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First of many.

Crooked Lane Books discovered Isabel Booth’s THEN HE WAS GONE on The Black List website and acquired it. Available Feb 24, 2026. Pre-order it now.

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The Lab will run for four weeks in-person in Los Angeles beginning in March 2026 and sessions will be held twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

We’ll see you in Los Angeles!

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The Black List and WIF will invite 6 promising non-professional television writers who are of an underrepresented gender (women, NB/GNC, and/or trans, and others) to the Lab, which will consist of script development, pitching, peer workshopping sessions, and much more.

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🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨

Mark December 15, 2025 down today, writers - that's when submissions will close for the Black List x WIF Episodic Lab! Visit blcklst.com/programs/202... to submit your pilot now.

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But that's not all–submissions are now open for the 2026 Annual Labs! Visit buff.ly/BdBaUoP for more information.

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The Lab, now in its twelfth year, provides creative mentorship to promising feature writers as they further develop their project.

Stay tuned for the Black List Projects Lab announcement this November.

Cheers to the 2025 Black List Writers Lab - we cannot wait to meet you!

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These writers are headed to Ojai to join us for a week of peer workshops, 1-on-1 mentorship sessions with Max Borenstein (WINNING TIME), Travis Braun (ONE NIGHT ONLY), Alex Convery (AIR), Katie Silberman (SET IT UP), Josh Zetumer (SAY NOTHING) and Scott Myers (Go Into The Story) and much more.

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They are…

Karna Warrior - CHOMOLUNGMA
Cristina Kinon - DUMB LUCK
Joe Veix - THE HOLE STORY
Rob Norman - I LOVE YOU, TANK
Sarah Walker - THE JUNKET
Kaley Rose Mamo - PLAY THERAPY
Melanie Rish-Ho - SLAB SERIF

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Visit buff.ly/PwJt8Jk to learn more about the seven projects that have been selected for the 2025 Black List Writers Lab!

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Learn more about The Black List here: blcklst.com/fiction

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Learn more about The Black List here: blcklst.com/fiction

The Black List @theblcklst.bsky.social · 1d

Learn more about The Black List here: blcklst.com/fiction

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Found on The Black List website and acquired by Crooked Lane Books. As seen in Deadline.

THEN HE WAS GONE publishes Feb. 24, 2026.

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Thanks for sharing your many gifts with us all, Drew.

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His work is celebrated in a wonderful 2013 documentary, DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER, that we highly recommend.

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In addition to his prolific career illustrating iconic film posters, Struzan worked book covers for Stephen King, album covers for Alice Cooper, Carole King and Roy Orbison and comic book covers featuring a variety of beloved caped crusaders.

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Struzan is perhaps best known for the work he did for the STAR WARS, INDIANA JONES and BACK TO THE FUTURE franchises - those illustrated images you have in your mind of Luke Skywalker, Dr. Jones or Marty McFly right now? That's all thanks to the visionary artwork of Drew Struzan.

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Struzan's distinct style of illustrative, airbrushed movie posters for films ranging from BLADE RUNNER to THE THING to RISKY BUSINESS to THE GOONIES to THE MUPPET MOVIE graced multiplexes around the world throughout the from the 1970s through the early 2000s.