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International Screenwriters’ Association

Connecting You and Your Projects to the Industry

The ISA champions screenwriters to agents, managers and producers seeking talent and provides essential resources to elevate your craft and career.

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Top Companies Requesting Scripts

We pitch and present ISA Members and their projects to:

The ISA Development Team collaborates with Industry Pros to help screenwriters of all levels get hired, staffed, sell their screenplays, find representation and more.

Adam Pachter

Produced via Writing Gig

Jeremy Dehn

Optioned & In Development

Keyanna Wigglesworth

Hired to Write 1970s True Crime

Drew Allyn

General Meetings with Amazon and ABC

Mark DiStefano

Sold Script to Arch Films

Alan Mah Baxter

Signed by Lit Manager

Glen Hosking

Script Optioned via Writing Gig

Kaisha Bicknell

ISA Development Slate Invitation

How It Works

The ISA platform was developed to discover screenwriters and advance the craft, connections and career of those unique voices.

Present Your Projects

Submit and apply to trusted Writing Gigs, contests, fellowships, programs and more. We have resources for writers of all genres and levels.

Elevate Your Craft

We provide hundreds of articles, podcasts, videos and services to hone your skills and ensure your projects make an outstanding impression.

Launch Your Career

We’ll connect you and your projects to our industry contacts, which can lead to getting hired, repped and selling your screenplays.

Get Noticed

Present your projects and profile through ISA’s many trusted programs, developed and curated for writers, by writers.

Everything You Need To Break In

ISA Insider provides articles and advice on breaking in, the state of the industry plus Pro Tips and podcasts to help you gain momentum in your career, selected from the top publications and resources in film and television.

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"Since being named an ISA Fast Track Fellow I've received representation with CAA, been hired to rewrite two features and develop a TV show. More to come."
~ Peres Owino - Screenwriter
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"More and more producers are going to the ISA to find quality material. It's thrilling that so many more writers now have a chance to have their work seen. The ISA definitely has that indie-vibe, and there's nothing like it anywhere."
~ Melody Jackson - Consultant
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"The ISA promoted my screenplays to their wide range of connections, including film producers and literary managers looking for my style of writing. I'm proud to be an ISA member, and to work with a group who works hard for writers on the rise."
~ Vin Morreale - Screenwriter
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“The ISA has been incredibly supportive in the most practical way imaginable - by getting my script directly into the hands of respected production companies who can genuinely get it made. It's now been optioned by Eclectic Pictures as a direct result of their efforts."
~ Mark Robertson - Screenwriter
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"Winning the ISA Fast-Track Fellowship completely and immediately changed my life. Not only did I gain affirmation and access to the industry, I was offered representation before I even landed in L.A."
~ Sean Collins-Smith - Screenwriter (Field of Dreams, Chicago PD)
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"Writing movies is both a quest of the creative soul and a business journey to the screen. The ISA team have shown me they are valuable, encouraging allies to dundiscoered writers, because they understand both. "
~ Pen Densham - Executive Producer (Harriet, The Twilight Zone)
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"I like an organization that has the best interest of their members as their top priority. The ISA is just that organization. They work tirelessly to bring the best talent together - both those already in the industry along with those skilled craftspeople who want to break in."
~ Laurie Scheer - Consultant | Author

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Find award-winning writers for hire and available projects.

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