The Women’s List, which describes itself as “the trailblazing advocate for female voices in screenwriting,” has announced its 2025 Scripts List finalists.
The list aims to spotlight “compelling unproduced scripts penned by women — across all genres, for every audience.”
According to the organization: “Unlike traditional contests, the nonprofit is a curated ‘treasure hunt’ for extraordinary scripts written by women, not a competition. Whether the scripts are thrillers, comedies, dramas or genre-benders, every selection is hand-chosen for its originality, strong characters and cinematic potential — boasting the kinds of dynamic female roles the industry wants and needs.”
The Women’s List, meanwhile, consists of co-founder Mia Certic, chair and co-founder Jan Kimbrough and board members Maggie Levin, Christine Luby, Kira Kalush, Lisa Seidman and Emily Schmidt. The nonprofit’s aim is to “brilliant” unproduced scripts by women and connect those writers to producers, directors, actors, agents and managers.
“We aren’t just about women’s stories,” Kimbrough said. “We’re about bold, innovative storytelling — by women, for everyone.”
Added Luby: “We want this list to land on every desk in town — from producers and showrunners to actors and agents. We’re just getting started — join us as we help reshape the industry, one script at a time.”
The 2025 finalists are:
- 4B (half-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 (half-hour) – Pam Davis
- Fab Girls (one hour) – Heidi Nyburg
- Fertile Attraction (feature) – Mariah Wilson
- Fish Crimes (half-hour) – Molly Vogel
- Five Points (one hour) – Vivian Kerr
- Forever51 (one hour) – Pamela Skjolsvik
- Good Great Fine (half-hour) – Kayreth Williams
- Guera (half-hour) – Eileen Alvarez
- Horse Girls (half-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 (half-hour) – Caroline Mabey
- Prime (half-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 (one hour) – Marni Sullivan
- The Changed (one hour) – Sessen Mengist
- The Montana (one hour) – Monica Cecilia Lucas
- This Is Not About You (half-hour) – Jessica Combs
- The Truthsayers (feature) – Julie Lynch
- Tits Up (one hour) – Stacey Russell
- Trivial Pursuits (feature) – Kristen Angonese
- Warrior Girl (feature) – Laurie Whitaker