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NYWIFT and IRIS Announce Inaugural Participants for The Writers Lab, Funded by Meryl Streep
Back in April, I interviewed the directors of NYWIFT and IRIS about their noted launch of The Writers Lab, a retreat for women screenwriters over 40, that received a substantial amount of funding from Meryl Streep. The 12 inaugural participants, listed below, were selected from a pool of over 3,500 applicants. The eight mentors for the weekend long September lab are Jessica Bendinger (Bring It On, Aquamarine), Caroline Kaplan (Time Out of Mind, Me and You and Everyone We Know), Meg LeFauve (Inside Out), Darnell Martin (Cadillac Records), Lydia Dean Pilcher (Darjeeling Limited, The Talented Mr. Ripley), Gina Prince-Bythewood (Secret Life of Bees, Beyond the Lights, Mary Jane Skalski (Win Win, The Station Agent) and Kirsten Smith (Legally Blond, Ten Things I Hate About You).
Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
Vanessa Carmichael, The American
Tracy Charlton, Raised Up
Kellen Hertz Ashburn
Anna Hozian, Anchor Baby
Lyralen Kaye, John the Divine in Iowa
Jan Kimbrough, The Glastonbury Cow Party
Billie Mason, The Cargo
Peres Owino, Basketweaver
Gretchen Somerfeld, Face Value
Janet Stilson, Jaguar Trail
Kim Turner, It Goes Like This
