2017 Calendar

Tickets/Info: WGFoundation. WGF partners with Stephens College on this panel, which explores the experience of writing TV and film characters who are biracial, multiracial and mixed race, and multi-cultural; and how writers have brought authenticity to telling those characters' stories. Panelists include Yamara Taylor (black-ish) and more to be announced.

WGAW members only with guests. Q&A with Detroit writer Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker) begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 143 minutes). Guild membership card required for entry.

WGAW members with guild card receive free admission at the box office. Info: WGF+UCLA. WGF and UCLA Film & Television Archive co-present a film series featuring films written by TV drama writers of the 1950s and early-1960s, such as Paddy Chayefsky, Rod Serling, and Reginald Rose. Robert Duvall stars in Tomorrow (1972), Horton Foote's poignant screen adaptation of his Playhouse 90 teleplay and stage play, both based on a William Faulkner short story.

Info: (323) 782-4589. The Committee of Black Writers is dedicated to empowering and increasing industry visibility of African-American writers and generating more career and networking opportunities. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.

SOLD OUT. To find out about Writers Guild Foundation (WGF) events first, sign up for our weekly newsletter. Event Info: WGF-Staffing. This writers panel takes a look at the changing landscape of getting staffed on a TV show, how networks, studios, and showrunners are approaching the hiring process, and how to take advantage of other staffing opportunities throughout the year. Speakers include Joe Lawson (This Is Us, Bojack Horseman) and more to be announced.

WGAW members with guild card receive free admission at the box office. Info: WGF+UCLA. WGF and UCLA Film & Television Archive co-present a film series featuring films written by TV drama writers of the 1950s and early-1960s, such as Paddy Chayefsky, Rod Serling, and Reginald Rose. Tonight's films, The Lost Man (1969) and Edge of the City (1956), star Sidney Poitier and were written by Robert Alan Aurthur.

Info: (323) 782-4589. This committee works to enhance opportunities, advance careers, and highlight accomplishments of women in the Guild, to end discrimination against women writers in the industry and to improve the image of women in film, television, and radio. Events designed to increase knowledge of craft and marketplace. First half-hour for networking with snacks and beverages. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.

Current Active status members only, no guests, RSVP with "LITM" as subject: TV/Digital. Javi (Javier Grillo-Marxuach) and Jose (Molina) explore post-production in this final of three sessions. You wrote your script. You weathered notes. You survived filming. Now Post: How do you navigate the tangle of director, producer, studio, and network cuts when you are not the showrunner? How hard do you push for your vision? How much can you actually affect the process -- often known as "the final rewrite" -- when you are living in the middle?

Free to WGA members and their guests. RSVP by Fri., 8/4: Barbara Demming Lurie. The Voice Awards, sponsored by SAMHSA, WGAW, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, PGA, NAB, Humanitas, NATPE and other national organizations, recognize writers and entertainment professionals who have contributed to the public's understanding of behavioral health through their productions. Community leaders from across the nation are also celebrated. Hors d'oeuvres served during early Meet & Greet. Free parking in Lot 5.

Tickets/Info: WGF-WomenWarriors. Panelists Amy Berg (Counterpart), Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch (GLOW), Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman), and Moira Walley-Beckett (Anne With An E) explore the process of crafting strong female protagonists, how they navigate through archetypes and stereotypes, and how writers are challenging (and changing) the way female characters are depicted on TV and film.

Info: (323) 782-4589. The Asian-American Writers Committee represents the professional and creative interests of Asian-American Guild members. Its mandate is to be dedicated to the encouragement, empowerment and employment of writers of Asian heritage. Join us for an informative and fun evening in a relaxed environment. Snacks will be provided. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.

WGAW's Feature Writer Access Project is currently accepting submissions from WGAW members who qualify under program Guidelines. The goal of this peer judging program is to increase access of minority, age 60 years and older, and women writers – the largest groups of historically under-represented and underemployed writers in feature film arena -- to agents, managers, studio executives, and producers of feature films. The Project also benefits executives who are acquiring or developing feature film scripts by highlighting a strong pool of diverse candidates for consideration.

WGAW members only with guests. Q&A with Atomic Blonde writer Kurt Johnstad begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 115 minutes). Guild membership card required for entry.

WGAW members with guild card receive free admission at the box office. Info: WGF+UCLA. WGF and UCLA Film & Television Archive co-present a film series featuring films written by TV drama writers of the 1950s and early-1960s, such as Paddy Chayefsky, Rod Serling, and Reginald Rose. The series wraps August 20 with multi-Oscar-nominated and Writers Guild Award-winning Twelve Angry Men (1957), Screenplay by Reginald Rose, Based on his Television Play.

WGAW members only with guests. Q&A with Ingrid Goes West writers David Branson Smith & Matt Spicer (Spicer also directed) begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 97 minutes). Guild membership card required for entry.

Current members in good standing only, no guests. RSVP by Friday, 8/25: CommEvents or (323) 782-4602. WGAW 2017 Officer and Board candidates share their priorities and goals for the Writers Guild, and welcome your questions at this year's election forum. 6:00 p.m. drinks; 6:30 p.m. Board Candidates+Q&A; 7:30 p.m. hors d'oeuvres; 8:30 p.m. Officer Candidates+Q&A.

Tickets/Info: WGF-SublimePT. WGAW, WGF and Variety co-present this annual event gathering a stellar panel of Emmy-nominated writers for an unforgettable conversation about this year's most talked-about television. Panelists include Matt and Ross Duffer, known as The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things), Lena Waithe (Master of None), and more to be announced.