As we close out the year, a final, exciting batch of Open Writing Assignments (OWAs) for 2025 is now live and seeking your best work. These opportunities span animated series for young audiences, high-stakes sports dramas, and culturally resonant thrillers.
This batch offers an extended submission window of 3 weeks, giving you more time to polish and submit your best work. With deadlines extending into early January, this is your chance to start 2026 with incredible momentum.
Here are the latest opportunities:
1. For Engaging Animated Series
A Producer and Showrunner is seeking animated short-form series for young female audiences (ages 2-5 and 5-10), inspired by the spirit of Brave, Frozen, and Kim Possible.
2. For Innovative Animated Projects
A Manager of Development at a TV production company seeks animated projects with unique, innovative twists and strong points of view, in the vein of Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall, and The Wild Robot.
3. For Contemporary & Elevated YA Drama
A Producer and Director seeks contemporary projects, including elevated YA and emotionally resonant character pieces, comparable to Didi, One Battle After Another, and How to Blow Up a Pipeline.
4. For High-Stakes Sports Stories
A Producer and Showrunner, working with top-tier talent, seeks sports projects with the intensity of F1: The Movies, The Smashing Machine, and The Iron Claw.
5. For True-Crime Features & Manuscripts
A Manager/Producer at a literary management company seeks crime features or manuscripts, ideally based on true stories, with the impact of Reality, Killers of the Flower Moon, or Monster.
6. For Culturally Specific, Universal Dramas
A Producer and Director seeks elevated, character-driven dramas and thrillers focused on culturally specific stories with universal resonance, like Christy, Woman of the Hour, and Spotlight.
Don’t miss this final extended opportunity of the year to get your script on the right desk. These OWAs are your direct path to producers actively looking for their next project.
Submit Today: https://www.stage32.com/writers-room
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can i have more info on what is sought under #6:
Christy, Woman of the Hour, and Spotlight
are certainly character-driven dramas with universal resonance,
but their plotlines and themes seem so different from each other that i can’t see the unifying elements which make them
culturally specific stories