07.06.2010 | On Friday, June 11th, fifteen writer and actor mentors went to P.S. 16 in Corona, Queens for a second PencilPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) gathering. Read More.
07.01.2010 | The Annual Report for 2009 is now available online. Click Here to download it.
06.22.2010 | On Tuesday June 22nd, the IFC Center hosted a special screening of the film CRUDE to support Berlinger's legal defense fund and shine additional light on the issues at stake. Read More.
06.14.2010 | On Thursday, June 10th, the WGAE Foundation launched the Mentor Group in partnership with Scenarios USA.Read More.
06.10.2010 | On Tuesday, June 8th, over 40 WGAE members attended FBI 103: A Seminar for Script and Screenwriters. Read More.
06.10.2010 | On Monday, June 7th, the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, East Foundation (WGAEF) jointly presented the ninth in the popular Screenplay Reading Series at the JCC, Manhattan with excerpts from two new scripts: Why Can't They All be Like Johnny Depp? by Jeffrey Hirschberg and Not My Beautiful Wife by John Yarbrough. Read More.
06.10.2010 | On May 24th, the Free Speech Leadership Committee, comprised of representatives from 8 creative organizations, met for the second time. Read More.
05.26.2010 | On Friday, May 21st, eleven writer and actor mentors went to P.S. 16, an elementary school in Corona, Queens, as part of their ongoing participation in PencilPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools). Read More.
05.14.10 | The Actors and Writers Book Club held an event at Mount Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Actor William Baldwin read a selection from John Steinbeck's "East Of Eden" to two sessions of one hundred students each. After the reading, Baldwin and filmmaker/writer Susanna Styron discussed the novel and then took questions about the creative process. Read More.
05.12.2010 | In the spring of 2009, more than 60 Baltimore Sun writers and staff were laid off in massive cuts that left them without a voice for creative expression. Now, their voices and stories can be heard again. Telling Our Stories: The Days of the Baltimore Sun launched today and shares their stories and bittersweet memories. Read More
05.02.10 | On Sunday May 2nd, the Writers Guild of America, East Foundation and Primary Stages jointly hosted a one-day only, celebrity benefit reading of “Godfather IV,” written by Emmy award-winner and WGAE Foundation President Tom Fontana (“OZ”, “Homicide Life on the Street”). Read More
04.22.10 | On Monday night April 19th, the Writers Guild of America, East and the WGAE Foundation jointly hosted “Talk Animation with Bill Plympton”, a conversation with the Oscar-nominated animator. Read More.
02.16.10 | NEW YORK CITY – Antal Zambo has been selected to receive the Writers Guild of America, East Foundation’s Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting. Read More
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