Smart for a Girl: Call for Entries

Offspring producer Imogen Banks (pictured, left) and screenwriter Alice Bell (Puberty Blues) have launched an initiative for female screenwriters, Smart For a Girl: Roar.

Applications are now open for the paid program, which will teach twelve, uncredited, female writers how an idea is developed into series television by splitting them into four groups and taking them through the processes of a writer’s room.

“We were often approached by young female writers looking for advice on how to get to that next step in their career, but while we could see their passion and potential, we didn’t have the means to help them until now,” Banks says.

“There’s more desire now than ever for female based stories but less opportunity for women to enter the industry,” Bell added. “We want to give these new writers the experience of brainstorming in a real writer’s room, support them in taking their ideas through to second draft, surround them with new industry contacts and then guide them through the process of pitching to networks – that’s how you learn.”

The program was made possible by Screen Australia’s Gender Matters: Brilliant Careers initiative.

Further details are available here.