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Why We Write: Ben Mehlman
Today, we’re bringing you a new Why We Write essay from 2021 annual Black List and 2020 Black List Feature Lab alum Ben Mehlman. Ben’s new pilot HONEYPOTS is a Black List Recommended project — you can read it here.
Take it away, Ben!
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Submissions Open: The 2026-2027 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
The Black List has opened public submissions for the 2026-2027 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Submit your script now: blcklst.com/nicholl
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The Black List Interview: Tom Dean on CAROLINA CAROLINE
Kate chats with 2016 Black List Lab and Annual Black List alum Tom Dean about his new film, CAROLINA CAROLINE, which arrives in theaters today!
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Let’s start with page one. What initially inspired CAROLINA CAROLINE?
I th...
Why We Write: Allison Lee
Today, we’re bringing you a unique Why We Write essay from 2025 annual Black List writer Allison Lee. Allison’s script OH YOKO! explores the story of prolific artist Yoko Ono. Allison was recently able to preview the MUSIC OF THE MIND exhib...
An Exclusive Excerpt from ANNABELLE HAS ISSUES: PRIMARILY, WEREWOLVES by Zandrick Ellison
Our Unpublished Fiction Series exists to highlight outstanding, well-performing fiction manuscripts on The Black List.
You can explore our ever-expanding Unpublished Fiction Series archive here — we’ve shared excerpts of manuscripts in man...
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Hollywood-adjacent but pretty unbothered by it. Rejected from every poetry magazine since 1996.
Writer, editor, director, curator. Big fan of cookware. Student of interior design. Books and the people who write them, the people who make them, the people who read them. British crime dramas are my weakness.
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