SimplyScripts will fund the submission of  Any Women Screenwriter who is a member of the SimplyScripts discussion board who applys for this. Just send me an email.


The Writers Lab will bring 8 women screenwriters over the age of 40 together with established mentors from the film industry for an intimate gathering and intensive workshop at Wiawaka Center for Women on Lake George, NY from September 18-20, 2015.

For information on how to apply, visit New York Women in Film & Television.

Official Deadline: June 1, 2015 @ 5 PM EST

Script Guidelines:

Your script must be a full-length fictional narrative feature in English. It must be submitted electronically as a PDF.

Writers: You must be a woman who is at least 40 years old, born on or before June 1, 1975. You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Scripts by more than one writer will be considered, but all writers must be female, and only one writer can attend the Lab.

Wow, great opportunity.

The Writers Lab evolved in recognition of the absence of the female voice in narrative film...

Good on you, Meryl Streep. Only sorry I'm a long long way from NY.

P.S. Didn't read all of this properly. What I should have said also is, good on you, Don. A very generous offer in getting behind the female writers of the SS boards.  

What LC said!

Don, this is extremely generous and I lost sight of what you might do next. A great amount of good is coming from you.

Don, that is awesome. I hope all the women of SS (eligible or not) check this out because this could be a great opportunity. Good luck to you all. =)

Just checking with Phil to make sure there will be someone guarding the home front.  But I'll know soon!!  

Quoted from LC Wow, great opportunity. Only sorry I'm a long long way from NY. P.S. Didn't read all of this properly.

You have to also be a US citizen or have a green card/permanent resident card.

Super nice of Don to do this!

Personally I don't have any features good enough. I only have one good enough to submit, but it was co-written with a man, so it doesn't qualify.

Good luck to all SS women who enter though.  

Quoted from Grandma Bear You have to also be a US citizen or have a green card/permanent resident card.

They also said you have to be OVER 40...

That leaves you out Pia.

Shawn.....><

BTW...

Can transgender's apply?

Jeff might be interested.

Oh Shawn,

You're mean...  

Don, thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention. And this...

Quoted from Don SimplyScripts will fund the submission of  Any Women Screenwriter who is a member of the SimplyScripts discussion board who applys for this. Just send me an email.

This is just amazing. Wow! So incredibly generous and supportive. I hope some of the SS women take advantage of what looks like an amazing opportunity.

It isn't that I don't think anyone can afford it.  I wanted to remove that final barrier to entering, "I'd like to do it, but ..."

I hope that those who decide to enter feel they can leverage the greater SS community to review submissions, the short synopsis of the film and/or brief personal statement.  

Don't feel obligated to post your work.  I think if you just post a request and email the work, we'd all be happy to help out.


Don

Quoted from Breanne Mattson Don, thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention. And this... This is just amazing. Wow! So incredibly generous and supportive. I hope some of the SS women take advantage of what looks like an amazing opportunity.

Let me be the first of many to echo Breanne's post!  All of us owe Don a ton of thanks - both for this generous offer, and his myriad efforts over the years that's made Simplyscripts possible at all.  Thanks, Don.  We all owe you more than could be repaid....  

That said... I'm in.  And I know JUST which script I'll be throwing into the ring...

Damn, Shawn beat me to it...I was going to ask if a man who looks and acts like a woman, who is over age 40 (exactly like Shawn), could qualify somehow.

Although thankfully, I've never seen it, I've heard he looks pretty damn good in drag....if he'd just shave that beard.  

Quoted from Ledbetter They also said you have to be OVER 40... That leaves you out Pia. Can transgender's apply? Jeff might be interested.

Shawn, I love how you try to flatter me and Jeff in the same post!!!

I wasn't at all going to enter this because I have a feeling the competition will be fierce and I have nothing polished or finished and ready to show anyone. Then Don sort of put a foam dart gun to my head...

I started thinking. What scripts do I have? I've lost track and don't even know where they are. Then I remembered Bitch Cassidy and The Moondance Kid about two female bank robbers. Then there's the Dirty Detective one with a female PI who's also a voyuer... To be honest, that one is more like something for the 3am cable market. Then Savage Frontier, my lesbian western...

What to do, what to do?????

I curse you Don!!!!

Quoted from Grandma Bear I curse you Don!!!!

I curse you, too, Pia!

"Foam dart to my head." I am totally stealing that line.

Don

You are the number one reason I love this wild ass site. Thank you so much, Don for being our corporate sponsor!  I'm def entering!

Pia...there is no way you don't have something, and you have over a month to clean it up. Get on it woman!!

I'll definitely be asking for help with the synopsis and personal statement. I won't torture anyone with script reads...I did that enough last year.    But I'm available if anyone needs a read.