EXCLUSIVE: The Black List has named the six projects and seven screenwriters invited to their 2023 Annual Lab.
The program, now in its eleventh year, provides creative mentorship and career support to promising feature writers as they further develop their scripts during a weeklong workshop in Ojai, CA.
This year’s writers are Jake Burnstein and Brandon Verdi (Extra Pulp), Anne Hollister (The House Sitter), Chris Hwisu Kim (E.S.L.), Kathryn Prescott (EMA), Jainaba Seckan (But Some Of Use Are Brave), and Lisabelle Tay (MOMO).
The Black List selected these writers from over 1,300 feature script submissions on blcklst.com. During the Lab, each writer workshops their screenplay through peer workshops and one-on-one sessions with working professional screenwriting mentors, including Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), Steve Desmond (Knock At The Cabin), Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4), Kiwi Smith (Legally Blonde) , Jonathan Stokes (El Gringo), and Scott Myers of Go Into The Story.
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