In October 2019, the WGI continued its work with the Profile Theatre in Portland, Oregon, hosting Part A of...
Ariella Carmell, University of Chicago student, has been awarded this year’s Collyer Fellowship. She will receive $10,000 and will...
Performing: Mandy Patinkin Brooke Adams Eisa Davis William Jackson Harper Tony Shalhoub Emily Skeggs Performing works by (in...
The most notable thing to me about Gala 2017, our fourth, was its feeling of intimacy. The coming together...
For the past eight years, the Writers Guild Initiative’s (WGI) Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting has worked with a select...
Full video of the Welcoming Remarks and the performance of Into the Unknown can be seen here. Rarely...
1.What is your earliest memory of writing? I remember the first time I took my number two pencil to...
It’s Writing Prompt 48. We hope you use these prompts to spend a few moments writing! Remember, no need...
1. What is your earliest memory of writing? I grew up on the 700-block of a 2 block street...
We’re up to Writing Prompt 47. We hope you use these prompts to spend a few moments writing! Remember,...
Omid Iranikhah was recently named the 2021 recipient of the Michael Collyer Fellowship in Screenwriting. What is your earliest...
We at the Writers Guild Initiative are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of our friend and incredible mentor,...
We’re at week 46 of the Writing Prompt Challenge! Keep writing! Remember, no need to share your work unless...
1.What is your earliest memory of writing? When I was in grade school I was obsessed with writing haiku....
We’re at week 45 of the Writing Prompt Challenge! Keep writing! Remember, no need to share your work unless...
1. What is your earliest memory of writing? I grew up in Appalachian Maryland, and my father worked for...
