Shining a Light on Great Screenplays and TV Pilots Written by Women

The Women’s List is proud to announce its second annual list of great scripts written by women. From body-swapping Christmas comedies to tense historical dramas to mind-blowing science fiction adventures, the selected scripts reflect the best in storytelling by women. The scripts on our list are not only written by women, they are vetted by women professionals. Thumbs up or thumbs down. They are stories we want to see, stories we think the world will want to see.

4B – ½ Hour – Kelly Hannon

All That Glitters – One Hour – Susan Marks

Arranged – Feature – Mithra Alavi

Blackbird – Feature - Shaina Steinberg

Breaking Up The Beatles – Feature - Ariel Sayegh

Counting On Clark – Feature – Erin Copen Howard

Cumberland Gap – One Hour – Angelle  Haney Gullett

Danni’s Hard Drive – One Hour – Megan Green

Demented – ½ Hour – Pam Davis

Fab Girls – One Hour – Heidi Nyburg

Fertile Attraction – Feature – Mariah Wilson

Fish Crimes – ½ Hour – Molly Vogel

Five Points – One Hour – Vivian Kerr

Forever51 – One Hour – Pamela Skjolsvik

Good Great Fine – 1/2/hour – Kayreth Williams

Guera – ½ Hour – Eileen Alvarez

Horse Girls – ½ Hour – Annalise Tahran

In The Valley of Darkness - One Hour - Jennifer Frazin

Kiana the Bandit of Panga – One Hour – Lauren Conoscenti

Landfall – Feature – Amy Fruchtman

Me, My Elf and I – Feature – Ellen Ireland

Monsta – One Hour – Clayvon Harris

Mother Tongue – Feature – Anu Valia

Not Drowning but Waving – ½ Hour – Caroline Mabey

Prime – ½ Hour - Laura Streicher

Razzle – One Hour - Sharon Lennon

Roads To Nowhere – Feature - Jordyn Giddens  

Six Letter Word – Feature - Lisanne Sartor

Sovereign – One Hour – Arielle Waldman and Jordan Henry

Suckers – One Hour - Emily Hornsby

Syvertsen’s Complex – Feature – Marni Sullivan

The Changed – One Hour – Sessen Mengist

The Montana – One Hour – Monica Cecilia Lucas

This Is Not About You – ½ Hour – Jessica Combs

The Truthsayers - Feature – Julie Lynch

Tits Up - One Hour – Stacey Russell

Trivial Pursuits – Feature – Kristen Angonese

 Warrior Girl – Feature – Laurie Whitaker

Film and television are two of the most powerful forces shaping how women are perceived. Yet, women are often underrepresented behind the camera. In 2024, only 25% of screenwriters, and only a third of television writers, were women. The Women’s List aims to change this by providing a platform for exceptional screenplays and TV pilots written by women.

The Women’s List is a non-profit organization created by a volunteer group of WGA writers, DGA directors, and SAG actors, among others. Our goal is to become the go-to resource for unrecognized talent and the filmmakers searching for their stories.

Most important, we are working to change the narrative that women writers are less accomplished than their male counterparts and that their stories are less significant. Through those stories, we’ll also improve the perception of women around the world in all walks of life. 

The critical thing is that this is not just another contest; it’s a treasure hunt.  We won’t limit ourselves to half a dozen “winners”: we’re looking for as many outstanding scripts written by women as we can find.

“There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven’t been portrayed correctly so there’s work to be done.” - Shonda Rhimes