Thread by @franklinleonard

It has been an extremely busy two months over @theblcklst so I'm putting everything that we're allowed to talk about yet in a single thread as both valuable information to screenwriters and film and television industry professionals and as a tribute to @theblcklst team

A thread:

Writers were selected via our partnership with @Google Assistant to receive $20K each and mentorship from writers including @maxbarbakow, Andy Siara, @MarjaLewisRyan, and @erivinoja.

https://twitter.com/THR/status/1391771373580787714?s=20

@NZFilmCommissh selected the writers for the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1392624513049837573?s=20

@mpac_national and @pillars_fund announced the scripts selected for our inaugural Muslim List.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1392177780406816769?s=20

We launched a partnership with @WarnerMedia that will grant FREE access to @theblcklst website hosting and a script evaluation to 600 screenwriters for whom that would be valuable, as identified by a wide variety of grassroots film organizations nationwide

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1390111576561172481?s=20

On top of that, we partnered with @stayMACRO to give 500 MORE screenwriters free access to the site and find a writer who will receive $10K to develop a pitch for a @warnermedia WGA minimum blind script deal.

https://twitter.com/TheWrap/status/1372605228596477954?s=20

We announced a partnership with @HornitosTequila to give five filmmakers $15K each to make a short film based on their feature script.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1391898355349999617?s=20

We announced a partnership with the @NRDC and the @redfordcenter for a Climate Storytelling Fellowship that will grant $10K to three writers and mentorship for six months.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1391089272229400578?s=20

Meanwhile, @CAPEUSA List opt-ins to highlight exceptional AAPI storytelling are now open.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1392536340517036038?s=20

We're still accepting submissions for @theblcklst's annual Episodic Writing Lab with @WomenInFilm.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1390019978989129733?s=20

And we're still accepting submissions for @theblcklst's Annual Feature Lab too.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1389655580860616707?s=20

And as of last month, any writer can create a profile on the Black List website and list their scripts entirely free of charge.

https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1388213320650567683?s=20

So yeah, shoutout to Dino Simone, Olga Vasileva, Terry Huang, Megan Halpern, @thathagengrrl, and @tayolamos.

The funny thing is that there's more stuff I can't talk about yet than there are things in this thread.

As but one example of the stuff we can't talk about yet, we'll be announcing the first writer selected by @mgmstudios to receive a two step WGA minimum blind deal (~$100K) very soon. deadline.com/2020/12/mgm-th…

@theblcklst team reminds me that we also redesigned our home page. blcklst.com