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2022

Media Village

10.24.2022

The Writers Lab Co-Founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon on Raising the Voices of Women (Video)

Authority Magazine

9.28.2022

Thriving As A Woman In a Male-Dominated Industry: Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon of The Writers Lab On The Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman In a Male Dominated Industry

Deadline

9.20.2022

The Writers Lab Sets Participants For Eighth Edition As Meryl Streep & Nicole Kidman Renew Support

Irish Film & Television Network

8.17.2022

The Writers Lab UK & Ireland announces participants and honourees for 2022 Lab

Variety

8.12.2022

Romola Garai, Elizabeth Karlsen, Cheryl Dunye, Tilusha Ghelani to Mentor Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland, Participants Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)

Forbes

5.31.2022

British Actors Challenge Gendered Ageism Onscreen And Beyond Via Acting Your Age Campaign.

Deadline

5.30.2022

Emily Mortimer, Film4’s Farhana Bhula, ‘Top Boy’ Producer Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo & ‘Rocks’ Scribe Claire Wilson Among Mentors of The Writers Lab UK & Ireland’s Second Development Program

ScreenDaily

5.12.2022

The Writers Lab UK & Ireland for women over 40 years old returns for 2022 (exclusive)

Screen Daily

5.12.2022

The Writers Lab to run first combined UK and European programme (exclusive)

ScreenDaily

4.5.2022

The Writers Lab unveils participants for first European edition (exclusive)

Untamed Stories

4.4.2022

CONGRATULATIONS! 13 PARTICIPANTS SELECTED FOR THE 2022 EDITION OF THE WRITERS LAB UK & IRELAND

Script Magazine

3.3.2022

THE WRITERS LAB for WOMEN SCREENWRITERS OVER 40 Announces TV and film call for submissions for its 8TH ANNUAL SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT LAB in the US

Cineuropa

1.27.2022

The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40 launches in Europe

Deadline

1.26.2022

Fremantle & HBO Max Nordic Back The Writers Lab Europe Debut Edition; New Mentors Added

2020

2019

  • VARIETY– August 1, 2019- Film News Roundup, Writers Selected
  • DEADLINE– August 1, 2019- New York Women in Film & Television Unveils Screenwriters and Mentors For Fifth Annual Writers Lab
  • SCRIPT MAGAZINE– August 1, 2019- The Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40 Selects Participants for 5th Annual Writers Retreat
  • BROADWAY WORLD– February 1, 2019- New York Women in Film & Television Announces The Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40 Open Submissions

2018

  • VARIETY– August 1, 2018- Participants Named for Writers Lab, Backed by Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman
  • BROADWAY WORLD– August 1, 2018- The Writers Lab Supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman Announces 2018 Cohort
  • THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER– February 1, 2018- Nicole Kidman Lends Her Support to The Writers Lab

2017

  • THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER– August 3, 2017- Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey-Funded Writers Lab Selects Projects
  • WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD – August 3, 2017 – Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40 Announces 2017 Participants

2016

  • TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES – February 17, 2016 – Attention Writers Lab Created For Women Screenwriters Over 40 by New York Women in Film & Television and Meryl Streep
  • VANITY FAIR – February 14, 2016 – Meryl Streep Praises Hollywood’s “New Time of Possibility for Women”
  • WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD – February 12, 2016 – Meryl Streep Backs Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40
  • BROADWAY WORLD – February 11, 2016 – Writers Lab, Funded by Meryl Streep, Returns with New Female Filmmakers for 2016
  • THE WRAP – February 11, 2016 – Meryl Streep’s Writers Lab for Women Over 40 Names 2016 Mentors
  • YAHOO! MOVIES – February 11, 2016 – Meryl Streep’s Writers Lab for Women Over 40 Names 2016 Mentors

2015

  • ADWEEK – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep funds workshop for women screenwriters over 40
  • ARTS JOURNAL – April 19, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab For Women Over 40
  • A.V. CLUB – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep funds screenwriting lab for women over 40
  • BBC – April 21, 2015 – Meryl Streep boost for women screenwriters
  • BROADWAY WORLD – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds NYWIFT’s Screenwriters Lab for Women Writers
  • BUSTLE – April 19, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds A Screenwriting Lab For Women, But She Isn’t The Only Celeb Who Supports Budding Filmmakers
  • DEADLINE – April 19, 2015 – Meryl Streep, NYWIFT Launch Program For Female Screenwriters Over 40
  • THE DISSOLVE – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep funds screenwriting workshop for women over 40
  • ELLE – APR 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep is Sponsoring a Screenwriting Workshop for Women
  • ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep funds new screenwriting lab for women over 40
  • FILMMAKER MAGAZINE – April 27, 2015 – “We’re A Lost Generation That’s Still Alive”: NYWIFT and IRIS Directors on The Writers Lab”
  • FORBES – April 23, 2015 – Meryl Streep Supports A Groundbreaking New Screenwriters Lab For Women Over 40
  • SPLINTER NEWS – April 20, 2015- Meryl Streep isn’t waiting around for Hollywood inequality to fix itself
  • THE GUARDIAN – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep funds screenwriting initiative for women over 40
  • THE HUFFINGTON POST – April 22, 2015 – Meryl Streep’s Awesome Move To Fight Ageism In Hollywood
  • THE HUFFINGTON POST [Mention] – April 27, 2015 – It’s Time For Hollywood Ageism To Die, And Change Needs To Come From The Top
  • INSIDE PHILANTHROPY – April 21, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab for Women Over 40
  • JEZEBEL – April 20, 2015 – The God Meryl Streep Funds New Screenwriting Lab for Women Over 40
  • MARIE CLAIRE   April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep Is Sponsoring a Screenwriting Workshop for Women
  • MS. MAGAZINE – April 25, 2015 – Meryl Streep Boosts Over-40 Women Screenwriters
  • NEW YORK MAGAZINE – VULTURE – April 19, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab for Women
  • NEW YORK DAILY NEWS  – April 19, 2015- Meryl Streep funding screenwriting lab just for women over 40
  • PASTE MAGAZINE – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab for Women Over 40
  • PLAYBILL – April 20, 2015 – Streep Launches Writing Program for Women Over 40
  • POLICY MIC – April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep Is Changing the Game for Women in Hollywood
  • PEOPLE MAGAZINE –  April 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab for Women Over 40
  • REUTERS – Apr 20, 2015 – Meryl Streep funds initiative to help women screenwriters: TRFN
  • SALON – April 21, 2015 – Lena Dunham and Meryl Streep have in common: 5 major stars making Hollywood a better place for women
  • YAHOO NEWS – TAKE PART – April 19, 2015 – This Is 40: Meryl Streep Just Created a Writers’ Program for Women
  • THE SOURCE – Aug 21 – Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriters Lab for Women Over 40
  • TIME MAGAZINE– April 19, 2015 –  Meryl Streep Funds Writers Lab for Female Screenwriters
  • VANITY FAIR – April 19, 2015 – How Meryl Streep is Using Her Own Money to Combat Ageism and Sexism in Hollywood
  • VARIETY April 19, 2015 – Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40
  • WOMENS VOICES FOR CHANGE – April 22, 2015 – The Wednesday 5: Women in the News

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