September ISA Staff Pick, and was proudly introduced to Netflix.
After submitting for an ISA Development Evaluation, their horror/thriller KORRUPTER caught our team’s attention, was selected as a September ISA Staff Pick, and was proudly introduced to Netflix.
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎉 Big congrats to ISA writers Chrys Kozak and Jim Kozak on landing a general meeting with Netflix!
After submitting for an ISA Development Evaluation, their horror/thriller KORRUPTER caught our team’s attention, was selected as a September ISA Staff Pick, and was proudly introduced to Netflix.
After submitting for an ISA Development Evaluation, their horror/thriller KORRUPTER caught our team’s attention, was selected as a September ISA Staff Pick, and was proudly introduced to Netflix.
The next Spider-Verse, Arcane, or Inside Out starts with a script just like yours.
Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition is NOW OPEN.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER RECEIVES:
💰 $1,500 Cash
✨ Feature in Creative Screenwriting Magazine
🎯 Option Consideration
Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition is NOW OPEN.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER RECEIVES:
💰 $1,500 Cash
✨ Feature in Creative Screenwriting Magazine
🎯 Option Consideration
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The next Spider-Verse, Arcane, or Inside Out starts with a script just like yours.
Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition is NOW OPEN.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER RECEIVES:
💰 $1,500 Cash
✨ Feature in Creative Screenwriting Magazine
🎯 Option Consideration
Creative Screenwriting Animation Screenplay Competition is NOW OPEN.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER RECEIVES:
💰 $1,500 Cash
✨ Feature in Creative Screenwriting Magazine
🎯 Option Consideration
Looking for your next big break? These paid screenwriting opportunities are open and waiting for your voice — features, pilots, all genres welcome.
🚨 Don’t miss out, gigs close fast.
🚨 Don’t miss out, gigs close fast.
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Looking for your next big break? These paid screenwriting opportunities are open and waiting for your voice — features, pilots, all genres welcome.
🚨 Don’t miss out, gigs close fast.
🚨 Don’t miss out, gigs close fast.
From all of us at the ISA, thank you for being part of our screenwriting community. 💙 Wishing you comfort, joy, and a little creative inspiration during this special season.
We can’t wait to see the stories you’ll tell in the year ahead.
We can’t wait to see the stories you’ll tell in the year ahead.
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
From all of us at the ISA, thank you for being part of our screenwriting community. 💙 Wishing you comfort, joy, and a little creative inspiration during this special season.
We can’t wait to see the stories you’ll tell in the year ahead.
We can’t wait to see the stories you’ll tell in the year ahead.
✨The ISA Top Reads: Winter 2025 list is here! These writers caught the attention of our readers and Development Team.
They’ve been heavily considered through Writing Gigs, contests, and fellowships, and they’re now in line for even more industry opportunities.
They’ve been heavily considered through Writing Gigs, contests, and fellowships, and they’re now in line for even more industry opportunities.
December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
✨The ISA Top Reads: Winter 2025 list is here! These writers caught the attention of our readers and Development Team.
They’ve been heavily considered through Writing Gigs, contests, and fellowships, and they’re now in line for even more industry opportunities.
They’ve been heavily considered through Writing Gigs, contests, and fellowships, and they’re now in line for even more industry opportunities.
🚨 Calling ALL student screenwriters — the ISA Student Fellowship is officially OPEN.
FREE TO APPLY!
Up to 3 Fellows will receive $1,000 in ISA credits, consideration for our Development Slate, featured articles, and a direct meeting with industry execs.
FREE TO APPLY!
Up to 3 Fellows will receive $1,000 in ISA credits, consideration for our Development Slate, featured articles, and a direct meeting with industry execs.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨 Calling ALL student screenwriters — the ISA Student Fellowship is officially OPEN.
FREE TO APPLY!
Up to 3 Fellows will receive $1,000 in ISA credits, consideration for our Development Slate, featured articles, and a direct meeting with industry execs.
FREE TO APPLY!
Up to 3 Fellows will receive $1,000 in ISA credits, consideration for our Development Slate, featured articles, and a direct meeting with industry execs.
What do James Wan, Damien Chazelle, Sam Raimi, and Paul Thomas Anderson have in common?
They all launched their careers with shorts.
They all launched their careers with shorts.
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What do James Wan, Damien Chazelle, Sam Raimi, and Paul Thomas Anderson have in common?
They all launched their careers with shorts.
They all launched their careers with shorts.
🎉 The 2025 Semi-Finalists are here! 🎉
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Great Pitch Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/tfneruwfwj
#Screenwriting #screenwritingcompetition
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Great Pitch Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/tfneruwfwj
#Screenwriting #screenwritingcompetition
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🎉 The 2025 Semi-Finalists are here! 🎉
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Great Pitch Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/tfneruwfwj
#Screenwriting #screenwritingcompetition
Big congrats to the screenwriters moving forward in the Great Pitch Competition. 👏
We’re cheering you on for the next round!
