SCAD in Midtown Atlanta Breaks Out the Best in Big-Time Scripts

April 23, 2024

Writers Guild Foundation Launches Fellowship to Transform Veterans Into Writers

March 7, 2024

Exclusive: Sony, Amazon, NBCU Sign On To Boost Writers Guild Foundation’s Writers Access Support Staff Training Program

December 7, 2023

Exclusive: Writers Guild Foundation Reveals 2023 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program Participants

July 31, 2023

WME and Writers Guild Foundation’s Emerging Writers Workshop

June 23, 2023

Bookend: Flipping the Script

March 1, 2023

This Library is the Only One of Its Kind in the Entire World

February 4, 2023

WGA Awards Nominees Share Tricks Of Their Trade At ‘Beyond Words’ Panels

February 10, 2022

The WGFestival: A Festival of Unmitigated Joy

November 24, 2021

Writers Guild Foundation Announces Youth Screenwriting Program With Spoken Word Nonprofit Get Lit

June 27, 2021

The Guild's Poetic Screenwriters Lab, with Final Draft as a partner, pairs youth poets with industry mentors.

Tanya Saracho, Mike Royce & Liz Hsiao Lan Alper Announce Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program Graduates

September 10, 2021

TV writers/producers Tanya Saracho (Vida), Mike Royce (One Day at a Time), and Liz Hsiao Lan Alper (Day of the Dead), along with the Writers Guild Foundation, have announced graduates of the inaugural class of the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program.

Tanya Saracho, Mike Royce, Liz Hsiao Lan Alper Debut Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program

March 24, 2021

‘Watchmen’ Writer Cord Jefferson Launches TV Fellowship for Journalists

January 27, 2021

Deconstructing Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7,’ from Spielberg to Netflix

December 28, 2020

‘Tonight Show’ Writers Explain How Jimmy Fallon Pulled Off the Nicolas Cage ‘Tiger King’ Sketch

May 7, 2020

How Emmy-Nominated Writers’ Rooms Keep Politics in Mind

August 22, 2019

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Hollywood Iftar Encourages Creators to Reject "Stereotypical Stories" About Islam

May 17, 2019

The third annual event was hosted by the Muslims on Screen & Television Resource Center, Unity Productions Foundation and the Writers Guild Foundation.

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Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani Talk ‘Little America’ at WGFestival

April 2, 2019

Oscar nominated screenwriters Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani kicked off the WGFestival2019

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Game of Thrones: 18 Secrets, Easter Eggs, and Revelations Hiding in 7 Seasons of Scripts

December 5, 2018

A cache of scripts from the show help clear up long-held questions—and blow several theories wide open.

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Reading, Writing…and Rhimes

September 20, 2018

Whether they yearn to be the next Shonda Rhimes or just revel in Hollywood history, writers find their way to this unique Los Angeles library.

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WGF, MPAC Talk Creating Authentic Representation for Muslims and TV

October 19, 2018

On Thursday evening, an industry panel featuring writers, actors and practicing entertainment lawyers discussed ways in which Muslims and the Islamic faith have been represented through film and television, as well as offered ideas on how to ensure better and more authentic representation moving forward in the industry.

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RFC signs MoU with LA foundation to develop TV, cinema writing professions

July 27, 2018

The Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Los Angeles-based Writers Guild Foundation (WGF), aiming to develop the writing profession in the field of television and cinema.

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Muslims Seek Greater Understanding From Hollywood Through Iftar Event

May 18, 2018

Thursday night the Writers Guild Foundation and Muslims on Screen & TV resource center invited Muslims and non-Muslims alike to share the sacred meal at the West Hollywood London hotel.

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Top Female Showrunners Talk Industry Battles, Opening Doors for Others

March 26, 2018

Producing for Netflix vs. the networks, the increasing clout of female showrunners, and how to fight for distinctive ideas to be heard were among the topics at a panel of women showrunners at the 2018 Writers Guild Festival Sunday.

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Hooray for Hollywood’s Hand-me-downs: LAUSD taps industry resources

May 18, 2017

The Creative Industry Coalition aims to harness the resources of studios, unions and production companies in the district's backyard, and bring them to students through equipment donations, classroom visits, field trips and more.

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Coffee, Tea and a Script: 18 L.A. Hotspots for Hollywood Writers

January 20, 2017

Phil Lord's Italian cafe, Damon Lindelof's late-night hangout, an 'Empire' scribe's "magical Starbucks": "You feel a little less likely to screw around on Facebook when Chris Weitz is a few chairs away."

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9 Things We Learned From The ‘Insecure’ Writing Staff’s Panel At The Writers Guild Foundation

December 1, 2016

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8 Places to Write in L.A. (That Aren’t Coffee Shops)

October 10, 2016

Here we've compiled a list of spaces writers seem to love.