Dec 19, 2023 | Success Stories
Instructor Sehba Sarwar just recieved The COLA grant! In her own words, “I am honored to be awarded the City of Los Angeles’s COLA grant. For me, the award is not only funding for me to focus on the novel that I started even before I wrote Black Wings – it’s...
Oct 17, 2023 | Success Stories
Writers’ Program Instructor liz gonzález recieved some exciting news in September. She was awarded a 2023 California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship! In her own words, “This award came as a surprise, and I am humbled, honored, and immensely...
Oct 5, 2023 | Success Stories
Kate Imy, a UCLA Extension screenwriting student, was recently selected to participate in the Outfest Screenwriting Lab (2022-2023) and the Writers Guild Foundation’s Veterans Writing Project (2023-2024). She got into both programs with a queer wartime romance...
Oct 3, 2023 | Success Stories
Former student Mal Walden has been experiencing success in the publishing world. Since publishing his memoir, “The Newsman” he has written 6 other books, his 8th is due for release in late 2023. Of his time in the writing program, Mal writes, “In December 2013 I...
Sep 12, 2023 | Success Stories
Former Screenwriting: Film and TV Comprehensive Certificate student Sofia Dillenberger has been experiencing success on the festival circuit. In her own words, “(I) went through the festival circus for the first time this year. My Pilot, “Sincerely, Ida”...
Aug 29, 2023 | Success Stories
This fall, Writers’ Program student, Jamie Della, priestess, healer, Xicana Witch, and creativity mentor will publish her tenth book, A Box of Magick, on September 23rd. Jamie has been a Wiccan author and spokesperson for 23 consecutive years and has contributed to...