May 16, 2025
AFI Announces an Impressive Line-Up of Industry Leaders as Mentors for Their Annual Writers’ Room Ready Program
Program Pairs Rising Screenwriters with Top Television Creatives Lucia Aniello, Regina Corrado, Paul W. Downs, Coco Francini, Liz Hannah, Jen Statsky and Matthew Weiner The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the mentors for the 2025 Writers’ Room Ready program, which recognizes outstanding original television pilot scripts written by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. This year's...
July 1, 2024
Alumni Spotlight on LADY IN THE LAKE Writer Sheila Wilson
Leading up to the premiere of the new limited series LADY IN THE LAKE which debuts July 19, we spoke to AFI Conservatory Alum Sheila Wilson (AFI Class of 2017) who worked as a writer and producer on the show. The series was created and directed by Alma Har’el and stars Academy Award® winner Natalie...
April 3, 2023
Spotlight on Raelle Tucker and Brennan Elizabeth Peters, the Writers and AFI Alumni Behind THE POWER
Emmy®-nominated television writer, producer, and showrunner Raelle Tucker (AFI DWW Class of 2003) first crossed paths with writer Brennan Elizabeth Peters (AFI Class of 2015) when they were paired during AFI’s Writers’ Room Ready program to develop Brennan’s first pilot “The Empress.” Her script not only went on to win the AFI Writers' Room Ready...
April 7, 2022
AFI Announces Recipients of Writers’ Room Ready Awards
Program Pairs Winners With Industry Mentors The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of the 2021 and 2022 Writers’ Room Ready Awards, which recognizes outstanding original television pilot scripts written by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. The program supports the next generation of television writers by pairing graduating Fellows from the film school with...
April 30, 2020
AFI Announces Winners of 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Awards: Haley Bartels, Christina Kingsleigh Licud, Kenda Greenwood Moran and Alessandro Pederzoli! The award recognizes outstanding work by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows, and the winners will be paired with mentors, giving them an opportunity to work directly with established artists. 75% of the past winners…
May 17, 2019
AFI Conservatory Names 2019 Writers’ Room Ready Recipients
The AFI Conservatory today announced the recipients and mentors chosen for the fourth edition of the AFI Writers’ Room Ready. Aimed at cultivating the next generation of television scriptwriters, the program gives graduating AFI Conservatory Fellows the unique opportunity to work directly with established artists. AFI Writers’ Room Ready highlights select original scripts from top…
March 16, 2016
AFI Conservatory Celebrates First-Ever Writers’ Room Ready
On Monday evening, the AFI Conservatory hosted a reception to celebrate promising screenwriters and to mark the first year of AFI Writers’ Room Ready. This new annual program aims to cultivate the next generation of television writers by pairing select AFI Conservatory Screenwriters from the year’s graduating class and their original television pilot scripts with…
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