Congratulations to the incredible @edsolomon.bsky.social, who has a new film in theaters today: THE CHRISTOPHERS! Grab your tickets here: films.neonrated.com/the-christop...

Read @thathagengrrl.bsky.social's interview with the innovative filmmaking team behind FACES OF DEATH, Isa Mazzei + Daniel Goldhaber: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-black-... Daniel + Isa shared the scripts for CAM + HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE with us too - both projects are linked in the interview.

“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” On this day in 1976, one of the finest political thrillers ever made arrived in theaters: Alan J. Pakula and William Goldman’s ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN.

Want to know more about what's going on at The Black List this April? We've got you covered: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-downlo...

Join us next Wednesday at 10AM PT/1PM ET for a NEW EPISODE of #ReadTheAcknowledgments with Randy Winston! RSVP here: buff.ly/3EdNeeq

We've got a new excerpt from David Andrew Stoler's THE DEATH ROW COOKBOK to share as a part of our NEW Unpublished Fiction Series. Read it now, only on Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/read-an-ex...

Calling all Authors Guild members! Join @franklinleonard.bsky.social and Randy Winston for a FREE virtual event with @authorsguild.org on April 14 at 4PM PT/7PM ET. Learn more here: authorsguild.org/event/the-bl...

Congratulations to Alexandra Chadwick, who has been selected as the 2025-2026 recipient of the Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Writers Guild Initiative!

Curious about what's going on with Fiction at The Black List in April? Open this post: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-spine-...

Read the fourth and final installment of Kaelan Denali Dickinson's Sundance Diaries, only on our Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-sundan...

It's time to welcome the newest judges for the 2026 #UnpublishedNovelAward!

🚨DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Writers, you’ve only got TWO MONTHS LEFT to submit your feature scripts for consideration in the 2026 Black List Labs. Learn more about which Lab might be the best fit for you here: blcklst.com/programs/202...

Read the latest essay in our ongoing series Why We Write from 2020 Black List Lab and CAPE List alum Brandon Carbaugh. We promise that you're going to want to make some time to read this one... blcklst.substack.com/p/why-we-wri...

Thank you to the Black List for featuring my coming of age creature feature!

Gather 'round, ghouls, goblins and ghastly creations: Our Featured Projects are all CREATURE FEATURES. We've got wraiths, banshees and SPOOKY dolls galore! Keep swiping to learn more about these fantastic scripts!

🚨DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Playwrights, you've only got ONE MONTH LEFT to submit your work to our partnership with TRW! Submit your play here: blcklst.com/programs/the...

A new month means it's time to take another look at all the OPEN PROGRAMS on blcklst.com. Learn more here: blcklst.com/programs

Check out our latest Best Practices post on Substack to learn everything you need to know about Writer Profiles on blcklst.com: blcklst.substack.com/p/best-pract...

🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Writers, you've got THREE MONTHS LEFT to submit your feature script to the Black List x Tubi Horror Initiative. Opt-in now here: blcklst.com/programs/tub...

RIP Mary Beth Hurt, an acclaimed and accomplished actor.

Read the third installment of Kaelan Denali Dickinson's diary from the final Sundance Film Festival in Park City, only on our Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-sundan...

FORBIDDEN FRUITS, a 2023 Black List script by Meredith Alloway and Lily Houghton, arrives in theaters TODAY! Directed by Alloway, FORBIDDEN FRUITS stars Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, and Alexandra Shipp.

Thanks to the Storytelling 360 Conference for having us! Read more about the conference in @scriptmagazine.bsky.social: scriptmag.com/storytelling... Thanks to Lee Jessup for great moderation + fellow panelists Adam Kolbrenner, David Boxerbaum, Kate Oh + Scott Glassgold for a great conversation!

Eight years ago! Gah! I wrote a script about Bob Hope that was on @theblcklst.bsky.social, and we did a live read with an amazing cast assembled by said Black List. My many thanks to @franklinleonard.bsky.social and everyone invovled. www.threads.com/@theblcklst/...

Read a new, exclusive excerpt from author Janna Jilnina's novel ALL THE WAY, only on our Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/read-an-ex...

Congratulations to 2024 Black List Lab alum Jade Song - their new novel I LOVE YOU DON'T DIE is now available at a bookstore near YOU! Grab your copy now: bookshop.org/p/books/i-lo...