View list here: https://f.mtr.cool/tfneruwfwj
#Screenwriting #screenwritingcompetition
🚨REGULAR DEADLINE TONIGHT for Table Read My Screenplay: Cannes!
This is your chance to have your script performed by professional actors, heard by top industry pros, and featured on the Table Read My Screenplay Podcast.
This is your chance to have your script performed by professional actors, heard by top industry pros, and featured on the Table Read My Screenplay Podcast.
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨REGULAR DEADLINE TONIGHT for Table Read My Screenplay: Cannes!
This is your chance to have your script performed by professional actors, heard by top industry pros, and featured on the Table Read My Screenplay Podcast.
This is your chance to have your script performed by professional actors, heard by top industry pros, and featured on the Table Read My Screenplay Podcast.
At ISA, we’ve built a space where writers don’t just submit scripts… They build real careers.
✅ Create your professional profile
✅ Show off your accolades
✅ Add a My Story video to stand out
✅ Share your page with reps, execs & producers
✅ Access feedback, contests, courses, and support
✅ Create your professional profile
✅ Show off your accolades
✅ Add a My Story video to stand out
✅ Share your page with reps, execs & producers
✅ Access feedback, contests, courses, and support
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At ISA, we’ve built a space where writers don’t just submit scripts… They build real careers.
✅ Create your professional profile
✅ Show off your accolades
✅ Add a My Story video to stand out
✅ Share your page with reps, execs & producers
✅ Access feedback, contests, courses, and support
✅ Create your professional profile
✅ Show off your accolades
✅ Add a My Story video to stand out
✅ Share your page with reps, execs & producers
✅ Access feedback, contests, courses, and support
We Watched Magic Happen at AFM ✨
Golden Globe nominee Rob Morrow and a cast of professional actors performed the winning script live. Emmy-winning director Drew Ann Rosenberg shaped the story. And Grand Prize WINNER Sari Earl watched her words come to life.
Golden Globe nominee Rob Morrow and a cast of professional actors performed the winning script live. Emmy-winning director Drew Ann Rosenberg shaped the story. And Grand Prize WINNER Sari Earl watched her words come to life.
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We Watched Magic Happen at AFM ✨
Golden Globe nominee Rob Morrow and a cast of professional actors performed the winning script live. Emmy-winning director Drew Ann Rosenberg shaped the story. And Grand Prize WINNER Sari Earl watched her words come to life.
Golden Globe nominee Rob Morrow and a cast of professional actors performed the winning script live. Emmy-winning director Drew Ann Rosenberg shaped the story. And Grand Prize WINNER Sari Earl watched her words come to life.
INTRODUCING our December 2025 ISA Staff Picks! 🎉 These projects and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for this month.
They are now being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers.
They are now being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers.
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
INTRODUCING our December 2025 ISA Staff Picks! 🎉 These projects and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for this month.
They are now being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers.
They are now being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers.
Want an agent? A manager? A producer interested in your work?
Join ISA's leadership team for an honest conversation about what agents, managers, and producers actually want, and more importantly, what you need to do to become the writer they're searching for.
RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/ggywnjycft
Join ISA's leadership team for an honest conversation about what agents, managers, and producers actually want, and more importantly, what you need to do to become the writer they're searching for.
RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/ggywnjycft
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Want an agent? A manager? A producer interested in your work?
Join ISA's leadership team for an honest conversation about what agents, managers, and producers actually want, and more importantly, what you need to do to become the writer they're searching for.
RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/ggywnjycft
Join ISA's leadership team for an honest conversation about what agents, managers, and producers actually want, and more importantly, what you need to do to become the writer they're searching for.
RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/ggywnjycft
Looking for your next big break? These paid screenwriting opportunities are open and waiting for your voice — features, pilots, all genres welcome.
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Looking for your next big break? These paid screenwriting opportunities are open and waiting for your voice — features, pilots, all genres welcome.
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Fun chat with @scottmarkus.bsky.social and @networkisa.bsky.social about my new book #HTBAS - topics include #breakingin , using #AI , and #DWMC -- it's interesting! #screenwriting #tacos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nE...
"How to be a Screenwriter" with Phil Stark (South Park, That '70s Show, Dude, Where's My Car?)
YouTube video by International Screenwriters' Association
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December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Fun chat with @scottmarkus.bsky.social and @networkisa.bsky.social about my new book #HTBAS - topics include #breakingin , using #AI , and #DWMC -- it's interesting! #screenwriting #tacos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nE...