WB Writers’ Workshop

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The Workshop will be open for submissions May 1-June 1, 2013. To qualify for the program, you cannot have been staffed on a primetime cable or network show. Writers may submit a maximum of two scripts. No recommendation letters, please. Original material (pilots, short stories and one-act plays and screenplays) will NOT be accepted in the general submission period, but will be required in the final round of consideration. Submissions must be registered online with scripts uploaded before 11:59pm on June 1, 2013 to be eligible.

Once you have completed the online application, you will still need to submit your Confirmation Page and Submission Agreement via mail with a post marked date on or before June 1, 2013 to be considered for acceptance into the Workshop.

Please submit the following items via mail to:
WARNER BROS. TV WRITERS’ WORKSHOP
4000 Warner Boulevard
Building. 140, Room 136
Burbank, CA 91522

ONLINE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Writing Sample (this must be uploaded online)
   • A half-hour or hour writing sample based on a primetime network or cable series in its second season or more that aired new episodes during the 2012-2013 television season.
   • The show must be listed in our dropdown menu to qualify. Not all shows are accepted, please take a moment to make sure your show is listed. First year shows are not on the list.
   • COMEDY
     
     30 Rock American Dad Anger Management Archer Awkward Better or Worse Bob’s Burgers Community Cougar Town Curb Your Enthusiasm Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23 Eastbound & Down Episodes Family Guy Futurama Girls Happy Endings Hot in Cleveland How I Met Your Mother It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Last Man Standing Louie Mike and Molly Modern Family New Girl Parks & Recreation Raising Hope Rules of Engagement South Park Suburgatory The Big Bang Theory The Cleveland Show The League The Middle The Office The Simpsons Two Broke Girls Two and a Half Men Up All Night Veep Whitney Wilfred Workaholics
   • DRAMA
     
     90210 Alphas Army Wives Being Human Blue Blood Boardwalk Empire Body of Proof Bones Boss Breaking Bad Breakout Kings Burn Notice CSI CSI Miami CSI: NY Californication Castle Common Law Covert Affairs Criminal Minds Dallas Dexter Drop Dead Diva Enlightened Fairly Legal Falling Skies Franklin & Bash Fringe Glee Gossip Girl Grey’s Anatomy Grimm Hart of Dixie Hawaii Five-O Hell on Wheels Homeland House Hung Justified Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Leverage Longmire Mad Men NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles Necessary Roughness Newsroom Nikita Nurse Jackie Once Upon a Time Parenthood Person of Interest Political Animals Pretty Little Liars Private Practice Psych Revenge Rizzoli and Isles Royal Pains Scandal Shameless Smash Sons of Anarchy Southland Suits Supernatural The Big C The Client List The Good Wife The Lying Game The Mentalist The Vampire Diaries The Walking Dead True Blood Warehouse 13 Weeds White Collar
   • The front cover page of your script must include all of the following:
     • Name of the series
     • Your episode’s title
     • Writer(s) name(s)
       
       • Writing teams: Make sure the order of your names is always consistent (on scripts and your online applications)
     • Writer contact information (address, phone number and email) in the lower right-hand corner
   • Writing samples must be typed and presented single sided in script format.
   • Please include a “Previously On” page, after your title page if your show is serialized. The “Previously On” page lets the reader know where your episode takes place in the series and what has been happening emotionally for your main characters. It should be in paragraph form and not longer than a page.

1. Current Resume (this must be uploaded online)
   • Your resume should include all past work experiences, writing related and beyond.
   • If you are a team, two individual resumes should be uploaded.
2. Short Composition (this must be uploaded online)
   • A short composition is no longer than a page, double spaced and in 12 font. It should tell us why you want to be a television writer and how your background will add a unique perspective to television.
   • If you are a team, please submit one composition that talks about you as a team.
3. Payment via PayPal (only online payments will be accepted)
   • A non-refundable $30 application fee per script must be paid via PayPal.
     • Checks, money orders and cash will not be accepted.

MAIL IN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Online Confirmation Page (this must be sent via the mail)
2. Signed Submission Agreement (this must be sent via the mail)
   • We must have this to read your script. Please make sure the script’s information and logline, along with your original signature(s) at the bottom, is all on one page. Faxes and emails of this document will not be accepted.

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