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2026 WISCONSIN SCREENWRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM April 10-12th at the Pyle Center on the Campus of UW-Madison EVENT AND SCHEDULE DETAILS Workshops and Panels on Friday (4/10), 1:00p-6:00p, Pyle Center 325 Workshops and Panels on Saturday (4/11), 9:00a-5:45p, Pyle Center 325 WSS Reception and Networking event on Saturday (4/11), 5:30p-7:30p, AT&T Lounge in the Pyle Center Live …

MISTAKES by John McGuigan Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition – Grand-prize Winner Announced! We are pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition. This competition has introduced us to a wide variety of incredible stories by talented writers from the Badger State. Writers submitted scripts in one of three categories: feature film …

Finalists for the Wisconsin’s Own Pitch Contest Announced! Writers from across the state submitted pitches for prospective film and TV projects, and these five writers were judged by our partners at the International Screenwriters’ Association to have the most promising pitches: Gideon Patrick with Basketball Gods Corey Holl with The Park People Jan Schwaid with …

Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Contest Finalists! We are pleased to announce the Finalists for our second annual Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Contest, featuring the best screenwriting work from writers across the State. The four screenplays listed below were scored by the International Screenwriters’ Association professional readers and judged to the best in each of our four contest …

Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Contest – Semi-Finalist Announcement We are excited to announce the Semi Finalists for our second annual Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Contest. This contest has introduced us to a wide variety of incredible stories by talented writers that all call Wisconsin home. All Semi-Finalists will move on to the final round, selecting the category …

Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Contest – Quarter Finalist Announcement We are excited to announce the Quarter Finalists for our second annual Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Contest. This contest has introduced us to a wide variety of incredible stories by talented writers that all call Wisconsin home. All Quarter Finalists will move on to the Semi-Finalist and Finalist …

TV Writers’ Room Intensive with Jason Rothenberg (The 100) – April 6-9, 2026 Applications due February 20th, 2026 This workshop recreates the experience of working inside a professional television writers’ room. Over the course of four, two-hour evening sessions, participants will collaborate to break one complete episode of television, in the same creative process used …

Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition – Winners Announced! We are pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition. This competition has introduced us to a wide variety of incredible stories by talented writers from the Badger State. Writers submitted scripts in one of three categories: feature film scripts, TV (pilot) scripts, and …

Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition – Finalists Announced! We are excited to announce the finalists for our inaugural Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition. This competition has introduced us to a wide variety of incredible stories by talented writers from the Badger State. These four finalists penned the top overall scoring scripts, across all genres and categories, in …

Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition – Semifinalists Announced We are excited to announce the semifinalists for our inaugural Wisconsin’s Own Screenwriting Competition. This competition has introduced us to a wide variety of incredible stories by talented writers from the Badger State. All Semifinalists will move on to the Finalist round, with the grand-prize, winning screenplay performed …