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***If You Are A Member of this Discussion Board and are Eligible for this, SimplyScripts will reimburse you the cost of submission - $55.00*** (just forward me the entry receipt)
...For women screenwriters over the age of 40. . . . An intensive four-day script development retreat for narrative features. . . . September 25 - 29, 2018, at Wiawaka, on Lake George, NY. . . . Including one on ones with mentors; panel discussions; peer groups. . . . Part of the movement to amplify the female voice in narrative film. . . . Now accepting international script submissions.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Submissions Open: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 (12.01 am)
Deadline: Monday, March 5, 2018 (11.59 pm EST)
Fee: $55.00 Member Fee: $35.00 - NYWIFT, other WIF chapters, and WGA members (Members of other Women in Film chapters must provide proof of membership via a letter from their chapter’s staff or Board President.)
ELIGIBILITY
The Writers Lab seeks a broad selection of screenplays, across all genres of fiction, from all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural groups.
Scripts must be in English.
Submissions must be full-length narrative screenplays. (No treatments, synopses, TV scripts, shorts, stage plays, or documentaries.)
Applicants must identify as female and be born on or prior to February 28, 1978.
Scripts by more than one writer will be considered, but all writers must be women over 40, and only one writer may attend The Lab.
APPLICATION
The following materials are required and must be submitted electronically:
A PDF of a feature-length narrative screenplay. Basic contact and biographical information Logline and Genre
**If You Are A Member of this Discussion Board and are Eligible for this, SimplyScripts will reimburse you the cost of submission - $55.00*** (just forward me the entry receipt)
The information regarding eligibility was copied and pasted, unaltered, from the email I received from The Writers Lab announcing it was open for submissions where it stated, "Applicants must identify as female and be born on or prior to February 28, 1978. "
While I have emailed The Writers Lab asking them to clarify the FAQs, regardless, I will reimburse any current member of the discussion board who forwards me their entry receipt confirmation email for The Writers Lab.
Are transgendered writers who identify as female eligible to submit to the writers lab
The response back:
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Dear Don,
Yes! Every woman is definitely eligible to apply to the Writers Lab. The identification is needed for a proof of birth date when accepted applicants sign the Lab Contract.