How rare is an 8+ overall score from a Black List website reader? Quite rare. (As it should be.)
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How rare is an 8+ overall score from a Black List website reader? Quite rare. (As it should be.)
New data study. open.substack.com/pub/blcklst/...
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Why We Write is BACK on Substack!
Read the first piece from 2023 Black List Lab alum Christopher Hwisu Kim now: blcklst.substack.com/p/why-we-wri...
Ready to submit YOUR manuscript for consideration in the 2026 Unpublished Novel Award? Learn more here: blcklst.com/programs/202...
Meet Lauren Knowles, Senior Editor at Page Street Publishing and 2026 Unpublished Novel Award judge for Children's/YA.
Meet Jordan Hill, Literary Agent at New Leaf Literary and Media and 2026 Unpublished Novel Award judge for Speculative Fiction!
It’s time to MEET THE JUDGES of the 2026 #UnpublishedNovelAward! We’re kicking things off with Jordan Hill and Lauren Knowles, who will be judging our Speculative Fiction and Children’s & Young Adult categories for the Unpublished Novel Award.
Read RUMBLE IN THE LANES here: blcklst.com/projects/123...
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Still all fired up from a certain Canadian hockey series? You're in luck: March's Featured Projects all highlight TEAM SPORTS ON TV!
Scroll down to learn more about these fantastic projects, including RUMBLE IN THE LANES from 2020 #BlackListLab alum Brandon Carbaugh.
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Learn more about the talented 2025 Unpublished Novel Award recipients thanks to the fine folks @debutiful.bsky.social over on our Substack!
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2006 annual Black List alum Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER took home top honors, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, at Saturday night's ceremony. We have a feeling we'll be seeing the teams behind both films at the Dolby Theater in just a few short weeks...
Congratulations to all of this weekend's winners at the prestigious #PGAAwards! KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (which was co-written by 2017 Black List x WIF Episodic Lab alumnae Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan) won Best Animated Feature at the ceremony - the reign of Huntrix continues in Hollywood!
We’ll see you in Los Angeles!
The Lab will run for four weeks in-person in Los Angeles beginning in March 2027 and sessions will be held twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We are so excited to launch submissions for the 2027 Episodic Lab on the heels of this morning's announcement of the 2026 Episodic Lab cohort.
The Black List and WIF will invite six promising non-professional television writers who are of an underrepresented gender (women, NB/GNC, and/or trans, and others) to the Lab, which will consist of script development, pitching, peer workshopping sessions, and much more.
Submissions are NOW OPEN for the 2027 Black List x WIF Episodic Lab! Submit your pilot now: blcklst.com/programs/202...
The Episodic Lab kicks off THIS WEEK in Los Angeles!
Cheers to the 2026 Episodic Lab! They are...
Adriana Ducassi - THE LEDGE
Amanda Kohr - CRICKETS
Briana Pozner - VIGILIANTES
Katie Waldron - CASCADIA
Paige Wesley - THIN PLACES
Sessen Mengist - THE UNCHANGED
Nearly half of all Episodic Lab participants are staffed and working in film and television. Our incredible alumni have worked on projects ranging from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS to INDUSTRY to ST. DENIS MEDICAL and we feel VERY fortunate that many of them return to the program to mentor incoming cohorts.
Now in its tenth year, the Episodic Lab includes script development, pitching, peer workshopping sessions, and master classes with established writers and industry executives.
Congratulations to the talented writers selected for the 2026 Black List x WIF Episodic Lab! Read more about each of their pilots in Deadline: deadline.com/2026/03/the-...
We are so excited to expand our collaboration with Tubi with this incredible new initiative! If you have a horror feature script, we strongly encourage you to learn more at blcklst.com/programs
Fee waivers are also available for this program! Submitting writers will be asked to answer the question “Why is your horror film a great fit for Tubi?” when requesting a fee waiver. 100 fee waivers will be distributed at the discretion of The Black List and Tubi.
Emerging and established writers with a feature script in the horror genre are encouraged to submit their project for further consideration in Tubi x Black List Horror Initiative. Submissions will remain open until June 30, 2026 – write that deadline down now and get to work, writers!
The selected script will be purchased by Tubi, taking into account the budget of the film but for no less than the WGA upset price. From there, Tubi will determine what additional writing steps may be necessary until greenlight and production.
Submissions are NOW OPEN for our new horror initiative with Tubi! One horror script will be selected by Tubi, with the intention of production and distribution on the platform. blcklst.com/programs/tub... 📓