Eight years ago, we brought Ben Schwartz's 2011 annual Black List script THAT KIND OF A WAR (fka HOME BY CHRISTMAS - BOB HOPE IN KOREA) to the #BlackListLive stage at The Montalban!

Congratulations to 2022/2023 Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship recipient Parker Sack - he is set to star in OPEN UP, which he ALSO wrote! OPEN UP is the directorial debut of James Tupper.

New data study available over on @theblcklst.bsky.social's Substack: The Anatomy of a Score - Part 1. open.substack.com/pub/blcklst/...

Our latest data study, The Anatomy of a Score Part One, explores how component scores like character, dialogue and plot contribute to overall scores on blcklst.com. We promise you won't want to miss this one - read more on our Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-anatom...

2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Announced! Writer names, script titles, loglines - all detailed here. I've interviewed every Nicholl fellow since 2012. Look forward to this year's in-depth screenwriting conversations! www.patreon.com/posts/153779... #screenwriting

On this day in 2019, we brought Hannah Hafey and Kaitlin Smith's 2018 annual Black List script POPULAR to the #BlackListLive stage at The Montalban!

Congratulations to the fellows and finalists selected for the 2025-2026 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting! Read more about their projects in The Hollywood Reporter: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Read the second part of our ongoing series The Sundance Diaries, featuring reflections from 2026 Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellow Kaelan Denali Dickinson. blcklst.substack.com/p/the-sundan...

Join us next Wednesday at 11AM PT for a NEW EPISODE of #ReadTheAcknowledgments with Randy Winston! RSVP here: buff.ly/TwHJlOt

Read a NEW Why We Write essay from two-time annual Black List, diversity list and Black List x WIF Episodic Lab alum Kryzz Gautier over on our Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/why-we-wri...

It is once again time to MEET THE JUDGES of the 2026 #UnpublishedNovelAward! Today, we're featuring the incredible founder of Debutiful, Adam @Vitcavage, and acclaimed author Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau (THE FRENCH HONEYMOON, WE WOULD NEVER TELL).

Read an exclusive recap of The Academy Awards from our own @thathagengrrl.bsky.social, who was in the press room for the 98th annual ceremony: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-2026-a...

CONGRATULATIONS to all of last night's winners at the #Oscars!

On this day in 2015, we brought Tom Flynn’s 2014 annual Black List script GIFTED to #BlackListLive at The Montalban! One young actor completely stole the show that night – and even went on to be cast in the 2017 feature version of the film...

@thathagengrrl.bsky.social's interview with the brilliant minds behind BRIAN, screenwriter @mikescollins.bsky.social and director Will Ropp is now live on Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-black-...

Join us on Zoom for a NEW episode of Read the Acknowledgments with Randy Winston next Wednesday! RSVP here: linktr.ee/readtheackno... Before then, check out our latest Substack post, featuring details about a great giveaway you can enter now: blcklst.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...

Filmmaker Will Ropp discovered his directorial debut BRIAN on The Black List - this weekend, BRIAN debuts at SXSW! Read more about the film in Variety here: variety.com/2026/film/co...

Join us next Wednesday at 10:30AM PT for a NEW EPISODE of  #ReadTheAcknowledgments with Randy Winston! RSVP here: buff.ly/jqZ0ZyO

Read more about what we've been up to lately, only on Substack: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-downlo...

On this day in 2017, we brought Jen d'Angelo's 2016 annual Black List script JAMES CAMERON’S TITANIC to the #BlackListLive stage!

We're kicking off the Unpublished Fiction series over on our Substack with an exclusive excerpt of UP THE AMERICAN by Warren Smith. Read more from UP THE AMERICAN here: blcklst.substack.com/p/the-unpubl...

It's time to meet two more judges for the 2026 Unpublished Novel Award: Kelly Farber and Cree Myles! Keep swiping to learn more about Kelly and Cree, who will be judging our Commercial Fiction and Speculative Fiction categories, respectively. We are so grateful to have them onboard this year!

🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Novelists, you've got THREE MONTHS LEFT to submit your unpublished manuscript to the Blackstone Publishing Novel Initiative! Submit your manuscript now: blcklst.com/programs/bla...

Congratulations to all of this weekend's winners at the #WGAAwards!