Alley Turner is a Black writer from Newark, NJ who enjoys writing dramedies and dramas about dream chasers who defy expectations. She has worked as a production assistant on feature films and at music festivals in Atlanta and NYC. Prior to TV/film, she worked on Ebola response and prevention at CDC. Based in Los Angeles, she enjoys long walks at the grocery store, especially the sauce aisle.

Asia “A.R.” Gamble is a Black female drama/dramedy writer, born and raised in Los Angeles (yes, how rare). After earning her BA in theater with a focus on acting, Asia went on to work as an Executive Assistant in development and management, studied TV writing with Sundance Collab, and recently graduated from the 2025 Writers Guild Foundation's Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program.

Chloe Samillano is a Manila-born, Riverside-raised queer writer (and occasional filmmaker) with a background in social impact work. Their stories explore inequality, power, and hope within systems and relationships. She has received fellowships from ARRAY, BAVC Media, and Lambda Literary, and was mentored by Samantha Militante (Reservation Dogs) through Unlock Her Potential.

Colin Rothamel is a comedy writer, ’90s lover, and unofficial pop music historian. Growing up gay in Bible-thumping Texas, he abandoned studying Jesus to worship more significant figures in history: the Spice Girls. Now based in LA, Colin has worked on productions for CBS, Netflix, and The CW, and will produce his dark comedy web series this spring.

Eleanor Cho is a Korean American writer, director, and graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She worked as a Writers’ PA at HBO, as an Assistant Editor for Beyoncé, and is currently working for showrunner Angela Kang (THE WALKING DEAD). She took part in the Werner Herzog Film Accelerator, GFS x Dolby Institute’s “Finish the Script”, and was a finalist for NBC Writers on the Verge.

Joey Lattarulo is a writer and filmmaker from a haunted house in Oceanside, CA. After trialing lives from Neuroscientist to New Yorker, he moved to LA and found his way back to storytelling. In his work, he integrates his science background, life experiences, and passion for world-building. Joey believes tragedy and optimism are required to understand the crazy shit we call the human condition.

Kadi is an LA-based writer and self-taught animator originally from Harlem. Obsessed with stories, Kadi spent most of her childhood either drawing cartoons or fighting for the remote as one of nine children in a raucous West African home. Since then, Kadi has worked as an assistant on various scripted, news, and late-night TV shows like SNL. She is currently a creative department assistant at Netflix.

Mendel Bain is a screenwriter and former cop with a background in special education. A Morehouse and ArtCenter grad, he tells grounded, character-driven stories across genres from thrillers to Westerns, often exploring race, power, and social systems in America.

Puja Maewal is an LA-based drama writer and director from Texas. She previously worked in television in India and enjoys crafting stories that span cultures and continents. Her films have screened in over fifty film festivals internationally, and she has earned recognition from the WGA, DGA, Student Academy Awards, and BAFTA. A Fulbright Scholar, Puja has a B.A from Yale and an MFA from UCLA.

Rio Contrada is a writer, director and nihilistic flower child from Northampton, Massachusetts. A queer Italian Jew and community organizer, his work explores intersectionality in a dramedic, surrealist tone. His debut feature, starring Debbie Allen, is set to premiere at Dances with Films this June. His writing has placed in Austin Film Festival, Screencraft and the Black List’s Top Pilots List.

Tiffany McDonald is a Jamaican writer who slyly dodged her family’s quiet expectation to become a surgeon. Now a graduate of The Peter Stark Producing Program at USC, she has worked in film/TV development at production companies for many years. She loves writing drama and horror and is an avid karate practitioner. Occasionally, her parents still suggest that it’s not too late to become a doctor.

Ashley Obinwanne is an LA-based writer and filmmaker who was born in New York and raised in Nigeria. She enjoys writing grounded, character-driven, dramas and dramedies about interconnected groups of people. Most recently, she served as the librettist, co-director, and producer on Better Off With You, a musical that had a sold-out performance at The 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Del Potter is an African American TV drama writer who was raised in a Paterson, NJ neighborhood with drug dealers and addicts who served as antagonists in his life. These antagonists also served as inspiration for Del’s introduction into storytelling.

After working in the NBA for a decade, Del went on to complete the UCLA TV Writer’s Program and regularly places in fellowships/contests.

Jazmyn Edmonds, one of seven siblings, grew up in a chaotic blend of Shameless meets Cheaper by the Dozen. She found solace in creativity, writing poetry and crafting stage plays. Embracing her inner Lydia Deetz, she nurtured a love for the unusual. A versatile storyteller, Jazmyn crafts supernatural thrillers and heartwarming dramas. Connect to bring her stories to life!

Growing up a misfit in small-town Illinois with a tough Mexican immigrant mom, Jon went to horror to make sense of his fears and insecurities. After serving as an Army MP and earning a BA in Creative Writing, he made for LA. Where he’s developed two pilots in the Veterans Writers Program, completed the WGF Support Staff Training Program, and served as Writers' Assistant on CBS's FBI: MOST WANTED.

Khadijah Iman is a Black Indigenous screenwriter from Boston, MA. She’s passionate about telling queer-led stories in the genre, procedural, and drama space - often exploring grief, identity, and social tensions. She’s a 2023 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program alum, a self-taught piano and drum player, and obsessed with Horror and classic Disney Channel Original Movies.

Growing up as a queer woman in Iran, Maaman developed a dark sense of humor that fueled her film career. After being a political prisoner, she became a refugee in the US. With an MFA in film, she taught at the University of New Mexico before moving to LA. Her feature script was a Sundance finalist and a quarterfinalist at AFF and Slamdance. Her shorts have screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals.

Mai is a writer and queer first gen Vietnamese - American who aims to redefine the American Dream through stories that honor the complexity of queer, refugee, and AAPI communities. They have learned to embrace the chaos while working on sets of Dear White People, The Terminal List, and Killers of The Flower Moon. Currently, Mai is the assistant to LaToya Morgan at TinkerToy Productions.

Stephen Ra-Choi is a Korean-American writer who spent most of his childhood stuck behind a church pew, drawing comics or writing short stories that were highly inappropriate for a pastor’s kid. After writing a pilot inspired by his now 95-year old grandmother, Stephen was named winner of the 2023 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship and runner-up of the 2023 Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest.

Yeon Jin Lee is a Korean-American filmmaker. She's currently a showrunner’s assistant on the upcoming CBS series Watson and film STAR TREK: SECTION 31. After five years as a computer scientist at NASA, she left Silicon Valley to pursue filmmaking full-time. She is an alumna of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, The Black List Feature Lab, and Almanack Screenwriters.