Are you readyΒ to submit YOUR manuscript for Unpublished Novel Award consideration? Submit here: blcklst.com/programs/202...
Are you readyΒ to submit YOUR manuscript for Unpublished Novel Award consideration? Submit here: blcklst.com/programs/202...
It's time to meet two more judges for the 2026 Unpublished Novel Award:Β Kelly Farber and Cree Myles!
Keep swiping to learn more about Kelly and Cree, who will be judging our Commercial Fiction and Speculative Fiction categories, respectively. We are so grateful to have them onboard this year!
Ready to learn more and submit your manuscript? Head to blcklst.com/programs now. We can't wait to read your manuscripts!
Submitted manuscripts can be in any genre, but they must not be under contract elsewhere. Self-published novels, regardless of ISBN status and regardless of Black List site evaluation status, will not be considered for the partnership.
Thrillers, high-concept mysteries and romances, and horror stories are of particular interest to Blackstone, as are novels that elevate familiar themes such as love, adventure, guilt, desire, betrayal, family, identity, and obsession from fresh, compelling perspectives.
One unpublished manuscript will be selected to enter into a $25,000 publishing deal with Blackstone.
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Novelists, you've got THREE MONTHS LEFT to submit your unpublished manuscript to the Blackstone Publishing Novel Initiative! Submit your manuscript now: blcklst.com/programs/bla...
Were you surprised by any of the 2026 WGA Award winners? Predicting any major upsets at the #Oscars on Sunday? Let us know in the comments!
The talented writers of THE PITT, THE STUDIO and DYING FOR SEX also brought home WGA Awards for Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series and Best Limited Series. Now there's a trio of TERRIFIC television shows worth binge-watching!
Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson continued their awards season reign with Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay wins forΒ SINNERS andΒ ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, respectively. We have a feeling we're going to be seeing both of them onstage at the Dolby Theater later this week too...
Congratulations to all of this weekend's winners at the #WGAAwards!
All writers are welcome and encouraged to submit their plays for consideration.
We cannot wait to see the stories you share with us and TRW - hopefully, weβll all be seeing them onstage one day soon too.
Each play will be published and licensed under The Black List x TRW Collection, which will make the work accessible to a wide range of customers, including schools, colleges and universities, community and regional theaters.
We are collaborating with TRW to publish and license at least six plays discovered on blcklst.com each year.
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Playwrights, you've got less than TWO MONTHS LEFT to submit your work to our partnership with TRW! Submit your play now: blcklst.com/programs/the...
How rare is an 8+ overall score from a Black List website reader? Quite rare. (As it should be.)
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Why We Write is BACK on Substack!
Read the first piece from 2023 Black List Lab alum Christopher Hwisu Kim now: blcklst.substack.com/p/why-we-wri...
Ready to submit YOUR manuscript for consideration in the 2026 Unpublished Novel Award? Learn more here: blcklst.com/programs/202...
Meet Lauren Knowles, Senior Editor at Page Street Publishing and 2026 Unpublished Novel Award judge for Children's/YA.
Meet Jordan Hill, Literary Agent at New Leaf Literary and Media and 2026 Unpublished Novel Award judge for Speculative Fiction!
Itβs time to MEET THE JUDGES of the 2026 #UnpublishedNovelAward! Weβre kicking things off with Jordan Hill and Lauren Knowles, who will be judging our Speculative Fiction and Childrenβs & Young Adult categories for the Unpublished Novel Award.
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